Municipality of Hoeksche Waard: 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.

• Your valid proof of identity
• If necessary, a travel document or other document proving your nationality (this is, for example, a temporary travel document such as an emergency passport or travel document for foreign nationals or refugees)
• Documents of life events from your time abroad, such as a birth certificate, marriage certificate, recognition certificate or divorce certificate (if this certificate is not yet registered abroad at the time of registration, such as the divorce certificate, these documents may also be submitted at a later date.

In certain situations, you will need additional documents:

• If you are going to live with someone or live together: written permission from the main resident of that address.
• If you come from Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius or St. Maarten: proof of deregistration.

Do you want to emigrate but do not have the nationality of an EU country?

• Then you also need a residence permit. More information about this can be found on the website of the national government.

Please note! We must be able to see that foreign documents are real. This can be done by legalizing the documents. Ask us in advance if this is necessary. Foreign documents must be drawn up in Dutch, English, French or German. Is this not the case? Then you must first have the documents translated by a translator sworn in the Netherlands.

Moving to the Netherlands

If you come to live in the Netherlands (again), you must register with us. Do this within 5 days after you have arrived in the Netherlands.

Visit our service point in Oud-Beijerland. Make an appointment online for this. If your partner and children also come to live in the Netherlands, they must come with you.

Please note: is it about registering persons from Ukraine? Call 088 – 647 36 47 to make a separate appointment.

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

• When registering in the Netherlands for the first time: within 4 weeks you will receive a message about your registration and your citizen service number (BSN).
• In the case of resettlement (you have previously been registered in the Netherlands): you will receive a message about your registration within 5 working days.

Please include the following information in your objection:

• your name and address
• the date of your objection
• which decision is involved
• why you do not agree with the decision
• your signature

The notice of objection must be submitted to the municipality by post, by e-mail it is not possible to object. The municipality of Hoeksche Waard is advised by an Objections Committee.

You can send your notice of objection to:

P.O. Box 2003
3260 EA Oud-Beijerland

You can enlist the help of the social counselors at Kwaraad to write objections. More information about Kwaraad and the Social Councilors can be found here: Kwadraad maatschappelijk werk - Gemeente Hoeksche Waard (gemeentehw.nl)