Pick the city where the event was registered
A certificate can only be issued by the municipality that registered the birth, marriage, partnership or death, and moving to another city later does not change that. Requests may go in online with DigiD, by post or at the counter, depending on the office, and the document reaches you in different ways. A valid ID is required.
Arnhem
Kronenburggalerij 3, 6831 ET Arnhem
You can get your own record, or your partner’s or child’s, online, at a booked visit or by letter.
Specify the record type, subject’s full name and birth date, date of the event in Arnhem, purpose and your name/address. Sign postal requests and include an ID copy. State whether you need a copy or international extract. For proof of your current registered address, request a BRP (Dutch population register) extract instead.
Arnhem
Koningstraat 38, 6811 DG Arnhem
Check first that the event happened in Arnhem, as the city cannot issue a record it does not hold.
Specify the record type, subject’s full name and birth date, date of the event in Arnhem, purpose and your name/address. Sign postal requests and include an ID copy. State whether you need a copy or international extract. For proof of your current registered address, request a BRP (Dutch population register) extract instead.
Guides
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For Dutch citizens renewing a passport and for residents without a passport from their own country: who can apply and what to prepare.
Get a hand with applying for or activating DigiD, and with the online forms, messages and allowances that depend on it.
See who can apply for income support, what a municipality takes into account and where to get advice if the application is difficult.
For Dutch citizens who need a new or replacement ID card: who can apply, what to bring and how collection works.
For holders of a Dutch licence: how renewal works online or at the counter, how to replace a lost licence and where to collect it.
For newcomers and returning residents: what registering at the town hall means, who it applies to and what to prepare before your appointment.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges
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
For anyone who needs an official Dutch civil status document: which municipality to ask, who may request it and what the options are.
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