Register again in the BRP (you already have a BSN)

• You will be living in The Hague for 4 months or longer.
• You already have a Begin link: citizen service number, end link. (BSN).
• You were previously registered in the Netherlands or in the Non-residents Records Database (RNI).

Would you like to be registered with retroactive effect?

Then you need to:

• make an appointment for a 1st registration or resettlement
• have made the appointment after you came to live in the Netherlands
• bring a copy of the appointment confirmation with you (you will receive this by e-mail. You can print this or show it on your telephone, tablet or laptop. Please note! The date of your scheduled appointment must be clearly visible)

Everyone who already has a citizen service number (BSN), who is coming to the Netherlands from abroad and who will be living in The Hague for longer than 4 months. This also applies to Dutch citizens from the Caribbean Netherlands (the countries Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and the municipalities Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius).

• A Begin link: valid form of identification, end link. . A driving licence is not permitted.
  The registration desk will check whether you may also register using an expired Dutch passport.
• A Begin link: valid proof of occupancy, end link. .
• A proof of deregistration if you are coming from Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba or Sint Eustatius. You will get this document when you report your departure to the Civil Registry office (Dienst Burgerlijke Stand en Bevolkingsadministratie).
• Everybody must attend the appointment in person. This is true for all family members, including babies, young children and older family members.

• a valid Dutch permanent residence document
• the residence endorsement sticker from the IND in your passport
• the temporary regular residence permit sticker (MVV) dating from after 1 June 2013
• authorisation by the IND (Entrance and Residence procedure, TEV)

Have your birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce papers, adoption certificate(s) or other important documents not (yet) been registered in the BRP? Bring the documents to your appointment. 

You can make 1 appointment per person.

Would you like to make an appointment for yourself and your family? Make the appointment by calling the municipality on tel. 14070. From abroad you can call tel. +31 70 353 30 00.

Bring your documents to the Department of Public Service counter at the Begin link: Segbroek district office, end link. .

The registration is free.

Your registration will usually be processed in the BRP within 4 weeks. You will receive a confirmation of your registration with an overview of your registered information.

• Have your birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce papers, adoption certificate(s) or other important documents not (yet) been registered in the BRP? Have this done as quickly as possible. Make an appointment to Begin link: register foreign source documents in the BRP, end link. .
• Will you be moving to another address in The Hague after you registered? Begin link: Report your move, end link. .
• Will you be moving to another municipality in the Netherlands or abroad after you registered? Begin link: Report your move to the new municipality or deregister, end link. .
• Would you like to know which personal data can be found in the Dutch population register (BRP) and what they are used for? Read about this on the Begin external link: website of the Dutch government(External link), end external link..
• Everybody 16 years and older is allowed to report his or her own move as long as he or she has not been placed under guardianship.