Notifying the municipality when you move home
Are you moving home within the Netherlands? If so, notify the new municipality where you are going to live of your move. The new municipality will register you at your new address. You do not need to deregister from your old municipality.
The move can be notified by:
- anyone aged 16 or older;
- cohabiting spouses / civil partners on behalf of each other;
- the parent, guardian or caregiver on behalf of minor children;
- parents on behalf of adult children living with them;
- adult children on behalf of parents living with them;
- the conservator on behalf of a person placed under a conservatorship;
- an authorised representative.
You must notify the new municipality where you are going to live that you are moving home. You must inform it of your new address no later than 4 weeks before the moving date, or within 5 days after the moving date.
Contact your new municipality for more information.
This is how it works for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Moving home within the Netherlands
You must notify the municipality where you are going to live of your move. This is possible from 4 weeks before you move to 5 days after you move. The municipality will adjust your address details within 5 working days. Are you late in submitting? Then this may have consequences for, for example, rent benefit, student finance, your parking permit, municipal taxes or benefits.
You must notify the municipality where you are going to live of your move. This is possible from 4 weeks before you move to 5 days after you move.
Submit move
Online
Report your move online via culemborg.nl/verhuizing-doorgeven.
By mail
You can also report your move by post. Send the following information:
- The municipality's relocation form
- If applicable: declaration of cohabitation (possibly permission from the housing association to the main occupant)
- Your signature on the form
- A copy of your valid ID
- Rental or purchase agreement
At the counter
Will you personally report the move to the town hall? Then bring the following:
- Your valid ID
- Rental or purchase agreement
- If applicable: declaration of cohabitation
It is free to notify a move.
The municipality will pass on your address details within 5 working days.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Culemborg