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Municipality of Twenterand: 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.

Aanvraag afschrift Burgerlijke stand (twenterand.nl)

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.

By appointment

Make an appointment

Een afspraak maken | Gemeente Twenterand

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
  • 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: € 15,70

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.

Questions about this topic?

Contact the Municipality of Twenterand

Visiting address

Manitobaplein 1

7671GS Vriezenveen

Opening hours
Monday
08:30-17:00
Tuesday
08:30-17:00
Wednesday
08:30-17:00
Thursday
08:30-19:30
Friday
08:30-12:30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Last updated on 6 December 2023