Costs of the application Short Stay Visa type C. (Schengen visa)
If a friend, partner or family member from outside Europe wants to come to the Netherlands for a maximum of 90 days, a visa is usually required. Whether your guest needs a visa depends on his/her nationality. You can travel to the Schengen countries with a short-stay visa (Schengen visa). There are costs associated with applying for a Schengen visa, these costs are called: fees.
You apply for a visa at the Dutch representation in the guest's own country (country of origin). Or in the country where the person lives with a valid residence permit (country of residence). A foreign national cannot submit the visa application earlier than 6 months before he/she wants to travel to the Netherlands.
Sometimes the visa application has to be submitted to an external agency: the external service provider (EDV). This agency (VFS Global) will receive the application and send it to the Dutch representation for processing. In this case, in addition to the costs for the visa application, you almost always pay an additional amount to the external service provider.
fees
Applying for a short-stay Schengen visa for the Netherlands costs money. That's officially called: fees. An external service provider also charges costs. The fee must usually be paid in the equivalent of the local currency.
Costs for a Schengen visa (rate 2023)
| First Schengen visa application | € 80 |
| First application Schengen visa for children aged 6 to 12 | €40 |
| First application for a Schengen visa for children up to the age of 6 | € 0 |
| Schengen visa extension | € 30 |
| Extension of Schengen visa due to force majeure or for humanitarian reasons | €0 |
| Extension collective travel visa | € 1 |
| Change Schengen visa from single-entry to multiple-entry | €30 |
Explanation
(1) Reduced rate
A reduced rate of €35 applies to the following nationalities. The European Union has concluded an agreement with these countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia
- Macedonia
- Moldavia
- Montenegro
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Serbia
The costs for the service fee from VFS Global may not exceed € 40 (half of the fee for a visa application).
Please note: In the event of a visa refusal, you will NOT receive a refund of the fee paid.
Other costs
- When there is a guarantee, there are also costs for legalizing the signature at the municipality. The fees differ per municipality, which varies between € 9 and € 20.
- You also have to take into account the costs for medical travel insurance. You can take out medical travel insurance from € 2 per person per day.
- After you have received the visa, you probably also have to buy a plane ticket. The costs depend on the country of origin of the traveler and the offer of airlines.
- There may be additional additional costs, for example for the purchase of a new passport, translation and legalization of documents, taking passport photos, travel costs to the embassy, etc.
