Adjusting incorrect personal data

The municipality maintains data about its residents in the Basic Registration of Persons (BRP). If your personal information is not properly registered, you can ask the municipality to adjust it. You can check your data on MijnOverheid.

The BRP contains information about you in addition to your first names, last name, gender and Citizen Service Number (BSN):

  • parents
  • nationality
  • marriage or registered partnership
  • death
  • registration in the BRP
  • residence (address)
  • children
  • residence permit
  • relationship of authority and receivership
  • travel document (Dutch passport and/or identity card)
  • suffrage
What to do?

Do you have Dutch documents showing that your information is not registered correctly? Then make an appointment to hand in these documents.

  • During the appointment, you will make a request at the front desk to update your personal information (a "correction request").
  • Bring your ID with you to the appointment.

Does it involve documents from abroad? Then we first want to make sure that your documents were issued by the right person or authority. Therefore, you must first have your documents legalized. For more information see: Legalizing and verifying foreign documents.

Making an appointment

You must first make an appointment to turn in documents.

Appointment to hand in (foreign) documents

Bring to appointment:

  • your valid ID
  • a document containing the incorrect data
  • An official document containing the correct information (for example, a marriage certificate)
Costs
DescriptionCosts
Request to update data in the BRPfree
How long will it take?

The municipality will send you a letter within 4 weeks if your data have been adjusted. You will also receive a letter if the municipality cannot or should not adjust your data.

Tip

The Mistakes in Government Records Reporting Office (MFO) is part of the Government Identification Service (RvIG). The MFO helps citizens, businesses and government organizations correct an error in a government registration.