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Schengen visa is valid in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic , Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden .

The Schengen visa issued by the Embassy or the Consulate of the above countries is valid for all of these countries and allows its holder moving freely within the territory of the Schengen Treaty.

Applying for the Schengen visa:

If you intend to visit only one of the Schengen countries, you must apply for a visa at the Embassy or the Consulate of that country.

If you intend to visit several Schengen countries, you must apply for a visa at the Embassy or the Consulate of the country of your main destination (where you will stay longer).

If you intend to visit several Schengen countries without having a main destination, you should apply for a visa at the Embassy or the Consulate of the first Schengen country on your travel itinerary that requires you to have a visa.

In the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands you can apply for the following types of visa: 

Business; 

 

Private;

 

Transit;

 

Tourism;

 

Car-buyers and truck-drivers;

 

Shengen visa application form 

Please, note that this Embassy represents the following countries for Schengen visa issue: Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. If you intend to study, work, or marry to a citizen of one of these countries and will therefore stay there for longer than 3 months, you have to apply to the Embassies of these countries in Moscow .

As a rule, decisions concerning your visa will be taken within 3 working days; however, in case the visa application needs to be referred to the Central Authorities of the Netherlands, it may take 1-8 weeks before the decision is made. Visa applicants travelling to Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland or Luxembourg can be referred to the respective Embassies in Moscow if no decision can be made in the Netherlands Embassy.

The nationals of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sri Lanka require a transit visa to pass the transit zone of the Netherlands Airport .

Visas are issued free of charge if:

• an applicant is married to an EU national* (upon presentation of documentary proof, such as passport and a marriage certificate);

• an applicant is an EU dependant* under the age of 18;

• an applicant holds a diplomatic or a service passport (upon presentation of a note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or from a representing diplomatic mission in Almaty stating that the journey is made for official reasons);

• children under 6 years old.

*Please, note that unfortunately for applicants married to Dutch nationals this visa fee exemption does not apply -in case they apply for a Schengen visa in the Embassy of the Netherlands .