Data in the basic registration of persons ( BRP ) to adjust

Everyone who lives in the Netherlands must be registered in the Municipal Personal Records Database ( BRP Are your details correct in the BRP not? Or do you want to have your data changed or removed after an adoption or gender change? Please report this to the municipality in which you live.

Call: 045-5605040

Approach

This is how you change incorrect data in the Personal Records Database ( BRP ) Through:

  • Make an appointment with the municipality.
  • Come to the appointment and Bring along :
    • your valid ID
    • proof of the incorrect information, such as a letter showing your name in error
    • proof of proper records, such as proof of divorce or birth certificate

This is how you request a change or deletion of records after adoption or gender reassignment:

  • You send your application to the municipality.
  • With your application, please send along:
    • A copy of your valid ID
    • proving the correct data
    • for data on sex change: an expert statement

Adjustment of data BRP due to event abroad

Do you want to enter your data in the BRP adjust? And does the official document required for this come from abroad? Because you got married abroad, for example? Then you may need to have the document translated. There are 3 possibilities:

  1. The document is written in Dutch, French, German or English.
    Then take this document with you. You do not need to have anything translated.
  2. The document is not written in Dutch, German, French, or English. And the document comes from an EU country.
    Then bring this document with you, and a multilingual model form of the document. A multilingual model form is a translation of the document. You apply for it in that other EU country.
    Is there no multilingual model form of the document? Then you must have the document translated, and bring it with you to the appointment.
  3. The document is not written in Dutch, German, French or English. And the document is not from an EU country.
    Then have the document translated by an official translator and bring it with you to the appointment.

For more information about the use of documents from abroad, please visit Nederlandwereldwijd .

Cost

Adjusting the BRP data is free.

Description

In the Personal Records Database ( BRP ) contains your personal data such as your address, marital status, gender and nationality. Some data is automatically adjusted. For example, if you marry in the Netherlands. You provide other data yourself, such as a move.

You can view your data on MijnOverheid .nl . Are your details correct in the BRP not, or no longer? Report the change to the municipality immediately. The municipality will then adjust your details.

Were you adopted or did you give a child up for adoption? Or have you changed gender? At your request, the municipality can change or remove data from before the adoption or gender change.

After adoption, the municipality can change or remove these details:

  • If you have been adopted
    • your name
    • information about 1 or both parents
    • nationality lost in adoption
    • pre-adoption address information
    • pre-adoption immigration and emigration data
  • If you have given a child up for adoption
    • the details of the child

After gender change, the municipality can change or remove this information:

  • your name
  • your sex
  • Using the last name of your (ex-)spouse or (ex-)registered partner

Do you have an adopted child under the age of 16? Or are you adopted yourself? If so, you can have data deleted. This is only possible if the data is from before the adoption. This is also possible with data from before gender reassignment.

Requirements

The Requirements to adjust your data in the BRP are:

  • You are registered with the municipality.
  • If your data is in the BRP are incorrect, you must be able to prove this. You must also be able to demonstrate what the correct data is.

The Requirements for changing or removing data after adoption or gender change:

  • These are pre-adoption or gender reassignment records.
  • The adoption or sex change is completed.
  • You are 16 years of age or older.

Are you under the age of 16? Then your parent, guardian or caregiver can make the request if it is for gender reassignment.

Were you adopted yourself? Then your adoptive parents may not have your records removed. You may only do that yourself, from the age of 16.

Term

The municipality will decide within 4 weeks on changing the data. Does it involve data about your marital status or nationality? Then the municipality can extend the period by 8 weeks. Removing data from before an adoption or sex change is done within 4 weeks.

Does this period take too long? For example, because you receive fines due to the incorrect data? Ask for help from the Reporting Point for Errors in Government Records.

Objection and appeal

If the municipality does not make your changes, you can object within 6 weeks.

Can't the municipality correct your records? Report it to the Errors in Government Records Hotline

Learn more

View your personal data at MijnOverheid .nl (log in with DigiD)

Information on legalization of foreign documents, by country

Information about the basic registration of persons ( BRP ) on Rijksoverheid .nl

information and video about the basic registration of persons ( BRP ) and the use of data from the BRP

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