Registering with the Non-Residents Register (RNI) and obtaining a Citizen Service Number (BSN)

A Citizen Service Number (BSN) is a unique personal identification number. Everyone who is registered with a Dutch municipality automatically receives a BSN. Do you not live in the Netherlands? Or are you coming to the Netherlands for less than 4 months to work or study? In that case, you can register as a non-resident in the Non-Resident Registry (RNI). You will then receive a BSN. First, fill out the online form, and then make an appointment.

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Make an appointment

Would you like Make an appointment more than 10 people?

Send an email to make an appointment

Approach

What should you bring to your appointment?

a valid travel document: passport or identity card
the QR code you receive after filling out the online form
Are you under 16 years of age? Please also bring an internationally certified copy of your birth certificate. You and at least one parent must be present at the appointment with your own travel document.
Are you coming to the appointment as an employer? Then please come in person with all your employees.

Do you live abroad, but was your child born in the Netherlands?

In that case, your child will not automatically receive a BSN. First, apply for a travel document (passport or IDMap).

Notice:

Third-country nationals (excluding NATO personnel) can only visit the RNI locations in Breda and Venlo. We always register NATO personnel.

Costs

The citizen service number (BSN) is free of charge.

Changing details in the Non-Residents Register is free of charge.
An extract costs €20.65 (2026).

Description

Everyone has a unique personal number: the citizen service number (BSN). You do not have to apply for the number. If you are registered with a Dutch municipality, you receive it automatically. The BSN used to be called: social security number.

With your BSN, you can visit any government office, such as your local municipality. Healthcare providers and health insurers also use the citizen service number.

Your BSN is printed on your passport, driver's license, and identity card.

You do not live in the Netherlands? Or are you coming to the Netherlands to work or study for less than 4 months? Then you can register as a non-resident in the Non-Residents Registration (RNI). You will then receive a BSN.

Modify RNI data

Would you like to change the address with which you are registered in the RNI? Go to change RNI details.
For all other adjustments, you must always Make an appointment.