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Registering with the municipality in the Netherlands

Do you intend to live in the Netherlands for more than 4 months? Then you must register in the Personal Records Database (Basisregistratie Personen – BRP). You can do this at the municipality where you intend to live.

You must register in the BRP at the municipality where your intended address is located. There is no charge for this.

If you have no fixed address, you must register your postal address. For example, if you are a ship’s captain, or where the institution that you are in, such as a prison or psychiatric facility, is located.  

Are you moving from one municipality to another municipality in the Netherlands? Then you must notify the new municipality of your change of address.

You must register with the municipality within 5 days of arriving in the Netherlands. You can do this at your municipality. Are your partner and/or children are coming with you to the Netherlands? They must come with you to the municipality.

Once you register in the BRP, you will receive a citizen service number (Burgerservicenummer – BSN). You will need this number for any contact with the Government of the Netherlands, such as when managing your taxes.

Exceptions

In some situations you can register later or in a different way:

  • You are going to be living in the Netherlands for less than 4 months. Then you can register in the BRP as a non-resident. For this you can use an address outside the Netherlands. You will still receive a BSN. 
  • You do not have valid residence status, and to be allowed to stay in the Netherlands, you need a residence permit (verblijfsvergunning). If you are waiting for your residence permit to arrive, you do not have to register within 5 days.
  • You are unable to prove your identity. This may require additional investigation. Registering with the municipality can then wait until the outcome of this investigation. After that, you will have to register. 

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:
Informatie:

Here is some information from your municipality.

Report your move

You inform us of your move if you are moving within the municipality of Rijssen-Holten or if you come to live in Rijssen-Holten. You do this within 5 days after you have moved or a maximum of 4 weeks before the move. If you are moving to another municipality, please inform that municipality of the move.

The following people may report a move:

  • You are 16 years or older. 
  • You have permission from the resident if you move in with someone. 
  • The move is communicated by:
     yourself
    a parent, guardian or caregiver
    cohabiting spouses or registered partners for each other (if they move to the new address together)
    cohabiting parents and adult children (18+) for each other (if they move to the new address together)
    a legal representative an adult with written consent

  • Valid proof of identity (passport, driver's license, Dutch identity card or residence permit).
  • Are you coming to live with someone? Then bring proof of permission to move in.

If you are moving to the Netherlands for the first time, you must register with the municipality in which you will live. This is called an 'initial registration'. Have you lived in the Netherlands before, but did you move abroad before October 1994? Then you must also make an 'initial registration'. 

The conditions for a first registration in the Netherlands are:

You have Dutch nationality, or
a passport from a European country, or
a residence permit for a definite or indefinite period You will live in the Netherlands for more than 4 months

Are the requested documents not drawn up in Dutch, English, German or French? Or do you not have a multilingual model form? Then you must have them translated. Is the translator sworn in the Netherlands? Then you do not need to have the translation legalized. Is the translator sworn abroad? Then you must have the legalized original document re-legalized in the Netherlands. You can read more about this on the Dutch government's Nederlandwereldwijd.nl

You must personally notify the municipality of your move to the Netherlands. Make an appointment for this.

Registration is free of charge. You must pay the costs of translating or legalising official documents that you may need to take with you.

You report your move from 4 weeks before the moving date until 5 days afterwards. Will you report the move later? Then the date on which you report the move is your official move date.

Questions about this topic?

Contact the Municipality of Rijssen-Holten