Passport and visa

Check if you need to bring a passport, visa, or other travel documents. You’ll find detailed information in our travel documents tool.

Which documents

Which travel documents you need depends on a couple of factors:

  • your country of departure, transfer, and destination;
  • your nationality;
  • your country of residence.

We advise checking the embassy website of the country you’re visiting. For detailed information suitable for your trip, check our travel documents tool.

Check travel documents

Arrange visa

If you need to arrange a visa, our partner Sherpa can take care of your application at a fee. Or you can organise it yourself via the applicable authorities. To check in online via KLM.com, your travel documents (visa or otherwise) must be complete.

Arrange visa via Sherpa

Frequently asked questions

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Travel documents include passports and ID cards, of course. But also visa, residence permits, vaccination certificates, etc. Which travel documents you need depends on your countries of departure, transfer and destination, your nationality and your current place of residence. Check ourtravel document toolfor more specific information about your trip. You can go to My Trip on the KLM website to pre-fill your personal information. That saves time at the airport.

That depends on where you’re coming from and where you’re going, and for how long. You can check whether you need a visa with thisonline tool.

Yes, you can. In EU countries and the Schengen area, you can also travel with an ID card.

Within Schengen countries, no passport checks are done. You do always need to have a valid passport or ID card with you. That means you can never fly with an expired passport.

Some countries even require your passport to be valid for several months after you fly. We recommend that you check the expiration date of your ID well ahead of your flight.