Is your passport or ID card expiring soon? Make an appointment on time. This period is particularly busy at the counters of the Municipality of Rotterdam, as many people need a new travel document.
There is peak pressure across the Netherlands for applying for new travel documents. In Rotterdam, it concerns about 10,000 travel documents per month. The Municipality of Rotterdam has prepared for the extra pressure. Extra counter staff have been trained and more counters are available where you can apply for and collect a new travel document.
Make an appointment
If your passport or identity card is about to expire, you will receive a letter from the municipality. You can then immediately make an appointment via the website Apply for a passport for adults. Link opens an external page. For children aged 17 and younger, you can go to the page Apply for a passport for children. Link opens an external page.
You can also make an appointment by phone via 14 010. Is it busy at the public location in the center? You can often get an appointment faster at another location.
Urgent?
Need a passport urgently? That can be done via the website Apply for a passport or identity card urgently. Link opens an external page. Then you can pick up your new passport or identity card the next working day. However, you will incur extra costs for this.
Delivery
For 6.50 euros per travel document, you can also have an applied passport or ID card delivered to your home or work. Delivery is also possible on Saturdays and in the evenings. Note: you must personally receive the travel document. This also applies to minors.
For more information, visit the website Have travel documents delivered. Link opens an external page.