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Welcome to American Citizen Services

Nearly 40,000 American citizens live and work in The Netherlands.  Many more visit every year.  The Department of State, through its Consulate General in Amsterdam, provides a range of routine and emergency services for Americans who live in The Netherlands or who are just visiting.

The American, or U.S. Citizen Services (ACS) Unit’s assistance includes but is not limited to, Passport services, Notary services, and Consular Reports of Births Abroad. Some passport services are available by mail, other services require a visit to the Consulate General in Amsterdam. Visits require you to set up an appointment.  This way time will be reserved for you and our staff can help you more efficiently. Below you will find how to set up such an appointment. The Consulate General also assists in emergencies, including deaths, arrests and crisis situations.

Our services are available by appointment only!

As of February 15, 2008, American citizens and other clients needing to visit the Consulate General to apply for or renew passports, obtain Consular Reports of Birth Abroad, apply for extra visa pages in U.S. passports, receive notarial services (including those related to the Social Security Administration), or receive general advice or other services, must make appointments in advance to receive these services.  Our hours of operation remain the same for American Citizen Services, and we are scheduling appointments daily from 8:30 AM until 11:30 AM.  For details, or to make an appointment, please click here.

In case of an emergency requiring immediate attention, please see our contact information.

After making the appointment, please do not forget to complete all application forms and to verify what documents you must bring with you.  For this information, please select the service you require on the left hand side of the page. 

General information on American citizen services

The information on this website is designed to help you understand the services we can offer and to provide some useful information which may help you during your stay, be it long or short, in The Netherlands.

We urge you to register with us if you will be traveling or living in The Netherlands so we can better serve you, especially in the case of an emergency or disaster.

The ACS Unit will not be able to answer questions about visas.

Use the links on the left for more information about our services.

Please also see our Frequently Asked Questions for information

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- Consul's Corner -

Consul's Corner is the Consulate General's monthly newsletter. Click here for the latest issue.

To introduce our Passports-by-Mail service a Passport Special edition of Consul's Corner is available here.

And to introduce our time-saving U.S. Citizen Services appointment system, here's an Appointment System Special Edition of Consul's Corner.

- Contact Information -

Contact Information and hours of operation for the Amsterdam U.S. Citizen Services Unit
As of March 3, 2008, your visit must be by appointment, except emergencies. Click here to see how to set up your appointment online.

For easy access to the Consulate, please take note of our Tips for entering the Consulate General (PDF file, 58Kb). Thank you.

- Notice From the Office of Civil Rights -

U.S. citizens are encouraged to take notice of the so called No FEAR Act.  The Act deals with the rights and protections available under Federal antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws.  Please click on this link for more information.



 
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