Stolen or lost passport, driving licence or identity card

Have you lost your Dutch passport, identity card or driving licence? Of was it stolen? You need to report this to the municipality where you live. You can apply for a new document right away.

How does it work?

• You go to City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office in person and fill in a form: the declaration of loss.
• The municipality will then check your identity. Identity fraud will be dealt with severely. If your travel document has often gone missing within a short period of time, an investigation will be conducted. The municipality can then for example refuse to issue you a new passport. For more information see: Wanneer wordt mijn paspoort ongeldig? on the website of the Dutch government (in Dutch).
• The municipality will make the missing document invalid. And it will register it as missing in various systems.
• Did you find the document again? It will remain invalid. You will, however, need to turn in the old document. The municipality will destroy it.

Conditions

Would you like to apply for a new Dutch passport and/or Dutch identity card right away? Then the conditions are the same as when you apply for a Dutch passport or identity card.

When you apply for a new driving licence, the conditions are the same as when you renew a driving licence.

When you apply for a replacement driving licence you will not need to have a new medical examination. The replacement driving licence will have the same categories and expiry date as your missing driving licence.  

Make an appointment

Make an appointment at the municipality. And choose whether you want to apply for a new document immediately.

• Report loss, but do not apply for a new document

  Would you only like to report the loss? Then take a valid identity document with you (if you have one).

  Make an appointment

• Report loss and apply for a new Dutch passport or identity card

  Would you like to make an appointment and apply for a new passport or identity card? Then you need to take the following things to the appointment:

  • A passport photo. Strict requirements apply to passport photos. For example, the passport photo may not be more than 6 months old and must be a true likeness. Read these requirements on the website of the Dutch government.
  • All of your identity cards and passports. Even if they have expired or they are foreign.
  • You also need to have clean fingers, for example without any paint residue. The municipality is required to take fingerprints from you. Read more on the website of the Dutch government.

  Younger than 18 years

  Is the passport or identity card for a child or young person under 18 years of age? Then the child must be present when he applies for and collects his document. Children are also allowed to apply for it themselves. For children under 12 years of age to apply for an identity card and for children under 18 years of age to apply for a passport the following is needed:

  • If the people with parental responsibility attend the appointment, they must be able to show a valid form of identification.
  • If (1 of) these people does not / do not attend the appointment, a completed and signed consent form is required, together with a copy of the proof of identification. You can download the consent form from www.netherlandsworldwide.nl.
  • For more information about parental responsibility and guardianship visit the website of the Dutch government.

  Make an appointment

• Report loss and apply for a new or replacement driving licence

  Would you like to make an appointment and apply for a new or replacement driving licence? Then you need to take the following things to the appointment:

  • A passport photo. Strict requirements apply to passport photos. For example, the passport photo may not be more than 6 months old and must be a true likeness. Read these requirements on the website of the Dutch government.
  • A valid form of identification.

  Would you like to apply for a new driving licence rather than a replacement driving licence? In certain situations you must first request a health certificate from the Central Office for Motor Vehicle Driver Testing (CBR). This is required if:

  • you are 75 years of age or older
  • you have a driving licence with a shorter validity period on medical grounds
  • you want to renew a driving licence in category C and/or D.

  Make an appointment

Fees

There are no fees to report the loss. You will pay for a new document. The fees for a replacement driving licence are the same as for a new driving licence. Look at the fees under:

• Apply for a Dutch passport or identity card
• Apply for a driving licence

How long does it take?

It takes at least 5 working days before your Dutch passport, identity card or driving licence is ready. In some cases you can also use the expedited procedure. This is more expensive.

Good to know

Validity period

• Your new Dutch passport or identity card has a new document number. And it will get a new expiry date.
• A replacement driving licence has a new document number. It will get the same categories and expiry date as the missing driving licence.

Dutch document lost abroad

Have you lost your Dutch passport or identity card? Look for more information on netherlandsworldwide.nl.

Have you lost your Dutch driving licence? Look for more information on netherlandsworldwide.nl.

Would you like to apply for a new document in the Netherlands. Then you can make an appointment.

Foreign document lost in the Netherlands

If you lose your foreign passport, identity card or driving licence in the Netherlands, go to the police.