Emigration
What you need to know
- The day on which we receive your online notification, will be registered as your departure date. So notify us of your move on the day of departure.
- It is not possible to notify us of your move in advance online.
- If you are going to live in the Netherlands again within 8 months, you can request a postal address.
Already abroad?
Then report your departure to the municipality as soon as possible. The day on which we receive your notification is the departure date. It is not possible to backdate your move.
Report your move
Report your move (with DigiD)
No DigiD or rather to the counter?
Form without DigiD
Only complete this form if you do not have a DigiD and cannot apply for a DigiD also.
To the counter
Make an appointment to come by. You can only report a move abroad for yourself and family members living with you.
Take
- Valid proof of identity for yourself and all living family members.
- If a family member continues to live at your address, then all family members who leave your address must come to the appointment.
Will a family member continue to live at the old address?
Will one or more family members remain at your home address? Then everyone who leaves must visit the municipality themselves, including minors. You must make an appointment for this. Schedule your appointment within 5 working days before your departure.
If all family members leave, no one has to come by themselves.
Are you moving abroad with your entire family?
You can only report a move abroad for yourself and family members who are living at the same address.
Report your move by mail
You can also report the move by mail instead of online. This is possible at the earliest 4 weeks in advance and at the latest on the day of your departure.
Send a letter to: Gemeente Groningen, P.O. Box 30026, 9700 RM Groningen. Include the following information:
- Personal information
- Moving date
- Old and new address
- Telephone number
- Names of the people who are moving with you.
- Copy of valid ID (passport, ID card or driver's license) of all moving persons.
- Signature
Good to know
- After you report your move abroad you will be deregistered from the Personal Records Database (BRP) and registered in the Non-residents Records Database (RNI).
- Leaving the Netherlands can have consequences for your rent benefit, possible student grants, future benefits and your taxes.
- When you report your move abroad online, the confirmation email could end up in your spam folder. Look out for this. Approximately 3 days of your date of departure you can check if you have been deregistered at mijnoverheid.nl.