Municipality of Doetinchem: applying for a copy of a birth certificate

Requesting online

Do you live in the Netherlands and do you have a DigiD? In that case you can request a birth certificate online. You can also use your DigiD to request a birth certificate while you're outside of the Netherlands.

Requesting at the service desk

You can request your birth certificate at the service desk of the municipality. You can only do this by appointment. Make an appointmen online or by calling number 0031 314 377 377.  Take a valid form of identification with you to the appointment.

Requesting from outside of the Netherlands

Do you have no DigID? In that case you can authorise someone to request the birth certificate at the service desk. 

Or you can request your birth certificate by mail:

• Send a letter to team Publiekszaken, Postbus 9020 7000 HA Doetinchem. 
• State in the letter your year of birth, your name, your adress and what you need the certificate for. 
• Sign the letter. Attach a copy of a valid form of indentification.

You pay a fee for this service. For more information, contact the municipality Contact en openingstijden | Gemeente Doetinchem.

Request in the Netherlands

You will recieve the birth certificate by mail after no more than 5 business days.

Request from outside of the Netherland

The municipality will send the birth certificate within 1 week to your adress outside of the Netherlands. The time taken by postal services varies from country to country.