Emergency visa for the Netherlands
If you want to visit family due to the death or terminal illness of a person residing in the Netherlands, an urgent visa can be applied for. An urgent visa is usually not a Schengen visa and only gives access to the Netherlands.
An urgent visa can only be applied for for a 1st or 2nd degree relative of the person in the Netherlands who is terminally ill or deceased:
- Parents, children, brothers and sisters.
- Grandparents
- Brothers-in-law/sisters-in-law, sons-in-law/daughters-in-law and fathers-in-law/mothers-in-law
- Stepparents and stepchildren, stepbrothers/stepsisters
A family member in the Netherlands must contact the IND by telephone to apply for the urgent visa. After that, the family member abroad must go to a Dutch representation (embassy consulate) to submit the visa application.
You must meet the following conditions:
- You have a valid travel document (e.g. passport),
- You are not a threat to public order.
- You have no alert within the Schengen area
- You can demonstrate that you will return to the country of origin.
- You or a third person have sufficient means of existence (money) for the duration of your stay in the Netherlands.
Contact with the IND
To apply for an urgent visa for the Netherlands, you must contact the IND.
