Netherlands Consulate General Düsseldorf

Before your visit

The consulate general is on the 11th floor of the B1 office building at Bennigsen-Platz 1 in Düsseldorf-Golzheim.

• WhatsApp: +31 857 737 400 (messages only, private chats only).
• No walk-in service: there is no consular counter.

About the Dutch Consulate General in Düsseldorf

Important: since the reorganisation of Dutch consular work in Germany, the consulates general in Düsseldorf and Munich no longer have a consular section. Passports, ID cards and other consular matters are handled by the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin – or, for travel documents, by a border municipality in the Netherlands.

The office, headed by Consul General Hannah Tijmes, works on trade, investment and cross-border cooperation with the neighbouring German states. Honorary consuls in Aachen, Cologne, Kleve and Münster serve Dutch citizens locally.

Where Dutch citizens get passports and ID cards

• Netherlands Embassy in Berlin – the only place in Germany that accepts passport and ID card applications; book online.
• Dutch border municipalities – cheaper than the embassy and close for people living in North Rhine-Westphalia or Lower Saxony.
• Dutch embassies in neighbouring countries, such as Luxembourg.

Applications must be made in person, also for children. At the embassy, payment is by debit or credit card only (Mastercard, Visa, V-Pay); cash and Girocard-only cards are not accepted. Full details: NetherlandsWorldwide.

Documents checklist

Prepare these documents before your appointment. The lists are taken from official Dutch sources:

Dutch passport or ID card (application abroad)

• Book a separate appointment for each passport or ID card – at a Dutch embassy or consulate-general, or via VFS Global where available (you may also apply in another country)
• Completed application form, a passport photo meeting the Dutch requirements and your printed personal checklist from netherlandsworldwide.nl
• Proof of legal residence in Germany
• All your Dutch and foreign passports and ID cards, including expired ones (originals)
• Everyone applies in person, including children under 18
• For postal return: a prepaid shipping label per application – note that you first have to send in your old document

Sources: NetherlandsWorldwide (Dutch government) – documents for a passport or ID card from abroad, NetherlandsWorldwide – where to apply from abroad (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Visa information

Germans need no visa for the European Netherlands; an identity card is enough. For Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands, a passport is required.

Other consulates and embassies in Düsseldorf

41 other countries are represented in Düsseldorf, among them: Angola (honorary), Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Bulgaria (consulate general), Canada (consulate), North Macedonia (honorary), Pakistan (honorary), Poland (honorary), Portugal (consulate general), Senegal (honorary), Serbia (consulate general), Seychelles (honorary), Spain (consulate general), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Tunisia (consulate general), Türkiye (consulate general), Ukraine (consulate general), United Kingdom (consulate general), United States (consulate general). The full list of all 42 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed in 2026 on 1–2 January, Rose Monday (16 February), Good Friday, Easter Monday, King’s Day (27 April), 1 May, Liberation Day (5 May), Ascension Day and the following Friday, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, and from 24 to 31 December.

Emergency assistance

Dutch citizens in an emergency can call the Foreign Ministry’s 24/7 contact centre on +31 247 247 247. Germans in the Netherlands are helped by the German Embassy in The Hague and the Consulate General in Amsterdam.

Dutch missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Düsseldorf, the nearest other Dutch office is the Honorary Consulate in Cologne (about 34 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Düsseldorf.

• Berlin (480 km) – Embassy of the Netherlands
• Düsseldorf – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland) (this page)
• Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
• Aachen (70 km) – Honorary Consulate (Aachen, Düren, Heinsberg)
• Bremen (250 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen and north-western Lower Saxony)
• Frankfurt am Main (180 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hesse)
• Hamburg (340 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg and surrounding districts)
• Hanover (240 km) – Honorary Consulate (most of Lower Saxony, Detmold region)
• Kiel (Flintbek) (400 km) – Honorary Consulate (most of Schleswig-Holstein)
• Kleve (77 km) – Honorary Consulate (Kleve district, northern Wesel district)
• Cologne (34 km) – Honorary Consulate (Cologne region)
• Leipzig (390 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
• Münster (100 km) – Honorary Consulate (Münster region)
• Nuremberg (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Stuttgart (320 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)