My OV-chipkaart has expired
Your personal OV-chipkaart has a validity of five years. If your OV-chipkaart has expired, you can have it renewed.
Renew your OV-chipkaart online
You can apply for a renewed OV-chipkaart online via OV-chipkaart.nl. You will receive the balance of your old OV-chipkaart in your bank account within 15 days after your OV-chipkaart has expired. You will receive your new OV-chipkaart at home within a week. The student travel product (only if active), other subscriptions and automatic recharging will be transferred from your old OV-chipkaart to your new OV-chipkaart. You can continue to travel with your old OV-chipkaart until the date it is no longer valid. After that, use your new OV-chipkaart.
Note: Do you have your OV-chipkaart renewed after the student travel product has been discontinued? Then you have to linking the new OV-chipkaart before you can use the student travel product again!
Do you still have an anonymous card? If so, apply for the Temporary Student Travel Pass
To bridge the gap while you wait for a replacement card, you can use the temporary student travel pass. You can travel again with the student travel pass as soon as OV-chipkaart your replacement OV-chipkaart and the student travel pass has been loaded onto it.
Please note that the Temporary Student Travel Product is only valid for seven days and cannot be applied for indefinitely. So apply quickly for a renewed personal OV-chipkaart .