Dutch passport

Dutch passport Nederlands paspoort
The front cover of a contemporary Dutch ePassport issued since 2014
Type	Passport
Issued by	Kingdom of the Netherlands
First issued	26 August 2006[1] (biometric passport) 9 March 2014[2] (current version)
Eligibility	Citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Expiration	10 years after acquisition for adults and 5 years after acquisition for minors (since 9 March 2014)[3]
Cost	€83,87 (maximum rate; adults; 34-page; individual municipalities determine the rate; 66-page business passport available for the same price on request.) €63,42 (maximum rate; minors; 34-page; individual municipalities determine the rate.) €139,40 (minors; 34 pages; abroad.) €159,95 (adults; 34 pages; abroad.) US$112,47 (minors; maximum rate, all ages 34-page Aruba, Curaçao, Saint-Martin, Caribbean Netherlands.) US$134,78 (adults; maximum rate, all ages 34-page Aruba, Curaçao, Saint-Martin, Caribbean Netherlands. 66-page business passport available for the same price on request.)[4]

A Dutch passport (Dutch: Nederlands paspoort) is an identity document issued to citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the purpose of international travel. As the Netherlands only distinguish one category of citizen (Nederlandse (Dutch), NLD), for all countries in the Kingdom, passports are the same for all four countries. The passport also serves as a means of identification as required by the Dutch law since 1 January 2005 for all persons over the age of fourteen.^[5] Dutch passports are valid for a period of ten years from issuing date. The passport complies with the rules (EU Council Regulation 2252/04) for European Union passports.^[6] Since 26 August 2006 all passports are issued as a biometric passport with an embedded contactless smartcard RFID chip for storing biometric data.^[7] Every Dutch citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The nationality allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the European Union, European Economic Area, and Switzerland.