Registering as inhabitant (GBA-inschrijving)

If you are staying for more than four months in the Netherlands you will need to go to the city council and register as a new resident of the town where you are living.

The civil servant who registers you as inhabitant will ask to see the following documents:

  • a valid passport
  • evidence that you have a suitable place to live (your contract as tenant, for example)
  • a certified true copy of your birth certificate indicating your name, date and place of birth. For most countries, this should be legalized.

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