For several days now there has been a technical malfunction on an important website of the Dutch government: NederlandWereldwijd.nl and the associated Consular Services website: https://consular.mfaservices.nl/ As a result, it is not possible for users to access a number of request travel documents. This concerns a Caribbean visa, Schengen visa and Dutch travel documents.
The Netherlands Worldwide website has been completely updated and has been live for a few days. The site has a layout that is entirely based on the needs of citizens who are abroad, want to go there or come to the Netherlands. The new site has been stripped of all frills and offers information that visitors need to purchase products and services from the Dutch government.
Do you live, work and/or study abroad? Then from 2 June you can visit nederlandwereldwijd.nl for information about voting abroad, AOW, the Registration of Non-Residents, citizen service number and logging in to the government from abroad.
'We are the link between a prisoner abroad and the home front'
About 2.000 compatriots are serving prison sentences abroad, some of them in Thailand. The Dutch government provides assistance if they wish through its network of embassies and consulates. Cluster Head of Consular Affairs Tessa Martens: 'We can really mean something, but we don't make empty promises.'
Minister Blok: 'More services for Dutch people abroad'
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will expand and modernize the services for Dutch nationals abroad. This is stated in the policy memorandum 'State of the Consular' that Minister Blok of Foreign Affairs presented today.
Searching the website of the Dutch Embassy for an income statement, required for an annual visa, was quite a task for me. But I found it.
Income statement on new website 'Netherlands worldwide'
Many readers of Thailandblog are not happy with the new website www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl as a replacement for the website of the Dutch embassy in Bangkok. It's quite a search for the old information. The income statement is now on the new site.
Nederlandwereldwijd.nl is an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from now on the joint website of all Dutch representations worldwide. This includes embassies, consulates and trade offices.