Municipality of Bergen (L): registering with the municipality

All family members who wish to be registered must come to the appointment with you. This includes babies, young children and elderly people.

• A legal travel document which also proves your nationality.
• Documents that prove you stay here, like a lease agreement or the agreement of the owner that you will be living in their house or appartment.
• Official documents from your time in foreign countries. These documents include a birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce papers etc. Please note that these documents need to be in Dutch, English, German and French. If they are not, they are required to be translated and legalized by a registrated translator. Do this before you come to the MNetherlands.
• When you come to the Netherlands from Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius or Sint Maarten, we need prove of your deregistration.
• In case it's needed: a legal permit of residency, of proof that a request for one is pending.

Registration is free of charge. You must pay the costs of translating or legalising official documents that you may need to take with you.

The municipality will register you as soon as possible. This takes a maximum of 4 weeks. Once you are registered, you will receive a confirmation letter with your citizen service number (Burgerservicenummer - BSN).