Citizen Guides for Foreign Residents of the Netherlands

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Citizen Guides for Foreign Residents of the Netherlands

Citizens of the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand living in the Netherlands can access information from the Consular sections of their relevant Embassies.

See The AngloFILE for contact information on Consulates and Embassies from Asia, Mainland Europe, the North American countries, anglophone countries of the Southern Hemisphere, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Click on the appropriate link below to access the home page of each of these Embassies in the Netherlands.

• UK Citizens
• US Citizens
• Canadian Citizens
• Australian Citizens
• New Zealand Citizens

UK citizens

The British Embassy of the Netherlands has up-to-date news on matters relating to Dutch-British relations, as well as issues of politics, health and safety and immigration. The website of the British Embassy and British Consulate has a section - British Expats - that provides information on the following:

• Dutch language centres
• English speaking schools in the Netherlands
• English speaking clubs and societies in the Netherlands
• English speaking support groups in the Netherlands
• Expatriate magazines available in the Netherlands
• Lawyers with knowledge of British and Dutch law
• English churches in the Netherlands

The British Embassy in The Hague cannot help with consular and visa enquiries; instead contact the British Consulate General in Amsterdam. 

The Consular section provides detailed information on all legal matters pertaining to UK citizens living in the Netherlands: information on the registration of intended residence; registration of births, marriages, deaths; travel advice and the voting process when out of the country.

• British Consulate General
  At: Koningslaan 44, PO Box 75488, 1070 AL Amsterdam
  Tel: 020 676 4343
• British Embassy
  At: Lange Voorhout, 2514 ED The Hague
  Tel: 070 427 0427
  Fax: 070 427 0345
  Website

Passport services for British residents in the Netherlands are available from the Switzerland-Benelux-France Passport Service at the British Consulate-General in Paris.

• Switzerland-Benelux-France Passport Service
  At: British Consulate General
  BP111-08
  75363 Paris CEDEX 08
  France
  Website

US Citizens

The Embassy of the United States in The Hague has a website with up-to-date news on matters of relevance to American citizens in the Netherlands.

The US Citizens Service is the Consular section providing detailed information on all legal details pertaining to US citizens living in the Netherlands: information on passports and the registration of intended residence; registration of births, marriages, deaths; the voting process when out of the country and so on. The consular section can also offer notarial services and can give advice and information to Americans living in or visiting the Netherlands.

• US Consulate General
  At: Museumplein 19, 1071 DJ Amsterdam
  Tel: 020 575 5309
  Fax: 020 575 5310
  Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-11:30 for American Citizen's Services
• US Embassy
  At: Lange Voorhout 102, 2514 EJ The Hague
  Tel: 070 310 2209
  Fax: 070 361 4688
  Website

US citizens living in the Netherlands are eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the General Presidential Elections.

• See AngloINFO INFOrmation page: Voting in the US Presidential Elections

Canadian Citizens

The Canadian Embassy in the Netherlands provides information and services to both Dutch and Canadian citizens. The Consular section provides information for Canadians visiting or living in the Netherlands, including help with birth certificates, police certificates, citizen registration, legalisation of documents and voting in Canadian elections from abroad, amongst other things.

• Canadian Citizens consular services: Click here
• Canadian Embassy
  At: Sophialaan 7, 2514 JP The Hague
  Tel: 070 311 1600
  e-mail
  Website
  Open: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:30

The Emergency Services Centre in Ottawa may be contacted 24-hours a day by collect call:

• Tel: 613 996 8885

Australian Citizens

The Consular section of the website of the Australian Embassy in the Netherlands provides services for Australian travellers to or residents in the Netherlands. It contains practical information on how to register with the Embassy, how to obtain Australian birth, death or marriage certificates, police clearance certificates and more.

• Australian citizen's services: Click here
• Australian Embassy
  At: Carnegirlaan 4, 2517 KH The Hague
  Tel: 070 310 8200
  Fax: 070 310 7863
  Website 

Australian citizens requiring immediate emergency help can contact the Consular Operations Centre on a toll free number (from the Netherlands)

• Tel: 0800 0224 794

The Southern Cross Group is a global organisation that exists to "Promote mobility in the Global Community", and to communicate with expatriated Australians throughout the world. Their work includes lobbying for changes in laws that improve or simplify the life of Australians abroad. The Website has detailed information on the legal and practical aspects of: citizenship, voting, visas, health insurance, taxation and more.

New Zealand Citizens

The New Zealand Embassy in Holland provides emergency and administrative assistance to New Zealanders in the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland and Norway. It will process passport application and also offers information on marriage and divorce overseas, registering a birth, driver’s licences, pensions and tax.

After hours assistance is available in an emergency from the Duty Officer. Contact details for the Duty Officer are recorded on the out-of-hours answering machine message.

• New Zealand Embassy
  At: Eisenhowerlaan 77N, 2517 KK The Hague
  Tel: 070 346 9324
  Fax: 070 363 2983
  e-mail
  Website
  Open: Monday to Friday 09:00-12:30 and 13:30-17:00 (except public holidays)