Request a mailing address

Mailing address

A mailing address (briefadres) is an address where you receive your post. This can be the address of a friend, family member or acquaintance. Or the municipality. A mailing address is a temporary solution. For example, if you are homeless or staying in a care facility.

Home address

A home or residential address is the address where you are living. Do you have more than 1 address? For example: you do not have a fixed place to live and you are staying with different friends or family members. In that case, your home address is the address where you most often spend the night during a 6-month period. You can also be living in a caravan, mobile home, holiday park or on a boat as long as it has a fixed location or berth.

For your request you need:

• a completed and signed application form
• documents which prove your situation (see the checklist in the application form)
• a Begin external link: valid form of identification(External link), end external link.

• You are 16 years or older.
• You are not under guardianship: you manage your own (financial) affairs.
• You are registered at 1 address in the Netherlands. This can be a home address or a mailing address.
• The mailing address you are requesting is a residential property. It cannot be a business address or post office box.
• The mailing address is in The Hague.
• A mailing address is valid for a maximum of 6 months.
• Are you requesting a mailing address at the home of someone you know? Then the main occupant or owner must be registered at that address themselves.
• You need permission from the main occupant or owner of the address.

Read more about the conditions in the Begin external link: Regeling briefadres Den haag 2024 (RIS318249)(External link), end external link..

Make an appointment to apply for a mailing address. You will visit a municipal counter at Begin link: City Hall Spui or the Leyweg City Office, end link. .

Processing time depends on your situation. The municipality will try to handle your application within 8 weeks. In some cases it may take longer.

Free.

Collect your post at municipality

Do you have a mailing address at the municipality? Then you can collect your post at the Fruitweg city office:

• address: Fruitweg 17, The Hague
• opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs.

Do you want to check the status of your application? Send an email to Begin link: briefadres@denhaag.nl, end link. . You cannot request this information at the municipal counter.

Mailing address at the Homeless counter

Are you homeless and unable to receive post at the home of a friend, acquaintance or family member? The Homeless counter (daklozenloket) may be able to help you. Call the Homeless counter on tel. (070) 353 72 91. Or visit during consultation hours at Fruitweg 17 in The Hague. Read more about the Begin link: Homeless counter, end link. .

Cancel your mailing address

Do you have a mailing address and have you received a home address (again)? Then you must cancel your mailing address. Report your new home address Begin link: in The Hague, end link. or Begin link: abroad, end link. to the municipality. Or to the municipality where you will live. The municipality will then stop your mailing address automatically .

Is someone using your address as a mailing address? And do you want to end this? You can always revoke your permission. Find more information on the page Begin link: Request address investigation, end link. .

Parking permit not possible

You cannot apply for a parking permit for a mailing address. This is only possible with a home address. If you already have a parking permit, the municipality will end it.