On this page below you will find all the information you need for your visa application

• Your passport.
• We need to have the passport physically, so no copy.
• Your passport must still be valid for at least 6½ months after the validity of the visa (ie one and a half year valid if it is an annual visa).
• The passport must have at least two blank facing visa pages.

• Two (2 x) color passport photos.
• Note that these photos are according to the Dutch standard of ‘passport photo’, that is to say, looking forward, white background, do not laugh and do not show teeth.
• Wearing glasses in the photo is not permitted
• Nine times out of ten, the consulate does not accept a photo from your own printer. If you do so, make sure you use gloss paper and there are no stripes visible from the print.
• Do not staple the photo to the application form, but rather use a Pritt stick. If you do not have a Pritt stick, please include your loose photo and we will attach it to the form for you.
• Do not stick the photos with adhesive tape

Other conditions that you must pay extra attention to:

• The photos may not be older than 3 months
• The photos may not be the same as on the passport unless the passport is not older than 3 months
• The photos must have a white background.

• A copy of the passport of the applicant
• Note that you also need to provide the original passport as requested on this page

• A booking confirmation of your flight (return ticket)
• The consulate wants to see when you enter the country and go out again
• It may be a booking for a flight, bus, train, boat
• Your name must be mentioned on it
• The consulate must recognize the confirmation as being that it comes from a travel agency or an airline.
• A confirmation of a flight by a customer of your will not be accepted because the consulate will say that anyone can do this. Think of logos, photos or other features that an official confirmation of an airline by mail in general meets
• Our advice, make sure you take out cancellation insurance when purchasing your flight. In the event that you do not receive your visa, you will not suffer any financial

1.)

If you are Dutch, you do not need additional documents.

2.)

For the EU or Schengen country nationalities:

If nationality comes from an EU or Schengen country (not for a Dutch passport), you must show that you are registered in the Netherlands.
You have two options;

• Option 1: a copy of the front- and backside of your residence permit.
• Option 2: a copy of the extract from the population register (GBA).

3.)

Other nationalities from outside the EU or Schengen countries:

• You need a copy of your Dutch residence permit’s front- and back-side for all nationalities from outside the EU and Schengen countries.

The application form: Click here to fill in, print and sign online.

For your business visa you need an invitation/guarantee from the Tanzanian company.

The business letter should contain the following points;

• The company’s invitation letter in Tanzania.
• The letter must be written in English,

Look out! There must be a number of points mentioned:

• For the Tanzanian embassy, the letter must be addressed to:
  Embassy of Tanzania in the Netherlands
  Groot Hertoginnelaan 28, 2517 EG The Hague
• The request to make it a single or multiple entrances
• Your name, as it appears in your passport
• Your passport number
• Your date of birth
• The VAT number (TIN number) of the Tanzanian company
• Date of arrival and departure from Tanzania
• Information about the business activities of the Tanzanian company.
• A (clear, clearly visible, legible) stamp and signature of the Tanzanian company.