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.

All family members are relocating

Do you currently live alone in Leiden, or are you moving abroad with your entire family?
Report your move digitally using DigiD:

If this doesn’t work, please use the form below the drop-down window: “Can’t report your move with DigiD?”

Not all family members are relocating

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.
Make an appointment

Costs

Notification is free.

How long will it take?

Processing your relocation: 5 working days after the relocation date.

Do you currently live alone in Leiden, or are you moving abroad with your entire family? Are you having trouble reporting your move using DigiD? Or do you not have a DigiD? Then you can report your move using a form.
 
Please note: this is only possible if all family members are moving with you. If not all family members are moving abroad, those who are moving must visit the municipality. You can make an appointment online or call 14 071.
 

Report a move by mail

  • 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.

Submit the form digitally with the contact form

Download the form registering-a-move-abroad and complete it. You can photograph/scan the completed form and attach it to the contact form.

Please note: Don’t forget to complete the form in full, sign it, and attach it to the contact form. Without this form, we cannot process your address change.

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.