Municipality of Zwolle: registering a foreign document

Requirements source documents

Is the source document not in Dutch, English, French or German? Then you have a translation made in the Netherlands by a sworn translator.

Is it a source document of a marriage?

In that case, in a number of cases you must bring a fully completed and signed declaration for registering a foreign document pursuant to Article 2.9 of the BRP Act. This concerns the following situations:

• you or your partner do not have Dutch nationality
• you or your partner do not have a permanent residence permit
• you or your partner is not an EU national
• A statement pursuant to Article 2.9 paragraph 1 of the BRP Act is not required if the marriage was concluded more than 10 years ago or has since ended.

Document may need to meet legalization requirements

Depending on the country where the source document was drawn up, the source document must comply with the legalization regulations. On the website of the national government you can see which regulations apply per country.

Bring to your appointment:

• your valid ID
• a copy of your partner's valid ID
• the original foreign source document with any necessary legalization stamps
• if necessary, a fully completed and signed Declaration ex Article 2.9 paragraph 1 Wet BRP
• if necessary, a sworn translation of the source document into Dutch, German, English or French

If you want to register a foreign source document, please make an appointment.

Make an appointment

The registration of a foreign document is free of charge.

It takes a maximum of 4 months to have a foreign document converted into a Dutch document. Urgent requests are not possible.