Municipality of Enschede: registering with the municipality
You must inform us of your move to the Netherlands in person. You must make an appointment to do this.
All family members who wish to be registered must come to the appointment with you. This includes babies, young children and elderly people.
Bring to your appointment:
- A valid passport or identity card
- An original rental or purchase contract
- If you move to an address where someone already lives, you need written permission from the current resident (original, not a copy)
- Proof of your marital status at the time you move to the Netherlands
- Birth certificate if you were born abroad
- Marriage certificate if you got married abroad
- Divorce certificate if you got divorced abroad
- Proof of deregistration, if you move from Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius.
Sometimes a foreign document must be legalized. View the information from the central government about legalizing foreign documents.
To make an appointment call +31 53 481 81 81.
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 in the Basisregistratie Personen – BRP (Personal Records Database) during the actual appointment. You will receive a confirmation letter. The municipality will send your citizen service number (BSN) by post within 3 weeks.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Enschede