Where to apply for a Dutch identity card

Applications and collection work differently in each city

You apply at the municipality where you are registered, and each one sets its own routine. Some ask you to book ahead, some need a second visit to hand over the card and some deliver it. Dutch citizens who live abroad can also use certain border municipalities.

3 offices in Groningen
  • Groningen

    Gemeente Groningen – Loket Centrum (Burgerzaken en RNI)

    Kreupelstraat 1, 9712 HW Groningen

    Book a time or walk in on Monday and Friday mornings, and urgent cards are ready after two working days.

    Bring all passports and identity cards you hold, including expired ones, and a compliant photograph no more than six months old. Bring a bank card if paying at the counter; cash is accepted at Centrum. Collect personally without an appointment at the same counter within three months, with your old documents. Delivery costs €5, plus €2.50 per extra document at the same address and time; it excludes the Wadden Islands and urgent applications. Each recipient must be present.

  • Groningen

    Loket Hoogkerk — Burgerzaken

    Zuiderweg 70-2, 9744 AP Groningen

    Appointments are on Mondays, and the link in your booking email lets you prepare and pay with DigiD beforehand.

    Bring all passports and identity cards you hold, including expired ones, and a compliant colour photograph no more than six months old. Arrange the required parental consent for a child. Bring a bank card: this counter does not accept cash. If collecting, return personally to the same counter within three months and bring your old documents. Collection needs no appointment, but is not available between 12:00 and 13:00 at this branch. The branch opens only on Monday, so five-working-day production does not mean you can collect on any weekday. Follow the current municipal collection or delivery instructions.

  • Groningen

    Loket Lewenborg — Burgerzaken

    Kajuit 4, 9733 CA Groningen

    Appointments are on Thursdays, and every applicant, including a child, has to come in person.

    Bring all passports and identity cards you hold, including expired ones, and a compliant colour photograph no more than six months old. Arrange the required parental consent for a child. Bring a bank card: this counter does not accept cash. If collecting, return personally to the same counter within three months and bring your old documents. Collection needs no appointment, but is not available between 12:00 and 13:00 at this branch. The branch opens only on Thursday, so five-working-day production does not mean you can collect on any weekday. Follow the current municipal collection or delivery instructions.

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