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.
Hoofddorp
Taurusavenue 100, 2132 LS Hoofddorp
Book an appointment and, if you come before four in the afternoon, collect the certificate within half an hour.
Bring valid ID and a bank card or cash. A representative needs the authority form signed in pen, the principal’s valid ID copy and their own valid passport or identity card. State the event, purpose and required document. Confirm format and language with the recipient.
Hoofddorp
Haarlemmerstraatweg 51, 1165 MJ Hoofddorp
Book an appointment, but expect the certificate by post, as it is not handed over at the counter.
Bring valid ID and a bank card or cash. A representative needs the authority form signed in pen, the principal’s valid ID copy and their own valid passport or identity card. State the event, purpose and required document. Confirm format and language with the recipient.
Hoofddorp
Eugénie Prévinaireweg 19, 2151 BA Hoofddorp
Book a visit to hand in your request, then wait for the certificate to arrive by post.
Bring valid ID and a bank card or cash. A representative needs the authority form signed in pen, the principal’s valid ID copy and their own valid passport or identity card. State the event, purpose and required document. Confirm format and language with the recipient.
Guides
Related services
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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