Object decision on Schengen or transit visa

Check the date before which you must object. You have 4 weeks’ time to object. The 4-week period starts 1 day after the decision has been announced.

Perhaps your Schengen visa application was incomplete. Please collect the missing documents. You will find a checklist of the documents required for your travel purpose on the VFS Global website. Is someone else objecting on your behalf? Then use the following authorisation:

And a copy of your passport.

Have official official foreign documents translated and legalised into Dutch, English, French or German.

You can object in writing or online.

Objecting online

Use the online objection form (in Dutch).

Written objection

Please send a written objection to the IND. You must do this in a letter.

Content of written objection

Your written objection must at least contain this information:

• your name, date of birth and address.
• the date.
• why you think the decision is incorrect.
• your signature.
• a copy of the decision.

Send supporting documents.

Does it concern a visa for family or friends? Then please send the questionnaire Vragenlijst Visumaanvraag along with your objection. Do this for each visa applicant of 12 years and older. Are you objecting on behalf of a child below the age of 12 who is travelling without parents? Then send the Vragenlijst Visumaanvraag along as well. The Vragenlijst Visumaanvraag is only available in Dutch.

You can send the completed forms together with all the supporting documents to the IND. Are you not able to send the questionnaire together with the objection? Then forward it as soon as possible. 

Postal address 

Send your written objection to:

IND Visadienst
Postbus 2
9560 AA Ter Apel

Securely email 

You can also securely email documents. Read more about emailing securely with Zivver.

Do you have a case number? Mention the case number in the subject of your email. 

The documents should each be up to 10 MB. Together your documents should be up to 20 MB per email. Are your documents together larger than 20 MB? Please send an extra email with the other documents.

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Uploading additional digital documents

Do you wish to send additional document to the IND? And is your objection still in progress with the IND? If you have a DigiD account, uploading documents is quick and easy.

Do you not have DigiD? You can also securely email your additional documents.

Objecting is free of charge.

The IND must take a decision within a 6-week decision period. We can extend this by another 6 weeks. Did the IND receive your objection on time? Then the decision period starts on the first day after the final date on which you could submit your objection. Sending your objection earlier does not change that.

Processing objections now takes longer

At the moment, an appeal can take 9 months to process. Is this too long for your situation? You can also apply for a new visa. Please note that you will then have to pay a visa fee again. Before your application, read the letter (decision) about the rejection carefully. It explains why you did not receive a visa. For example, because you could not show the correct documents. Then make sure that you do have the correct documents with the new application. For more information about a new visa application, visit the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Applying for a Schengen visa for the Netherlands.

What if the IND decides late?

Has the decision period expired and you still do not have a decision on your objection? Find out what you can do if the IND is late with its decision.

You will receive the decision in a letter. The decision can be positive or negative.

• Founded objection. The decision is positive.
• Unfounded objection. The decision is negative. You can appeal against this decision to court.

Did u get a positive decision? Then you must collect your visa at the Dutch representation where you initially submitted your visa application.

You must enter the Netherlands within 6 months after you have received the decision on objection. Would you like to travel later? Then you must submit a new visa application.

Go to Netherlandsworldwide.nl for all information on how to collect your visa after a positive decision on your objection.