Municipality of Vlissingen: registering a divorce in the civil registry

In a divorce, your marriage is ended. All legal ties you have with your partner are broken. You can apply for a divorce in the Netherlands if your marriage is 'permanently disrupted.'
There is permanent disruption if the relationship has become so difficult that it is no longer possible to stay together.

If you got divorced outside of the Netherlands

Did you get divorced outside of the Netherlands and you live in the Netherlands? Then you must have your divorce registered in the Basisregistratie Personen – BRP (Personal Records Database). You do this at the municipality in which you are registered.

If your divorce has been pronounced by the court, you or your lawyer must have the divorce registered with the municipality. You must submit the divorce decree to the municipality within 6 months of the court's ruling.
If your marriage was conducted abroad, your divorce will be registered in the civil registry in The Hague.

The divorce decree from the court;
The deeds of consent;
Your written request for registration in the civil status registers of the municipality of Vlissingen;
A valid form of identification.

Apply at the municipality.

There is no fee for registering your divorce with the municipality. For more information, contact the municipality.

Once the municipality has received the documents, it will register the divorce as soon as possible. The divorce becomes official as soon as the municipality registers it in the civil registry.