Where to deregister in the Netherlands before you leave

Bring identification. If you need proof of deregistration, request it during the departure appointment. Once departure has already been reported, the municipality directs requests for that proof to an RNI (register for non-residents) desk. Do not use the online option when your household situation requires a personal visit.

Prepare your departure date and overseas address. Bring valid identification to the counter. You cannot report for an unmarried partner without a registered partnership; they must report themselves. Inform your bank, health insurer and DUO where applicable.

Bring ID, your overseas address and your departure date. From age 16 you can report yourself. Married or registered partners may report for family members under the municipal conditions. If your destination requires proof of deregistration, ask about an RNI (register for non-residents) extract; reporting your departure is free, but that does not mean the extract is free.

For a Dutch Caribbean move, request the deregistration certificate during the visit because the local authorities need it. Check the appointment confirmation for the required documents. Do not select the online whole-household procedure if a family member remains registered at the address.

Bring the completed emigration form, valid ID and any residence document. Adults emigrating together must co-sign. Include the foreign address, country and departure details. For permitted postal reporting, include the required ID copies; partial-household departure still requires personal attendance.

Have your departure details and foreign address ready, if known. Confirm the ID and family-attendance requirements when booking. If you need international proof of deregistration, ask before departure about the issue date and collection. If already abroad, contact the municipality rather than entering an inaccurate departure date.

Have your DigiD (the Dutch digital ID for government websites) or BSN (citizen service number) ready, plus the BSNs of the partner or children included. When one parent leaves with minor children and both parents share custody and live at the same address, bring written consent and identity-document copies from both parents.

Have the departure date, current address and foreign address ready. Postal reporting is available when the whole family leaves together: use a signed letter with names and birth dates and the required identity copies. A cohabiting partner who is neither your spouse nor your registered partner must also sign and supply an identity copy. For a late postal report, the city uses the date it receives the letter as the moving date.

An emailed processing confirmation is not an official deregistration certificate. A departure extract can be bought at the counter only on departure day; after departure request an RNI (register for non-residents) extract from an RNI municipality. Ask the receiving organisation what it accepts. For relocation to the six Dutch Caribbean islands, Apeldoorn supplies the required deregistration proof free.

Bring identification. A postal application uses the signed official form and an ID copy sent to Gemeente Arnhem, Afdeling Burgerzaken, Postbus 9029, 6800 EL Arnhem. Proof costs €7.15 online or €12.50 at the counter, and is free for moves to Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius or Saba. Online proof can be posted; counter proof is immediate. Postal notifications do not include proof: request it separately from an RNI (register for non-residents) municipality, also for later replacement copies.

If moving to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius or Saba, ask Assen for proof of deregistration: it is needed for registration there and issued free of charge. Follow the form or appointment confirmation for the information and documents needed for your departure.

Bring valid identification for everyone involved. A departing child under 16 must attend with the parent, carer or guardian when someone remains at the address. Do not assume an unmarried partner can report for the other partner through the married-couple online route.

Provide destination country, first address abroad and departure date. Bring valid ID to the counter and ask which family members must attend. The departure report is free, but the certificate has a separate fee.

Prepare names and dates of birth for yourself and accompanying family, old address, destination country, new address and departure date. A written report must be signed and accompanied by ID evidence. Ask whether any departing children must attend and what documents they need. A counter departure confirmation is available free on the deregistration day; later proof is requested from an RNI (register for non-residents) service, not your former resident municipality.

Prepare your departure date and overseas address if known. Confirm how accompanying family members must be included. If you need proof of deregistration for your new country, ask Breda about it before departure. For an already completed departure or a split household, contact the municipality for the appropriate next step.

Provide your foreign address. Online reporting needs valid ID copies for every family member moving abroad. At the counter bring their valid passports, identity cards or driving licences. All departing members must attend when only part of the household leaves, including minors.

The written form asks for your identity and contact details, old and overseas addresses, move date, and names and birth dates of accompanying people. Sign it and attach ID copies for yourself and everyone moving with you. Send it through the municipal contact form or to Gemeente Delft, ID Gegevensmanagement, Postbus 78, 2600 ME Delft, The Netherlands. After moving, keep your overseas address and contact details updated through MyRNI with DigiD (the Dutch digital ID for government websites).

Provide the foreign address and departure details and bring valid ID. If the municipality accepts representation in your situation, its checklist asks for written permission, the representative’s ID and your ID copy. After departure, keep foreign address and contact details updated through MyRNI.

Bring valid identification. Booking the visit does not itself report your departure.

For a partial-family appointment bring valid ID for all family members and the new foreign address. Written notification needs an ID copy and a signed letter with old/new addresses and departure date; use a full signature, not initials. An unrelated housemate leaving with you must report separately.