NETHERLANDS AMERICAN SOCIETY
DUTCH PASSPORTS IN LOS ANGELES
The issuance of Dutch travel documents is changing worldwide, and
unfortunately this has affected the service to Dutch citizens in the
United States as well.
In the United States, the Netherlands government has stopped issuing
passports at the Consulates in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, and
Chicago per October 1, 2015.
Currently passport applications can only be submitted at the
Consulates General in Miami, San Francisco and New York, and at the
Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Dutch Government acknowledges that these changes will have
practical consequences for Dutch nationals worldwide, and therefore
has introduced a Dutch passport with a validity for 10 years.
An application for a Dutch passport needs to be filed by the applicant in person, because the applicant's fingerprints are required for the passport. Without taking fingerprints no Dutch passport can be issued.
To accommodate the Dutch citizens in its jurisdiction, the Consulate
General in San Francisco may occasionally visit honorary consuls located
in the 13 western-most states with a mobile fingerprinting station to
collect fingerprints of Dutch passport applicants.
These states include Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon,
Utah, and Washington.
The mobile fingerprinting service, if available, is only for Dutch citizens who:
- hold a valid US non-immigrant visa or permanent residence status, and
- hold a Dutch passport that has expired, or will expire within one year of the date of the visit;
- and cannot reasonably be expected to visit one of the designated offices for physical or financial reasons (e.g. elderly or disabled people, families with children).
If you require a Dutch passport sooner than the mobile fingerprinting service becomes available, you will need to make an appointment at one of the Dutch Consulates General in San Francisco, Miami, New York or at the Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C., to file a passport application and provide fingerprints at their office, or:
- Apply for a new passport at the municipal desk (Haarlemmermeer municipality), Departure Hall 1 at Schiphol Airport, or in the city of The Hague and border communities Bergen op Zoom, Bergeijk, Echt-Susteren, Enschede, Maastricht, Montferland and Oldambt. (The cities of Breda and Venlo will follow soon)
- Apply for a new passport at a Netherlands Embassy in another country. Note: If you apply for a Dutch passport only in order to confirm your Dutch nationality, you could consider applying for a "Bewijs van Bezit Nederlanderschap" instead.