Deregistration from the Netherlands
When you leave the Netherlands for more than 8 months, make sure you deregister from the Municipal Personal Records Database (BRP) Rotterdam. After this the department updates your details and automatically informs other government authorities.
You can deregister online via the button 'Online deregistration'.
Online deregistration. Link opens an external pageDeregistration by post
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
No deregistration at City Counter
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.
Costs
Deregistration is free of charge.
Required documents
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)
Date of deregistration
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.
For whom
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
How long it takes
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.
Contact
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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.
FAQ
Yes, this is possible. For example, when moving to or from a location abroad, customs can ask you to present an inward or outward clearance certificate for your household effects.
If you have left the Netherlands, send a note by post, together with a copy of your valid identification (passport, identity card or residence permit) to:
Gemeente Rotterdam
Klantcontact, afdeling Gegevensverstrekking
P.O. Box 70013
3000 KR Rotterdam
You will receive an invoice to be paid after receiving the document.
Costs extract 2022
An extract is € 9.90 plus mailing costs.
You receive a free extract of deregistration if you are moving to the Caribbean Netherlands (the countries Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and the special municipalities Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius).
You need this document to register in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Every person in the Netherlands has a personal registration number. It is called the Citizen Service Number ('Burgerservicenummer' or BSN). This number is issued to Dutch citizens along with their birth certificate.
You need the BSN in order to:
- be permitted to work
- open a bank account
- make use of a care institution (or hospital)
- apply for benefits
If you were not born in the Netherlands, you must apply for the number yourself.
How to obtain a BSN
When you come to live in the Netherlands and register with the Municipal Personal Records Database, you will automatically receive a Citizen Service Number. You need the following documents:
- if you are from the EU or the EEA: a valid passport or identity card
- in other cases: your visa, residence permit or work permit
Check the following webpage of the government. Link opens an external page for more information.
There are 3 ways to do this:
- Call the municipal service number 14 010
- Log in to the online service window Mijn Loket. Link opens an external page (Dutch only)
- Call the municipal service number 14 010 (Dutch only)
