Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands — Local services in Washington

I seldom write reviews but there are times when one should. Since July 2015, I have been meaning to write a positive review for this particular embassy, but it took me 6 months!

There was a situation when I could not get online appointment in a timely manner to attend a meeting. I called their hotline at night 2am and someone picked up the phone and assured that its doable. Then I wrote an email to which they replied the next morning, around 9:30am. They even cooperated to accomodate another colleague of mine in a similar situation.

I have heard horror stories about other embassies and rude awakenings caused by some ill-mannered staff, but The Netherland embassy people are professional and friendly. They go by the book for requirements, no exceptions, but make you feel welcome and not intimidating. The consular office was a young man (name hidden for privacy), friendly and respectful and well behaved. He was patient and helped us out in a timely manner.

I like this embassy, have respect for their respectful behavior, and appreciate their friendliness. No wonder, people say The Netherlands is a friendly country! If you are looking for a European vacation in Schengen lands, its worth going to The Nederlands as well, and your money spent will be worth it. If you have all documents proper, the VISA experience will...

I wasted 100’s of dollars just to apply for visa Drove 6 hours to Chicago and 6 hours back home Got charged 6 time for appointment time $33 each time Charged $149 for visa application Charged $1 for every copy of they had to make Spent over $500 just to apply for visa and guess what they refused my visa after every info I provided Whatever they asked They still say it’s not sufficient evidence The places I was visiting my family I informed and the places I wasn’t visiting family I showed booking but no They want car rental info /train tickets etc Invitation If I’m a tourist than why do I need invitation Don’t understand I call to see why they say sorry apply again My flight is in 2 weeks And it takes them 3 weeks to process And 2 months to give you appointment My tickets are non refundable I have traveled many countries before this is the first time I’m having this issue No one with their right mind want to leave America to seek refuge in Europe And don’t worry I’m not trying to go there and be in the...

First of all, everyone works tight there are amazing and really helpful. Washington DC area. So my issurr is that I applied for a visa to visit my familly in the Netherlands and got refused. I provided them with all the required documents and informations. I even asked the lady who interviewed me if I had all the documents that were in the check list and she said yes. I checked my documents many many times and everything was alright, but unfortunately they refused my visa because they said that there are resonable doubts as my intention to leave the terrioeity of the Member States before the expiry of the visa. I just wanted to spend two week with my familly and come back to my wonderful place. I already had two different visas to some other countries. Iam a good traveler and I can afford everything. So many reviews here got into the same issue. I’ll meet my familly in France instead since this works like...