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
Here is some information from your municipality.
Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch: Applying for a copy of a birth certificate
A birth certificate is a transcript from the civil registry. You request it from the municipality where the certificate was drawn up and the birth was reported. Abroad, you will usually need an international excerpt. Contact the authority requesting the certificate or extract.
Request a civil status certificate from abroad
You can request a civil status record online if the life event (birth, partnership, marriage or death) also took place in our municipality.
Apply online
Do you live in the Netherlands and do you have a DigiD code? Then you can request your birth certificate online. You can also apply for your birth certificate from abroad using your DigiD code. Don't have a DigiD code? Then first apply for one via the DigiD website.
Apply for the birth certificate online.
Unable or unwilling to apply for DigiD? You can apply for the civil status certificate
- By authorising someone on your behalf;
- by visiting the municipal reception desk in person. You need to make an appointment first;
- in writing by post:
- send an original letter to Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, Department of Public Services, PO Box 12345, 5200 GZ 's-Hertogenbosch;
- Put in your letter;
- the date and place of the life event and name(s) of the person(s) involved;
- what you need the civil status record for;
- the address to which we should send the certificate(s);
- close the letter with the date, your name and signature;
- enclose a copy of a valid identity document of yours on which your signature is also affixed.
- After applying, you will receive the certificate by post within 5 working days.
You cannot request the civil status certificate via e-mail.
Costs
There is a charge for requesting a birth certificate.
Further information
For application, costs and any other information, please contact the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch by telephone or WhatsApp +31 73 - 615 51 55 or send an e-mail via the digital contact form.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch
Visiting addresses
Hoff van Hollantlaan 1
5243SR Rosmalen
| Monday | 08.30 - 17.00 |
| Tuesday | 08.30 - 12.00 |
| Wednesday | 08.30 - 20.00 |
| Thursday | 08.30 - 12.00 |
| Friday | 08.30 - 17.00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Wolvenhoek 1
5211HH 's-Hertogenbosch
| Monday | 08.30 - 17.00 |
| Tuesday | 08.30 - 17.00 |
| Wednesday | 08.30 - 17.00 |
| Thursday | 08.30 - 20.00 |
| Friday | 08.30 - 17.00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |