Postal address

How does it work?

A correspondence address must always be an address in the Netherlands and cannot be a post office box.

The person or institution registered at the postal address is called the postal address provider. The postal address provider must ensure that you receive your mail from the government. For example:

• Letters;
• Tax forms;
• A voting pass;
• A summons.
   
• You can request a postal address from the municipality of the postal address provider. Please indicate why you want a postal address.
• If the municipality agrees, you will receive all mail from the municipality and other government agencies at this correspondence address.
• Make sure you also provide your mailing address to other organizations.

Make an appointment for this by calling 14 0511 (without area code).

How does it work?

A correspondence address must always be an address in the Netherlands and cannot be a post office box.

The person or institution registered at the postal address is called the postal address provider. The postal address provider must ensure that you receive your mail from the government. For example:

• letters
• Tax forms
• a polling card
• a summons

Who can apply for a postal address?

• The person concerned (the person who is going to live in an institution, or who does not have a residential address)
• Parents, guardians, and caretakers of young people up to 16 years old who need a postal address.

Apply for a postal address for someone else

• A partner (married or in a registered partnership) can request a postal address for the other partner if he/she is authorized to do so in writing by that partner.
• Adult children can request a postal address for a parent if they are authorized to do so by that parent.

In addition, the following persons can also request a postal address for someone else:

• Any adult for a person who has authorized him/her to do so in writing.
• The head of the institution where you will be living.