Deregistering from the municipality in the event of a long stay outside the Netherlands

Are you going to live outside the Netherlands for at least 8 months in 1 year? If so, you must deregister from the Personal Records Database (Basisregistratie Personen – BRP). The BRP contains your personal data, such as your name, gender and date of birth. You can deregister from the BRP through the municipality where you live.

Deregistration from your municipality is subject to certain rules:

You cannot deregister until 5 days before your departure. This includes weekends and public holidays.
You can deregister in writing or in person at the municipality service desk. This depends on your situation. In some municipalities, you can deregister online. Ask your municipality whether this is possible.
Are not all your family members, such as your partner and children, moving with you? In that case, at many municipalitys you must always deregister in person. Deregistering by post or online is then not possible.
You can also deregister if the 8 months in which you intend to live outside the Netherlands are not consecutive.

It may be important for you to have proof of deregistration, for example because you need to demonstrate to an organisation that you have been deregistered. Request proof of deregistration from the BRP via your municipality. Do this when you have yourself deregistered. Proof of deregistration demonstrates that you have been deregistered from the Netherlands. This proof specifies your personal details and the date of your deregistration.

Have you already been deregistered from your municipality? If so, you can no longer request proof of deregistration via the municipality where you lived. In such a case, you can request an international excerpt from the BRP. This is a document containing your details if you are not registered in the Netherlands. You can request this excerpt from one of the 19 Dutch municipalities with an RNI service desk. An international extract from the BRP is also referred to as an extract from the Non-residents Records Database (Registratie Niet-Ingezetenen – RNI).

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee

Here is some information from your municipality.

Leaving the Netherlands (emigrate)

Are you moving abroad? You report this to the municipality if you go abroad for more than 8 months in a period of 1 year.

Description

If you move abroad, you must report the move to the municipality. You must report if you go abroad for more than 8 months in a period of 1 year. These 8 months do not have to be consecutive. Even if you keep your house in the Netherlands, you must report the move to the municipality.

Are you staying abroad for less than 8 months? Then you can report the move, but you don't have to.

The municipality will inform the authorities that are connected to the Personal Records Database (BRP). For example, the tax authorities and the pension funds.

Read more information for Dutch citizens abroad on Nederlandwereldwijd.nl

You must personally report your move to the municipality under the following condition:

Family members remain at your current address in the Netherlands.

Otherwise, you can make the notification in writing. This can be done by:

yourself, if you are 16 years or older
by parent, guardian or guardian for minor children
cohabiting spouses / registered partners for each other
cohabiting parents and adult children for each other

This is how you report your move abroad:

You make the report within 5 days before your departure. Please note: you will be deregistered on the day you report your move (ie not on your actual departure date).
Does everyone at your address move abroad?
- You can submit your report digitally. You can then immediately request proof of deregistration.
- You can also submit your report in writing to the municipality.
- You enclose a copy of your valid proof of identity.
Will people continue to live at your address?
- You personally go to the municipality.
- You bring your valid ID with you.
You pass on:
- in which country you will stay
- what is your first address (with city name)
- the date you move

The declaration can be made by:

yourself, if you are 16 years or older
by parent, guardian or guardian for minor children
cohabiting spouses / registered partners for each other
cohabiting parents and adult children for each other

It is not possible to request proof of deregistration after the day of departure. You can only do this at the same time as the declaration of the departure abroad. Do you still need proof of deregistration later? Then you can do this at an RNI municipality. These municipalities are Alkmaar, Almelo, Amsterdam, Breda, The Hague, Doetinchem, Eindhoven, Groningen, Goes, Heerlen, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Venlo, Westland and Zwolle.

Are you moving outside the Netherlands on your own? If so, you can report your departure online.
Is your entire family moving outside the Netherlands? If so, you must report your departure to the municipality in writing or at its service desk.

Online

You can report your departure online on the day of your move. You need your DigiD to do this.

[formulier vertrek doorgeven met DigiD]

In writing

You can only report that you are moving by post if all the members of your family are moving with you.

[optie 1]

Fill in the [form for departure outside the Netherlands]. Send the form together with a copy of a valid passport, Dutch identity card or residence permit for you and your family to [adres gemeente].

[optie 2]

Write a signed letter stating your old and (if known) new address.

The letter must specify:

the country in which you are going to live;
the date of your departure;
a clear signature (not initials).

Send this letter together with a copy of your identity document to [adres gemeente]. Or email all the documents to [e-mailadres].

At the service desk

Do you want to report the departure of you and your family at the service desk? First make an appointment via [pagina gemeente]. Bring a valid form of identification to your appointment.

You must specify your new address at the appointment, if already known. You must always specify the country in which you will be living.

You can report the departure of the following people at the same time as you report your own:

your spouse;
your civil partner;
your children;
your parents.

These persons must be registered with you at the same address.

Do you have a samenlevingscontract (cohabitation agreement)? If so, you and your partner must report the departure outside the Netherlands separately.

Proof of deregistration costs € 10.25, but if you request it digitally € 8.30.