Notification of relocation abroad
Are you going to spend 8 months or longer in a year living abroad? Notify the municipality about your relocation.
Terms and conditions
Who can notify the municipality about an emigration?
- anyone who is aged 16 or older
- parents, guardians or carers of children under the age of 16
- parents for their adult child or children living at home. Only if the parents and children living at home are relocating abroad together
- cohabiting spouses or registered partners for each other. Only if spouses and partners are relocating abroad together
- adult children for co-residing parent(s). Only if adult children and co-residing parent(s) are relocating abroad together
- the guardian for a person who is placed under guardianship.
When do you need to come to the municipal office in person to give notification of emigration?
- come to the municipal office if not all the family members at your address are relocating abroad
- come to the municipal office if you are moving to Aruba, Curacao, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten or Saba. In that case, you need proof of deregistration.
Notification of relocation
Do you now live alone in Leiden or are you relocating abroad with all the members of your family? Notify the municipality about your relocation.
With DigiD
Notification of relocation abroad
Without DigiD
- download the form registering-a-move-abroad and fill it in. You can also collect the form from the information desk at Stadskantoor
- send the completed form with copies of the Identification Documents (ID) of everyone required to sign the form to the municipality. You can also scan the completed forms and send them as attachments with the contact form.
Cost
Notification is free
How long will it take?
Processing your relocation: 5 working days after the relocation date.
In case not all your family members relocate abroad, then the family members who do relocate must come along to the municipal office. Make an appointment and come to the desk. To make an appointment call: 14071 or from abroad: +31 – 71 5 16 51 65.
- fill in the form registering-a-move-abroad.
- bring this form to your appointment, along with a copy of the ID of everyone who is relocating.
Costs
Notification is free.
How long will it take?
Processing your relocation: 5 working days after the relocation date.
If you need proof of your planned departure, make an appointment to notify the municipality of your relocation abroad. You can then request proof of planned departure. Call 14071 or from abroad: +31 – 71 5 16 51 65.
Would you like information about what you need to arrange when you relocate abroad? Visit the website of the Government.