Report your departure shortly before you go, in person or online
Anyone who will live abroad for most of the year has to deregister from the municipality where they live in the Netherlands, even if they keep a home here. Your details then move to the non-residents register, your BSN stays valid, and the tax office, health insurers and pension funds are told. If someone stays behind at your address, you have to go in person.
How it works
Deregister your address when you leave the country for good.
Before you move abroad, you may need to tell the authorities that you are leaving so they can remove you from the population register. This is often possible online, by post or at the town hall, usually shortly before or after you leave. Keep the confirmation: the tax office, your pension fund or your new country may ask for proof of the date you left. Benefits, health insurance and residence permits may need to be cancelled separately.
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At a glance
You report to the municipality where you live now
Some offices let a whole household report online, others want everyone who is leaving to come in person, and some can give you a certificate of deregistration for your new country. Open the office in your city to see how it works.
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 Bielefeld, Hanover, and Leipzig
Most offices in Warsaw, Kraków, and Lublin
Most offices in Liège, Charleroi, and Tournai
Most offices in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Terrassa, and Almería
Where to next
Online reports, counter visits and certificates of deregistration vary by city. Check how your municipality does it.
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