Registration for non-residents
Are you working or studying in the Netherlands for less than 4 months? You can register in the Non-residents Records Database (RNI). After registering you will receive a citizen service number (BSN) and can apply for a DigiD.
Choose 'Individual registration' to make an appointment. Are you an employer and do you want to register more than 3 people at the same time? Choose 'Group registration by employer' and send an email.
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You can change your address online via MyRNI. Link opens an external page in a new browser tab..
To do so, you have to log in with your DigiD. Read more about how to apply for a DigiD as a non-resident on the Work in NL website. Link opens an external page in a new browser tab..
Every person in the Netherlands has a personal registration number. It is called the Citizen Service Number ('burgerservicenummer' or BSN). This number is issued to Dutch citizens along with their birth certificate.
You need the BSN in order to:
- be permitted to work
- open a bank account
- make use of a care institution (or hospital)
- apply for benefits
If you were not born in the Netherlands, you must apply for the number yourself.
Check the following web page of the government. Link opens an external page in a new browser tab. for more information.
Request an excerpt registration non-resident on the page Uittreksel registratie niet-ingezetenen (RNI) aanvragen. You can send this excerpt to your employer.
If you have lost your confirmation of registration, you can apply for an extract by post:
Gemeente Rotterdam
To the attention of CVE2 department
P.O. Box 70013
3000 KR Rotterdam
