Requesting a letter address

Do you have no permanent place of residence, or are you leaving for less than 8 months abroad? 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 receive your mail temporarily at an address other than where you reside. For example, because you do not have a home. You request a postal address from the 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 letter address
  • You bring:
    • your own valid ID

Description

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

You can use the address of an acquaintance or family member, for example, as a mailing address. The recipient must ensure that the mail reaches you. You must request the use of the letter address from the 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 the municipality. 

Requirements

The main Requirements 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 Requirements for the letter address:

  • The letter address is in the Netherlands.
  • The letter address is not a 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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