Registration Appointment
Planning to stay in Rotterdam for more than four months? Then you have to register as soon as you arrive.
At Rotterdam Expat Centre you can book a combined appointment to register your long-term BSN with the municipality and/or collect your residence permit and/or to provide your biometrical information at the IND.
The one stop shop is only available for:
Please be aware
It is NOT possible to make an appointment at the Rotterdam Expat Centre to register as a non-resident (RNI), change your address, or hand in additional documents (birth certificate, marriage licence etc.). For this you will need to schedule an appointment with the municipality of Rotterdam by calling: +31 (0)10-2671625.
Registration is only possible with an address in Rotterdam (Schiedam, Capelle aan den Ijssel and Vlaardingen are separate municipalities and not part of Rotterdam).
Please check here what documents are necessary for the registration appointment.
More info
If you need more information, please check our webpage about long term municipal registration.
Please confirm that you meet the following criteria in order to schedule an appointment at Rotterdam Expat Centre
I am a(n):
Are you not sure if you meet these criteria? Please contact the Rotterdam Expat Centre or click here.
Please schedule your appointment at municipality of Rotterdam and/ or the IND
Unfortunately, you don’t meet the criteria. We kindly ask you to schedule an appointment with the municipality of Rotterdam for the first registration and/or the IND to collect your residence permit.
Are you an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen?
Please check the list of all EU/EEA countries here.
Did you receive the confirmation letter from the IND?
As soon as your application at IND is approved, you will receive a confirmation letter from the IND. In this letter you will find your V-number. The V-number is needed to book your appointment with Rotterdam Expat Centre.
*If you come to collect your residence card please check whether the card has been sent to the Rotterdam Expat Centre or another location/city.
We are sorry, but you can't book an appointment yet...
You have indicated that you haven’t received your confirmation letter of the IND yet. This means that at this moment, you cannot book an appointment at Rotterdam Expat Centre.
Please contact your employer for further consultation regarding the confirmation letter of the IND.
Would you like to make a combined appointment? (IND + Registration)
You can book a combined appointment to collect your residence permit or to provide your biometrical information at the IND and to register for your long-term BSN with the municipality.
Book your appointment
You can now book your appointment at the Rotterdam Expat Centre, for registration with the municipality and/or IND.
* Due to the measures taken against coronavirus the BSN will not be issued directly but will be sent by post within 1 week.
* We highly appreciate it if you bring all the documentation ready and filled in when coming to the appointment
Would you like to schedule an IND appointment for a family? Please contact Rotterdam Expat Centre: 010 7900190
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