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Free: Netherlands Document Checklist

The standard documents required for most Netherlands citizenship applications — birth records, marriage certificates, apostilles, translations. Delivered as a PDF to your email.

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Free: Netherlands Document Checklist

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AdoptionVerified96%Hague Adoption Convention 1993 Adoption

AdoptionVerified85%Foreign Adoption Recognition (non-Hague)

AdoptionVerified88%Kafala (Islamic guardianship — non-recognition)

AdoptionVerified90%Stepparent Adoption

AWVerified94%Aruba-administered Naturalization

AWVerified90%Aruba-administered option pathway

BESVerified93%BES Special Municipality Naturalization

BirthVerified97%Jus soli stateless preventer Article 6(1)(a)

BirthVerified94%Foundling jus soli

BirthVerified95%Born dual-national preserved

CWVerified92%Curaçao-administered Naturalization

CWVerified88%Curaçao-administered option pathway

DescentVerified98%Jus Sanguinis from Dutch parent

DescentVerified97%Jus Sanguinis post-1985 mother-line

DescentVerified92%Pre-1985 jus sanguinis transitional retroactive

DescentVerified93%Foreign filiation recognition (paternity acknowledgment)

DescentProvisional78%Surrogacy nationality recognition

DescentVerified85%Indonesian descendant pathway (Indo-Europese)

DescentVerified85%Surinamese descendant pathway

DescentVerified85%Pre-1985 transition recovery

DescentVerified88%Women-loss-by-marriage 1892 correction

DescentVerified92%Family co-naturalization (children)

ECNVerified94%ECN Article 6+7 substantive obligations pathway

ETHVerified85%Indo-Europese ethnic-heritage cohort recognition

EXTVerified88%Diaspora retention via embassy renewal (Article 15(1)(c) avoidance)

EXTVerified85%Voting rights for NL-citizens abroad

MarriageVerified97%Spouse 3-year Naturalization (Article 8(1)(b))

MarriageVerified97%Same-Sex Marriage Pathway

MarriageVerified90%Registered Partnership Pathway

MarriageVerified91%Polygamous Marriage (non-recognition)

MilitaryProvisional80%Military service framework + foreign-military-service consequences

MilitaryProvisional78%Voluntary foreign military service triggering loss

NaturalizationVerified97%General Naturalization (Article 7) — 5y residence + integration A2

NaturalizationVerified93%Refugee Naturalization (Article 8)

NaturalizationVerified92%Stateless Naturalization (Article 8 reduced)

NaturalizationProvisional65%Pending Statelessness Determination Procedure

NaturalizationVerified91%Subsidiary Protection Naturalization

NaturalizationVerified92%EU Long-Term Resident Pathway

NaturalizationVerified94%EU Free Movement Pathway

NaturalizationVerified94%Family Co-Naturalization

OPTVerified97%Article 6(1)(a) — birth in NL + 3y residence (stateless)

OPTVerified93%Article 6(1)(b) — partner + 3y residence

OPTVerified94%Article 6(1)(c) — Antillean recognition (post-2010)

OPTVerified93%Article 6(1)(d) — former Dutch + 1y residence

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(e) — special status options

OPTProvisional82%Article 6(1)(f) — recognition cohort

OPTProvisional82%Article 6(1)(g) — special status options

OPTProvisional82%Article 6(1)(h) — special status options

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(i) — minor of recognised refugee

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(j) — recognition under Slotwet (Antillean residual cohort)

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(k) — surviving partner of deceased Dutch

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(l) — minor under joint authority with Dutch parent

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(m) — adult acquired under joint authority pre-majority

OPTVerified88%Article 6(1)(n) — stateless minor under Dutch authority

OPTVerified85%Article 6(1)(o) — adopted child special case

OPTVerified91%Article 6(1)(p) — Tjebbes Article 15 restoration (Rijkswet 35 859 R2157, EIF 2022-04-01)

OPTVerified90%Article 6(1)(q) — Wet vaststellingsprocedure (Wet 35687, EIF 2023-10-01)

RestorationProvisional78%Article 28 RWN Holocaust Restoration

RestorationVerified85%Indonesian Cohort Restoration

RestorationVerified85%Surinamese Cohort Restoration

RestorationVerified85%Pre-1985 Loss Recovery (Article 28)

RestorationVerified85%Moluks-Indo Cohort

RestorationProvisional78%Spijtoptanten (regret-opters) recognition

RestorationVerified92%Sephardic descendant pathway (Article 28 general restoration only)

RestorationVerified85%WUV-recognized victim status restoration

RestorationVerified88%Pre-1964 women-loss-by-marriage CEDAW retrofit correction

SpecialVerified94%Loss by Foreign Acquisition (Article 15(1)(a))

SpecialVerified95%Loss by 10-year residence abroad (Article 15(1)(c)) — Tjebbes case

SpecialVerified94%Terror revocation (Article 14(2)) — post-2017 expansion

SpecialVerified97%Voluntary renunciation (Article 16)

SpecialVerified85%Naturalization by Royal Decree (Article 10) — exceptional

SpecialVerified85%Surinaamse Gemeenschap recognition (community status)

SpecialVerified96%Administrative appeal pathway

SpecialVerified92%Diffuse cessation framework (multi-instrument)

SpecialVerified85%Minor voluntary acquisition of foreign nationality

SXProvisional78%Sint Maarten-administered Naturalization

SXProvisional78%Sint Maarten-administered option pathway