Requesting a letter address

Do you have no permanent place of residence, or are you going abroad for less than 8 months? You may be able to register at a letter address.
You apply for the use of a letter address at the municipality where the letter address provider lives.

You may temporarily receive your mail at an address other than where you reside. For example, because you do not have a home. You apply for a postal address at municipality.

Call: 045-5605040

Approach

Do you already have an address to use as a mailing address?

  • You contact the municipality where the letter address is.
  • You bring:
    • your own valid ID
    • The written consent of the primary occupant or owner of the letter address
    • A copy of the valid ID of the primary occupant or owner of the letter address

Can't get a letter address yourself?

  • You contact the municipality where you want the letter address.
  • You pass on:
    • why you need a letter address
    • For how long you need the postal address
  • You bring:
    • your own valid ID

Cost

Applying for a letter address is free of charge.

Description

Do you have no residential address? Or are you living temporarily in an institution? Then your municipality can register you at a postal address. Government agencies, such as UWV or the Tax Office, will send your mail to this address.

You can use the address of an acquaintance, business or institution as a mailing address. The recipient must make sure the mail gets to you. You must request the use of the letter address from municipality.

Can't get a postal address yourself? Then the municipality will help you with this.

The (main) resident of the specified letter address gives written permission for registration at his or her own residential address. Thus, the resident ensures that you can be reached through him or her.

If you go abroad, you cannot keep a postal address in the Netherlands. If you live outside the Netherlands for at least two-thirds of a year, you are required to report your departure from the Netherlands and your address abroad to municipality. 

Terms

The main conditions for applying for a letter address are:

  • You have a good reason for your request. You may have:
    • Has no housing (temporarily)
    • are skippers and are away from home for work for a maximum of 2 consecutive years
    • in a prison
    • lives in a psychiatric facility
    • lives in a stay-at-home or other shelter
    • Being threatened or for other security reasons do not want your address known
  • You have Dutch nationality or a valid residence permit.

Can you get a letter address yourself? Then these are the conditions for the letter address:

  • The letter address is in the Netherlands.
  • The letter address is not postbus.
  • The main occupant or owner must give written permission at the public counter of City Hall. He must therefore come with you.

Learn more

Information on applying for a letter address

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