Each town sets its own routine for extracts and copies
Each municipality runs its own civil registry counter. Some take online orders, others only booked visits.
Tournai
Rue Saint-Martin 52, 7500 Tournai
Go to the central civil registry, not a district counter, and book ahead if you want an afternoon visit.
Provide the act type, the person concerned, and event date and place, and explain the intended use. Have identification and any authority to act ready. Ask which copy or extract the recipient requires; do not use a residence-certificate request for a birth or marriage act.
Related services
For people who cannot cover rent, food or other essentials: what the local social welfare centre can arrange and how to ask for an appointment.
A paper or digital certificate showing where you are registered, with versions for address history or household. Find the municipal office that issues it.
Reset an eID PIN, replace activation codes or set up a digital key for online services. Useful for residents, residence card holders and some non-residents.
The eID for teenagers and adults and the Kids-ID for children. See how applying works and find the municipal office that handles your card.
For anyone who has moved house in Belgium. See who reports, what happens after the address check and which office handles it in your new town.
See who can apply, what is different for children and how to prepare, then find the municipal office that handles passports.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Deventer, Hoofddorp, and The Hague
Most offices in Hamburg, Karlsruhe, and Duisburg
Most offices in Warsaw, Kraków, and Szczecin
Most offices in A Coruña, Alicante, and Almería
Where to next
Learn whether you need an extract or a full copy, who can request it and how to reach the civil registry office in your municipality.
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