Applying for a copy of a birth certificate in the Netherlands

Do you want a copy of your birth certificate (geboorteakte)? You can request an official copy (afschrift), extract (uittreksel) or a multilingual international extract (meertalig internationaal uittreksel). You can do this in the municipality where you were born.

You won't receive your original birth certificate that the municpality has on file. You can choose from an an official copy, extract or a multilingual international extract.

Official copy of birth certificate

This is a copy of the birth certificate record held by the municipality. The municipality puts a stamp on it. The official copy has the same information as your original birth certificate.

Extract of a birth certificate

The extract of the birth certificate contains the following information:  

your surname;
your first name(s);
your place of birth;
your date of birth.

Details regarding your parents are not included in the extract.

Multilingual international extract of birth certificate

The multilingual international extract is an up-to-date summary of your birth certificate for international use. It provides an explanatory statement in:

Dutch;
English;
French;
German;
Spanish;
Greek;
Italian;
Portuguese;
Turkish;
Serbo-Croatian.

You request a copy of your birth certificate in the municipality where you were born.

Were you born outside the Netherlands? Do you want to request a copy of your birth certificate? If so, contact the Registrar of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships in the country in which you were born. Is your birth certificate registered with the municipality of Den Haag (The Hague)? If so, you can apply for a copy there.

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Bernheze

Here is some information from your municipality.

Extract of civil status

Deeds are made of some important events in a person's life. These are kept in the registers of the municipality's civil registry. This happens when a child is born (birth certificate).

The deed remains in the municipality where it was drawn up. You can therefore only obtain extracts in Bernheze of events that took place in Bernheze (formerly Nistelrode, Vorstenbosch, Heesch and Heeswijk-Dinther). For example: do you live in Bernheze but your child was born in hospital in Uden? Then you must request the birth certificate for your child from the municipality of Uden. A divorce certificate is linked to the marriage certificate; you can request it from the municipality where the marriage took place.

For more information, visit our website via the link below.

www.bernheze.org