In order to acquire Dutch citizenship, in all cases you must meet certain conditions and produce certain documents.
There are two procedures for acquiring Dutch citizenship:
- option procedure
- naturalisation
When are you eligible for the option procedure?
In all cases you must always have had a valid residence document.
In addition, you must belong to one of the following categories:
- You are of full age, were born in the Netherlands and have lived in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba continuously since your birth.
- You were born in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba, you have lived there for an uninterrupted period of at least 3 years and since your birth you have not had a nationality (you are stateless).
- You are of full age and you have legally lived in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba since the age of 4.
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