You will need to make an appointment if you want to provide the municipality with foreign documents. Make an online appointment by clicking the button or call 14 036 (from abroad: +31 36 539 99 11). We will then include your documents in the Personal Records Database (PRD).
A life event that has taken place abroad, such as birth, marriage, divorce, death, recognition of adoption, name change has to be registered in the PRD. Documents of these events should be submitted to the municipality where you live.
The documents have to meet certain requirements in order to be accepted in the Netherlands:
Non-Dutch people living in the Netherlands who wish to get married need to complete a Personal declaration – no sham marriage. This document can be found at the municipality where you wish to marry. For more information on whether you need a Personal declaration - no sham marriage, please visit the website of the central government.
You will make a statement when you want to register your foreign marriage or registered partnership in the PRD. You will always have to book an appointment for this. Both parties will have to make a statement, even when one of you is Dutch.
You can download the Personal declaration – no sham marriage (in Dutch, pdf, 61,5 kB) or pick it up at city hall.
After the meeting, we will include your certificate in the PRD. Afterwards, if you so choose, you can convert the certificate into a Dutch certificate at the Den Haag Municipality.
You will need to bring the following to your appointment: