Registering a move to or within Leiden

Are you unable to report your move with DigiD? Or do you not have a DigiD? Then you can report your change of address in writing. You'll allways need:

• The form 'Report change of address'.
• A copy of your valid passport or ID card. 
• A copy of your rental- or purchase contract registered in your name, or:
• A copy of the confirmation letter from the nursing home or institution (if you are moving to a nursing home or other institution, and do not have a rental contract in your name). .

You sometimes need:

• The form permission to move in (pdf, 56 kb) filled in and signed by the main resident of your new address (if you are moving in with someone else).

Report change of addressPDF 74 kb

Send the form by post

Fill in the form and send it together with the other documents to the municipality of Leiden, PO Box 9100, 2300 PC Leiden. Or hand it in at the counter of the municipal office (Stadskantoor).

Send the form digitally with the contact form

Will you send the form digitally with the contact form? Don't forget to send the 'Report change of address' form as an attachment! Without this form we cannot process your change of address.

There is no charge for registering a change of address.

From the moving date, it takes the following time to process the data:

• Online, for a move within Leiden: 1 working day.
• Online, for a move from another municipality to Leiden: at least 3 working days.
• In writing: 5 working days.

N.B.: The change will only be processed from the moving date.

Have you registered a change of address? Then the municipality will check the new data to prevent errors and address fraud. Do you want to check at which address you are registered? You can do this using your DigiD at MijnOverheid (in Dutch). You will then receive confirmation at your new address.

Personal Records Database (BRP)

The municipality of Leiden will process your new address data in the Personal Records Database (BRP) (in Dutch). This database contains general personal data that the Government uses to provide various services. You can find more information on how the municipality uses the Personal Records Database and how to review your own registration here.

Address investigation

Is someone wrongly registered at your address? In that case, the municipality can launch an address investigation. Contact the municipality by phone via the number +31 - 71 5 16 51 65.

Postal address

Do you not have a permanent domicile or residence? Or are you residing in an institution? Then you can register at a postal address in the municipality of Leiden under certain conditions. Read more at Postal address (in Dutch).

You can register your own move or you can register a move for somebody else:

• For yourself, if you are aged 16 or older.
• Parents or legal guardians of children under 16.
• Parents or legal guardians of children aged 16 and 17 who are living at home, unless these minors register the change of address themselves.
• Legal guardian of a person placed under guardianship
• Adult who has been authorised in writing by the applicant.
• Head of an institution for persons residing in an institution.
• Adult child for a parent or parents with the same home address (if they move together from one address to the other).
• Parents or legal guardians of an an adult child with the same home address (if they move together from one address to the other).
• Spouses or registered partners with the same home address (if they move together from one address to the other).