NL
Netherlands
Recent reports of entry without significant problems.
Based on 16 reports. Score 0.87 on a scale from −1 (always refused) to +1 (always admitted), with recent reports counting most. How scoring works
What to expect
All 16 reports, dating from 2022 through 2026, end in admission, with most arrivals by air at Amsterdam Schiphol and some by land or Schengen transit.1–16 Fourteen travelers, several carrying marked passports, passed immigration with no questions beyond routine travel plans.46911–131516 Two December 2024 reports describe secondary inspection at Amsterdam, once with officers citing the passport marker and an unreadable passport, both ending in admission.35
Written by an AI model from the reports below on September 19, 2026. The numbers link to the reports each sentence is based on. Read those before you decide.
Officers may refuse entry on character grounds
Entry to the Netherlands can be refused if a traveller is considered a threat to public policy or security, or has a Schengen refusal-of-entry alert. No rule bars entry for a conviction or sex-offender registration as such.
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code), Article 6(1)(d) and (e), waiver at Article 6(5)(c); Vreemdelingenwet 2000, Article 3(1)(b) · discretionary · waiver available
We haven't confirmed this citation against the official text yet.
Last checked against official sources on September 20, 2026.
- EUR-Lex - 02016R0399-20240710 - EN - EUR-Lex · EUR-Lex, Publications Office of the European Union
- wetten.nl - Regeling - Vreemdelingenwet 2000 - BWBR0011823 · Overheid.nl
Common questions
Can registered sex offenders enter Netherlands?
It's rated Open: Recent reports of entry without significant problems. Of 5 trips reported in the last two years by people on a US registry, 5 ended in entry and 0 in refusal.
Do Netherlands's border officers know about US registrants in advance?
In 1 report, officers appeared to know before the traveler arrived, which usually points to a US advance notification (often called Angel Watch).
How do travelers usually arrive in Netherlands?
Reports on file describe 10 by air, 1 by land. Outcomes can differ by how travelers arrive; each report below says which.
- 1Jul 2026
Admitted, no issues
The traveler continued from other Schengen countries to the Netherlands with no incident.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 2May 2025
Admitted, no issues
The traveler visited the Netherlands on a recent European trip with no reported entry problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 3Dec 2024 (reported)
Admitted after questioning · By air, Amsterdam (AMS)
A frequent traveler to Europe with a passport endorsement was pulled into secondary inspection at Amsterdam for the first time after many trips, and was then allowed in. The traveler attributed it possibly to the frequency of entries through that airport.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 4Dec 2024
Admitted, no issues · By air, Amsterdam
The traveler, holding a marked passport, was in Amsterdam at the time of posting and described having visited several European countries without reporting entry problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand
- 5Dec 2024
Admitted after questioning · By air, Amsterdam Schiphol
The traveler entered the Schengen area at Amsterdam and was taken to secondary inspection; officers gave two reasons, that the passport could not be read and the passport marker. After providing information, the traveler was admitted without further trouble.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand · officers appeared to be notified in advance
- 6Aug 2024 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · By air
The traveler flies to the Netherlands twice a year and has never been held up beyond being asked about travel plans.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 7Aug 2024 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · By air
The traveler reported two trips to the Netherlands without noted problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand
- 8Jul 2024 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · By air
The same registrant reported two trips to the Netherlands since the previous July without any entry problems, only US secondary questioning upon return.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand
- 9Jan 2024
Admitted, no issues · By air, Amsterdam
The traveler flew into Amsterdam with an endorsed passport last winter and passed through immigration without a second glance before continuing on to Germany.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand
- 10Dec 2023
Admitted, no issues · Changing planes, Amsterdam
The traveler connected through Amsterdam en route to Germany and made the connection without any reported issue.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 11Jun 2023 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · By air, Amsterdam
The traveler, holding a passport with the endorsement for about three years, reports entering Europe twice a year via Amsterdam without problems. Once admitted there, no further passport checks occurred while moving within the Schengen area until departing for the US.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 12Apr 2023 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · By air
The traveler flew into the Netherlands with a marked passport and was admitted without problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 13Apr 2023 (reported)
Admitted, no issues · Amsterdam
The traveler entered the Netherlands (Amsterdam) with a marked passport and reported no problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 142023
Admitted, no issues
The traveler visited during a multi-country European trip in the fall without any entry problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 152023
Admitted, no issues · Over land
During the same European road trip with a marked passport, the traveler drove into the Netherlands without encountering any problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 162022
Admitted, no issues · By air, Amsterdam
The traveler flew in and out of Amsterdam without reported problems before continuing by rail to Spain.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand
- 17By 2022
Admitted, no issues
Row from the RTAG Travel Matrix, an undated summary last maintained around 2021.
- Registrants turned away
- No
- Law bars sex offenders
- No
- Law bars people with felonies
- No
- Has its own offender registry
- No
Registrant Travel Action Group (RTAG) · Legacy matrix · Summary