If you have a valid short-stay visa or you are allowed to be in the Netherlands during the free period, you can extend your Schengen short-stay or free-term visa in some situations.
Extending a Schengen visa in the Netherlands
Extending a short-stay Schengen visa, if you are already staying in the Netherlands, is not possible just like that. An exception is only made in very special cases, such as serious illness in which the foreign national subject to the visa requirement cannot travel.
Partner to the Netherlands for a short or long stay
Conditions for a foreign partner requiring a visa to come to the Netherlands.
Coronavirus: consequences for application or stay (Schengen visa)
Frequently asked questions about the consequences of the coronavirus (Covid-19) and staying in the Netherlands with a short-stay Schengen visa.
Temporary residence insurance in the Netherlands
A temporary stay insurance in the Netherlands is mandatory when you are going to apply for a visa. But even if you do not require a visa and are traveling from outside the EU to the Netherlands for a temporary stay, medical insurance is mandatory.
Visa short stay Netherlands
If a foreign guest requiring a visa wants to travel to the Netherlands for a maximum of 90 days, a visa is usually required. Whether someone needs a visa depends on his/her nationality. With a short stay visa you can travel to the Schengen countries and Switzerland.