Deregistration from the Netherlands

To deregister by post, download the deregistration form 'Vertrek buitenland (Engels)'.  Fill in the form and send it to:

Gemeente Rotterdam
Klantcontact, afdeling Migratie
P.O. Box 70013
3000 KR Rotterdam

At this moment it is not possible to make an appointment to visit the City Counter for deregistration.
Please deregister online or by post.

If you need assistance with the online procedure, please call our municipal service number 14 010. When you call from abroad, call +31 10 267 16 25.

Deregistration is free of charge.

To deregister you need:

• the filled-in deregistration form 'Formulier vertrek buitenland (Engels)'
• (a copy of) your valid identification (passport, identity card or residence permit)

You can deregister 28 days before leaving the Netherlands. Give an indication of the date of your departure. You will be deregistered on that date.

If you give no date of departure, then the date the municipality receives your notice will be adopted as your date of departure.

Confirmation

• In person: the municipality will hand out a confirmation of your deregistration during your deregistration appointment if you deregister on the same day.
  If you do not deregister the same day, then a confirmation of your deregistration will be send to your new address after your deregistration is processed.

The following persons may report a move (unless not all the members of a family at one address are moving abroad together, because then everyone leaving the Netherlands must appear in person at the City Counter for deregistration):

• anyone aged 16 or up, on behalf of themselves
• cohabiting spouses/registered partners, on behalf of each other (provided that spouses and partners move from the old to the new address together)
• the parent, guardian or caretaker, on behalf of minors
• parent(s), on behalf of their adult children living at home (provided that the parents and the children living at home move from the old to the new address together)
• adult children, on behalf of their parent(s) living with them (provided that the adult child and parent(s) move from the old to the new address together)
• a guardian, on behalf of a person who has been placed under their guardianship

It takes 2 weeks, if everything is complete.

The departure date is the date on which the application is received by the municipality. Are you leaving later than the date on which the municipality received your application? Your departure will then only be registered in the Municipal Register (BRP) on the date you actually left.

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If you have questions, you can call the municipal service number 14 010. When you call from abroad, call +31 10 267 16 25.