The Netherlands lifts entry ban for certain countries
Note: This information is no longer current. Since September 17, 2022, there are no longer any corona rules for travelers to the Netherlands. You can travel to the Netherlands without a long-distance relationship statement, proof of vaccination, proof of recovery or negative test result. If you are subject to a visa requirement, you must of course first apply for a Schengen visa.
As of July 1, 2020, the Netherlands has lifted the entry ban for travelers from 14 countries. The entry ban was imposed due to the corona pandemic. The Netherlands is thus following the advice of the European Commission.
This concerns travelers with a permanent residence* from the following countries:
- Algeria
- Australia
- Canada
- Georgia
- Japan
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- Rwanda
- Serbia,
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Uruguay
* A permanent residence is the country where the foreign national may stay for longer than three months on the basis of a residence permit, such as a residence permit.
For travelers from China, the entry ban will be lifted as soon as the country also admits EU citizens.
Every 2 weeks, or sooner if necessary, the list of countries will be reviewed, including the number of new infections. That number must be near or lower than 19 per 100.000 residents. Contact tracing and the number of corona tests are also being looked at.
Limitation of unnecessary travel
For the other third countries, the current restriction on all unnecessary travel by persons from third countries to Europe (all EU Member States, all Schengen members and the UK) with the aim of preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus from power. This means that persons who do not have permanent residence in the above-mentioned country and who do not fall under the following exceptional position cannot enter the Netherlands.
The travel restriction does not apply to the following categories of persons:
- EU citizens (including UK nationals) and their family members;
- Nationals of Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City and Andorra and their family members;
- third-country nationals holding a residence card or residence permit in accordance with Directive 2003/109/EC (the Long-Term Residents Directive);
- Third-country nationals who derive their right of residence from other European directives or from the national law of a Member State;
- Holders of a long-stay visa, including those with a provisional residence permit (MVV).
Other persons from third countries with a vital function or need, including:
- healthcare personnel;
- frontier workers;
- Persons working in the transport of goods and other transport personnel, insofar as necessary, this includes container ships, bulk carriers (e.g. ore or coal), tankers (fuels and chemicals), fisheries, persons working in the energy sector, i.e. oil and gas platforms and wind farms as well as offshore companies that provide services to this sector, and flight crew;
- Diplomats;
- Military;
- Personnel of international and humanitarian organizations;
- Persons who have compelling reasons to visit their family; this concerns travel in exceptional cases. An exceptional case is visiting a terminally ill relative and attending a funeral. It is intended for the first-degree and second-degree relatives. Partner and children are first-degree and grandchildren are second-degree.
- Transit passengers who want to travel to another third country via the Netherlands or another Schengen country;
- Persons in need of international protection; the border procedure applies in full;
- Persons admitted for humanitarian reasons;
- Seafarers in possession of a seaman's book;
- Students;
- Knowledge migrants.
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