You must register in Ter Apel or at Schiphol if you wish to apply for asylum in the Netherlands
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If you arrive in the Netherlands by land as a refugee, you must register at the application centre in Ter Apel. If you arrive in the Netherlands by plane or by ship, you must apply for asylum at Schiphol Airport.
Is your asylum application being processed under the AMbV (Asylum and Migration Management Regulation) procedure?
Are you applying for asylum after 12 June 2026? If so, the new rules under the Asylum and Migration Pact will apply. These rules are stricter for asylum seekers. After 12 June, you will only be able to apply for asylum once in Europe, and you must do so in the country where you first entered Europe. If you do travel on to another country, that country will send you back to the country where you first arrived in Europe.
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Whether you have family members who are allowed to live in another European country or who have applied for asylum
Whether you have previously applied for asylum in another European country
Whether you entered Europe illegally via another country
Whether another European country has granted you a visa
Whether you studied in another European country and obtained a diploma there.
Your name, personal details, travel itinerary or fingerprints are stored in one of these systems if:
You are registered and have provided your fingerprints in another European country.
You previously sought asylum in another country, where you had to give your fingerprints.
You applied for or obtained a visa in another European country.
The country listed under your name in these systems is responsible for processing your asylum application. This is an agreement between European countries, set out in the
Under the AMbV procedure, you may be invited to an interview with the IND
Have your details been found in EURODAC or EU-VIS? Or does the IND believe, for another reason, that another country should decide on your asylum application? If so, your asylum application will be processed under the AMBV procedure. The aim of this procedure is to ensure that you travel to the European country responsible for processing your asylum application. Therefore, this procedure does not examine the reasons why you fled.
The
You will not be granted an interview with the IND if it is clear that you have already applied for asylum in another European country. The IND will then ask that other European country to process your asylum application.
In the Netherlands, under the AMbV procedure, you will only be granted an interview with an IND official in these two cases:
If it is not clear which other European country should examine your asylum application.
Or if you are an
If you are not granted an interview with the IND, the IND will inform you and your lawyer of this. If you disagree with this decision and believe that the Netherlands should process your asylum application, you can inform the IND of this in a letter. If the IND still considers that another European country should process your asylum application, it will ask that country to do so.