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

Applying online

Were you born in the Netherlands? Do you live in the Netherlands and have a DigiD? If so, you can apply for your birth certificate online. You can also use your DigiD to apply for your birth certificate from outside the Netherlands: 

Afschrift of uittreksel burgerlijke stand - Gemeente Papendrecht

Applying at the service desk

You can apply for your birth certificate at the service desk of your municipality Papendrecht, Markt 22. Take a valid identity document with you.

By appointment

Make an appointment via https://papendrecht.mijnafspraakmaken.nl/client/#?product=4  

Applying from outside the Netherlands

No DigiD? You can also authorise someone to apply for the birth certificate for you at the service desk.

Alternatively, you can apply for your birth certificate by post:

• Send a letter to:

Gemeente Papendrecht

T.a.v. de ambtenaar van de burgerlijke stand

Postbus 11

3350 AA  Papendrecht.

• In the letter, state your year of birth, name, address and what you need the certificate for.
• Sign the letter. Attach a copy of your valid identity document.

You pay a fee for this service. Check how much you have to pay at: Afschrift of uittreksel burgerlijke stand - Gemeente Papendrecht

Applying in the Netherlands

You will receive the birth certificate by post after no more than 5 working days.

Applying from outside the Netherlands

The municipality will send the birth certificate to your address outside the Netherlands within 5 working days. The time taken by the postal service varies from country to country.