Municipality of Maastricht: applying for a new passport or renewing your old one

You must apply for a passport in person at the municipality where you live. Make an appointment to apply for a passport.

You pay a fee for this service. For more information, contact the municipality

After around a week, you can collect your passport from the municipality. This also applies to children up to the age of 18. When you apply, you will be provided with more information about how to collect your passport.

You have 3 months in which to collect your new passport.

Do you need your passport sooner than that?

• Urgent request
  If you need your travel document sooner, you can make a spoedaanvraag (urgent request). If you apply for the travel document before 14.00, you will receive it within 2 working days at the latest. You pay a surcharge for this type of request. 
• Immediately
  Do you need your passport today? You may qualify for an emergency passport from the Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Netherlands Military Police). You will find more information on the defensie.nl website.

Validity

• A passport for adults is valid for 10 years.
• A passport for children up to the age of 18 is valid for 5 years.