Municipality of Reimerswaal: 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.

Request birth certificate online (met DigiD en iDEAL)

Applying at the service desk

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

Book an appointment

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 an e-mail or letter to the Burgerzaken department (Postbus 70, 4416 ZH KRUININGEN).
• 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.

Applying in the Netherlands

You will receive the birth certificate by post after no more than 5 working days. If you made the request online with DigiD, we will send the extract to you by e-mail the same or next working day.

Applying from outside the Netherlands

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