• Adult passports are valid for 10 years, children’s passports are valid for 5 years.
• Apply 8 months before the passport expires or when you have less than 8 blank visa pages left.
• All passports issued overseas have 52 pages, no pages can be added.
• Passports are delivered to you by Dutch domestic registered mail.  You cannot collect your new passport.  We cannot mail passports outside of The Netherlands.
• All passport services are available by appointment only and only from the Consulate General in Amsterdam.
• U.S. citizens in transit who need to replace a lost or stolen passport, check our ‘Replace a Lost or Stolen passport’ section. 
• Apply for a new passport with a still valid or recently expired Adult Passport (issued after age 16)
• Apply for a new Adult Passport, while old passport has expired more than five years ago
• Apply for a new Children’s Passport, applicants under age 16
• Apply for a new passport when applicant is now 16 or older
• Replace a Lost or Stolen Passport
• Replace a Damaged Passport
• Apply for a Second Passport 
• Apply for a First Passport for a child born overseas
• Apply for a First Passport as a child born overseas but now over 18
• Apply for a First Passport based on a claim to U.S. citizenship
• Apply for a passport after a Name Change through Marriage/Divorce
• Apply for a passport after a Name Change through other means
• Apply for an Imminent Travel passport
• Apply for a Passport Card
• Replace a Limited Validity passport, Adopted Child
• Replace a Limited Validity Emergency passport
• Renew a Limited Validity regular passport