Municipality of Gennep: 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.

For the appointment for this registration we require:

• 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, divorcepapers 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 by a registrated translator.
• 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

For the registration, you need to make an appointment at the Town Hall.

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 4 weeks.