Municipality of Winterswijk: 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.

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.

Make 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. Make an appointment.

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

• Send a letter to the Gemeente Winterswijk, team Burgerzaken
• 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.

Applying in the Netherlands

You will receive the birth certificate by post after a few 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.