Definitive Departure from Curaçao

Who does this apply to?

• Any resident (Dutch or foreign) who is leaving the country permanently

Costs

• First application: XCG 145 ≈ US$ 81
• Other costs: Only applies to foreigners; Dutch nationals do not pay a definitive departure fee (but they must still settle outstanding fines/taxes and deregister).

Dollar amounts are approximate, at the fixed rate of US$ 1 = XCG 1.79. You pay in XCG.

Work out your total (one-off payment, no deposit): open the cost calculator →

Requirements

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• Dutch national: settle fines with the Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público), settle outstanding taxes, deregister at Public Affairs (Kranshi) — no formal departure procedure required
• Foreign national, first appointment: passport and proof of payment (XCG 145) to receive the stamp form; that form is then stamped in 3 places: the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Tax Office and Public Affairs (Kranshi)
• Foreign national, second appointment: passport, stamp form, proof of deregistration from Public Affairs, plane ticket, the other documents you received from other government services and, if you paid a deposit, the original proof of that payment

Steps to apply

1. (Foreigner) Pay XCG 145 and schedule the first appointment to receive the 'stamp form'.
   How to get this done

   Toelatingsorganisatie Curaçao (Admission Office)

   Prinsenstraat 90, Punda, Willemstad, Curaçao — Google Maps

   Monday to Thursday 08:00–15:00, Friday 08:00–12:00

   +5999 733-2000

   info@immigrationcur.org

   Since Monday, November 24, 2025 the office has been back in its renovated building at Prinsenstraat 90, Punda: the information desk and the issuing of residence titles (passport stamps) are there. The temporary location at Saliña 127 (Eurobuilding), used since September 2024, is no longer the Toelatingsorganisatie's address. The phone number is 733-2000; the old numbers 733-2080, 733-2081 and 733-2083 are no longer in use. Appointments to collect a passport stamp, proof of return, refund or final departure are booked through www.immigrationcur.org. For questions, email info@immigrationcur.org or message 'Admission Office Curaçao' on Facebook/Instagram.

   How to pay the fee for your procedure

   Payment is made by deposit or transfer in the name of the Toelatingsorganisatie, at Maduro & Curiel's Bank (MCB), account 31967908, or at Banco di Caribe, account 36286001 (both accounts are on the payment order the Toelatingsorganisatie sent us on September 30, 2026). In the payment reference, put your full name, which is mandatory, and your date of birth if there is room (Toelatingsorganisatie, in writing, October 9, 2026). You must pay before submitting your application and show the original proof of payment if asked. Use the 'Payment order' form (on the procedure page) to find the exact amount for your case.

   • Since April 1, 2026, if you apply for a permit for more than 1 year, you pay for all the years in advance: in a first application, the first year at the first-application fee and the others at the renewal fee; if you renew, all of them at the renewal fee (Toelatingsorganisatie payment order, September 30, 2026); see the policy notice on the home page.
   • Keep the paper receipt AND a photo/scan: you need it for the application AND as a back-up if there is a dispute.
2. Take the form to be stamped at: the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Tax Office, and Public Affairs.
   How to get this done

   Openbaar Ministerie (Public Prosecutor's Office): for the 'no outstanding fines' stamp on final departure

   Hendrikplein z/n, Willemstad, Curaçao — Google Maps

   +5999 434-2100

   parket.curacao@OMCarib.org

   We found no information on whether an appointment is needed or on public opening hours. Calling ahead is recommended.

3. After receiving the deregistration certificate from Public Affairs, schedule the second appointment.
   How to get this done

   Toelatingsorganisatie Curaçao (Admission Office)

   Prinsenstraat 90, Punda, Willemstad, Curaçao — Google Maps

   Monday to Thursday 08:00–15:00, Friday 08:00–12:00

   +5999 733-2000

   info@immigrationcur.org

   Since Monday, November 24, 2025 the office has been back in its renovated building at Prinsenstraat 90, Punda: the information desk and the issuing of residence titles (passport stamps) are there. The temporary location at Saliña 127 (Eurobuilding), used since September 2024, is no longer the Toelatingsorganisatie's address. The phone number is 733-2000; the old numbers 733-2080, 733-2081 and 733-2083 are no longer in use. Appointments to collect a passport stamp, proof of return, refund or final departure are booked through www.immigrationcur.org. For questions, email info@immigrationcur.org or message 'Admission Office Curaçao' on Facebook/Instagram.

4. At the second appointment bring: passport, stamp form, proof of deregistration, flight ticket, other government documents, and proof of the deposit if applicable.
   How to get this done

   Toelatingsorganisatie Curaçao (Admission Office)

   Prinsenstraat 90, Punda, Willemstad, Curaçao — Google Maps

   Monday to Thursday 08:00–15:00, Friday 08:00–12:00

   +5999 733-2000

   info@immigrationcur.org

   Since Monday, November 24, 2025 the office has been back in its renovated building at Prinsenstraat 90, Punda: the information desk and the issuing of residence titles (passport stamps) are there. The temporary location at Saliña 127 (Eurobuilding), used since September 2024, is no longer the Toelatingsorganisatie's address. The phone number is 733-2000; the old numbers 733-2080, 733-2081 and 733-2083 are no longer in use. Appointments to collect a passport stamp, proof of return, refund or final departure are booked through www.immigrationcur.org. For questions, email info@immigrationcur.org or message 'Admission Office Curaçao' on Facebook/Instagram.

5. Receive the final stamp and, if you paid a deposit, a voucher to collect it at the Tax Office.
   How to get this done

   Belastingdienst Curaçao (Tax Office): for your personal CRIB number and settling taxes on final departure

   Belastingdienst, Regentesselaan z/n, Willemstad, Curaçao — Google Maps

   Monday to Friday 08:00–12:00 and 14:00–15:30 (CRIB counter hours, confirmed in writing by the Belastingdienst on October 9, 2026)

   +5999 461 5000

   info.belastingdienst@gobiernu.cw

   You can apply for your personal CRIB number in person at the counter on the Regentesselaan. A valid passport is enough: you do not need to be registered at Kranshi or to have a sédula or a permit (Belastingdienst, written reply of October 9, 2026). You can also request it by email at info.belastingdienst@gobiernu.cw, with a photo of both sides of your passport or sédula, your name and your home address; the number is sent by email (official CRIB page). The Pater Euwensweg 9 office no longer serves the public.

   With the voucher you go to the Tax Office to collect the deposit; there they can also tell you whether it can be transferred to your bank account (official definitive-departure page). Only the holder or their legal representative can claim it, so keep the original proof of the deposit payment: you are asked for it at the second appointment.

Downloadable forms

• Payment order DOCX · 95 KB · in Spanish · Official English version DOCX · 84 KB Fill it in here
  How to fill out this form

  Betalingsopdracht / Orden de pago: the Toelatingsorganisatie publishes the same order in Spanish, English and Dutch, with the Maduro & Curiel's Bank and Banco di Caribe accounts, 1-, 2- and 3-year rows and its own investor row (XCG 1,865 / 3,095 / 6,170).

  Form 910. This is the payment order you use to pay the procedure fees, at Maduro & Curiel's Bank (MCB) or Banco di Caribe, BEFORE you submit your application. You tick the line for your procedure and, for a permit by the year, the duration; each line's amount is already fixed.

  Section single — Select your product/service: Mark (with an X or a circle) the line that matches your procedure EXACTLY. For a permit by the year, tick the purpose and, below it, the duration: 1, 2 or 3 years for a first application or a change of purpose; if you renew, the duration under “Renewal”. Each duration already carries the total for all the years, so do not add anything up; the table below gives the amount for 1 year. For example, a first application for work is XCG 655 for 1 year, 1,270 for 2 and 1,885 for 3, and renewing a work-based permit costs XCG 615 for 1 year, 1,230 for 2 and 1,845 for 3.

  Proof of return	XCG 225
  Niet van Toepassing declaration	XCG 225
  Van Rechtswege declaration	XCG 615
  Internship stay	XCG 525
  Short stay	XCG 535
  Tourist stay extension	XCG 525
  Duplicate	XCG 195
  Final departure	XCG 145
  Investor, 3 years	XCG 1,865
  Investor, 5 years	XCG 3,095
  Investor, indefinite	XCG 6,170
  First application (work)	XCG 655
  First application (family reunification)	XCG 655
  First application (study)	XCG 625
  First application (rentier/own business/pensioner)	XCG 635
  Renewal (work/study/rentier/pensioner/own business)	XCG 615
  Renewal (family reunification)	XCG 625
  Change of purpose	XCG 615

  Tips

  • ⚠️ Remember: since April 1, 2026, if your permit is for more than 1 year (up to 3 years), you pay for all the years in advance: in a first application, the first year at the first-application amount and each extra year at the renewal amount; if you renew, all of them at the renewal amount. The order's 2- and 3-year rows already carry that sum (Toelatingsorganisatie payment order, September 30, 2026).
  • The order has no row for a change to study: the Toelatingsorganisatie confirmed in writing on October 12, 2026 that it costs XCG 615, like the other changes. Ask them how to mark it before paying.
  • In the payment reference of the bank deposit, write your full name, which is mandatory. The order asks for “only the full name”, but the Toelatingsorganisatie clarified in writing on October 9, 2026 that your date of birth can also go in if there is room.
  • Keep the paper or scanned receipt — you must show the original for inspection when you hand in your application.

Important notes

• ⚠️ Exit permit (uitreisvergunning): with a residence permit of more than 3 months you cannot leave Curaçao for good without it (Toelatingsbesluit, art. 12). It is the last stamp of this procedure, the one placed in your passport at the second appointment (HIG 2006, 3.21). Your departure can be refused if you are being prosecuted for a crime, have a conviction pending or a prison sentence still to serve, have unpaid debts to the government, or are doing military service in Curaçao (LTU, art. 21).
• This is a process with 2 separate appointments and intermediate steps at 3 different offices — it is not a single-visit procedure.
• There are two distinct removal mechanisms that should not be confused: 'uitzetting' (expulsion, Art. 15 LTU) is ordered by the Procureur-Generaal with a re-entry ban, for someone who did not leave within the period set after losing their admission or after their permit was revoked, or whose stay is undesirable on morality or public-order grounds; and 'verwijdering' (removal, Art. 19 LTU) is ordered by the Minister of Justice, for someone who entered illegally or overstayed their permit. These are different procedures with different authorities.
• For Dutch nationals admitted Van Rechtswege, the stamp form was abolished: they no longer need it. Definitive departure happens if you move abroad or settle outside Curaçao for more than 3 years (if you had lived here at least 3 years), and the Van Rechtswege declaration then lapses: if you come back to live in Curaçao, you apply for a new one. That is the rule of the 2016 admission policy (3.6): on October 12, 2026 the Toelatingsorganisatie confirmed in writing that this policy replaces chapters 1 and 2 of the 2006 Instruction, so the 'more than 1 year' of the circular that abolished the form (paragraph 2.13) no longer applies.

• A departing Dutch national is still required to:

  1. settle fines with the Public Prosecutor's Office
  2. settle outstanding taxes
  3. deregister from the Population Register (Kranshi).

  (Beleidswijziging to 2.13 of the Instructie of the Minister of Justice, June 1, 2006)

• Today it is 3 stamps, not 4. The 2006 policy (HIG, 3.21) spoke of 4: the Vreemdelingendienst, the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Tax Inspectorate and the Island Receiver (Eilandsontvanger). The current official page asks for the form to be stamped in 3 places: the Public Prosecutor's Office (outstanding fines), the Tax Office (outstanding taxes) and Public Affairs (Kranshi), where you deregister. With the deregistration certificate you book the second appointment, where you get the last stamp; if you paid a deposit, you get a voucher to collect it at the Tax Office.
• Departure officers at the airport/seaport physically verify that your passport has both stamps (deregistration + exit permit) before letting you board. If you cannot show that you paid your outstanding taxes, you can be denied departure from the country right at the airport — this is not just a desk procedure. (Section 3.22 HIG 2006 (Art. 21(2) LTU))

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