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

Applying online

Do you live in the Netherlands and do you have a DigiD? Then you can request your birth certificate online. You can also request a birth certificate from abroad with your DigiD. 

link to Online application form with DigiD

Applying at the service desk

You can apply for your birth certificate at the service desk of your municipality plan an appointment via www.smallingerland.nl Take a valid identity document with you.

By appointment

Make an appointment via www.smallingerland.nl

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 the Postbus 10.000, 9200 HA Drachten 
• 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.

A birth certificate costs: € 14,30

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. The time taken by the postal service varies from country to country.