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.
Applying for a copy of a birth certificate in the Netherlands
- written proof of a life event such as a birth
- 2 ways of application: online with DigiD or in person at the counter (make an appointment)
- pay immediately
Records are made of a number of important events in a person's life. These are kept in the municipality's registers of civil status. The original deed remains in the municipality where it was made. So you get a copy (or extract) of the deed. You can only request this if the event took place in Stichtse Vecht. For example: do you live in Stichtse Vecht, but was your child born in the hospital in Utrecht? Then you must request the birth certificate for your child from the municipality of Utrecht.
Certificates you can request
- Birth certificate: for yourself and your child
- Marriage certificate: for yourself
- Partnership certificate: for yourself
- Divorce certificate: for you
- Partnership termination certificate: for yourself
- Death certificate: of your partner, of your child and of your parent(s)
International certificate of civil status for foreign institutions
Extracts are available in several languages.
- Valid proof of identity
- Details of the date and place where the event took place ( for example, wedding date and place)
- In case of authorization:
- A signed written, authorization
- A valid proof of identity of the authorized person
- A (copy of a) valid proof of identity of the person who authorized someone else
A birth certificate costs: € 16,60. Pay by PIN, You cannot pay by credit card.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Stichtse Vecht
Visiting address
Endelhovenlaan 1
3601GR Maarssen
| Monday | 8:30 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 8:30 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 8:30 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 8:30 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 8:30 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |