Report your move abroad (deregistration)

• You will be living abroad for more than 8 months over the next 12 months. These 8 months do not need to be a continuous period.
• You are registered in the municipality of The Hague.
• You are leaving within 5 days. You can no longer provide a departure date if you have already left for abroad.

Reporting your move abroad is free.

Departure to the Caribbean Netherlands

Are you moving to the Caribbean Netherlands (the countries Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten, and the municipalities of Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius)? Then you will receive a free certificate of deregistration. You will need this certificate for your registration there.

• Are you reporting your departure online? Then you will receive the proof by email and post on the day you depart.
• Will you report your departure at the reception desk? Then you will receive the proof immediately.

Departure for another country

If you move to another country, you will not receive a certificate of deregistration. However, you may sometimes need an extract. This is an official overview of your personal data.

You can request an extract:

• When notifying us of your departure: you can immediately request an Begin link: extract from the BRP, end link..
• After notifying us of your departure: you can request the extract at the Begin link: RNI desk, end link..

• Leaving the Netherlands can have consequences for your rent allowance, healthcare allowance, possible student grants, future benefits and your taxes.
• If you report your departure online, the notification of your emigration may be in the spam folder. Check this if you do not receive a message.

Also see: Renounce Dutch citizenship