Applications go to the municipality where you live
Each municipality sets its own first step. In some places you apply online with DigiD, in others you phone first, which can fix your application date, or sign up on werk.nl before an adviser contacts you. Offices also have their own help for people who find the form hard, and their own list of what to prepare.
Sittard
Millenerweg 4, 6136 KW Sittard
Apply online with DigiD, and a caseworker usually calls within two working days to arrange your interview.
Prepare three months of statements for every payment and savings account belonging to you, your partner and children under 18. Follow the confirmation email for secure delivery and further evidence.
Sittard
Zuidhof 26, 6164 BA Sittard
Residents of Geleen-Zuid can get help with income schemes and hard-to-understand letters at the Tuesday session.
Bring the letter or application you want to discuss. Ask which supporting documents and formal submission route apply to your case, and keep confirmation when you submit.
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.
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.
For anyone who needs an official Dutch civil status document: which municipality to ask, who may request it and what the options are.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Murcia, Barcelona, and Zaragoza
Most offices in Białystok, Katowice, and Kielce
Most offices in Munich, Dortmund, and Cologne
Most offices in Brussels, Ghent, and Charleroi
Most offices in Reykjavík, Akranes, and Akureyri
Where to next
See who can apply for income support, what a municipality takes into account and where to get advice if the application is difficult.
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