Letter address

With a postal address, you can be reached by the government even without a residential address. A letter address is only an administrative address; you do not live there. You cannot use a postbus as a letter address.

You can register at a letter address only in the following situations:

  • You are homeless or homeless
  • You reside in a care facility, youth facility, shelter or prison
  • You stay abroad for less than 8 months per year
  • Short bridging between 2 residential addresses (in the absence of a temporary residential address)
  • You have no fixed place of residence due to your occupation, for example, as an inland waterway barge master or international truck driver
  • You live at an address that cannot be recorded as a residential address for security reasons

You must register in the Basisregistratie PersonenBRP) if you live in the Netherlands for at least four months in a year. You do this with your home address. Are you temporarily staying with a friend or relative? Then this is your home address and you must register at that address.

Are you leaving abroad for eight months or more? If so, you cannot apply for a postal address. You must deregister from the municipality by filing a declaration of emigration with the civil affairs department. More information can be found on the webpage moving abroad.

Under the BRP Act, if you live permanently at a vacation park, you must be registered at that address because you actually reside there. This then becomes a residential address in the BRP and not a letter address. Whether there is permanent residence (a residential address) at the vacation park is for the municipality to determine. Additional documents may be requested. The zoning plan or refusal of the owner/manager is no reason to provide a letter address. More information can be found on the page occupying recreational homes.

How does it work?

A letter address is the address of another person or institution. In this case we talk about a letter address giver. The letter address must be in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee and the letter address provider is registered here. With the address of the letter address provider, you can still be reached by the government without a residential address. 

You will make arrangements with the letter address provider about the mail that is for you. You must have active contact with a letter address provider, which is why your letter address cannot be a postbus . The letter address provider must make sure you get your mail from the government.

Consider, for example:

  • Letters
  • Tax forms
  • A voting pass
  • A subpoena

If no one within your own network is available for a letter address, in some situations the municipality may decide that you be given a letter address at the municipal office address. If you have a letter address at the municipal office, you are required to collect your mail in person each week.

Are you given a letter address because you are temporarily without a residential address? Then you must make every effort to improve your situation and find a residential address. You cannot apply for a letter address if you have a residential address. Have you found a residential address? Then pass on your removal (change of address). You will automatically be deregistered from your letter address. The municipality can impose an administrative fine if you knowingly contribute to incorrect information in the Basic Registration of PersonsBRP)
 

Who can apply for a letter address? 

  • The individual himself (the person who will live in an institution, or who has no residential address)
  • Parents, guardians and caregivers of youth under 16 who need a letter address
     

Requesting a mailing address for another person at a care facility

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

What should I do?

  • You should contact the Civil Affairs Department. 
  • They can be reached at telephone number 14 0181.
  • If the municipality agrees, you will come to City Hall by appointment.
  • Once the letter address declaration is processed, you will receive all mail from the municipality and other government agencies at this letter address.
  • Health make sure you communicate your letter address to other agencies as well.

What do I need?

What to bring to the appointment:

  • Your valid proof of identity
  • The letter address provider (for private letter address)
  • Valid proof of identity or passport of the letter sender

Additional information

Depending on your situation, additional supporting documents may be requested such as: 

  • Proof of departure and return (airline tickets)
  • Own statement with amount of sleeping addresses per week 
  • Certificate of registration from Woonnet-Rijnmond
  • Employment contract or statement employerCopy of rental or purchase contract
  • Evidence of written contact with counseling or (mental) health services
  • Survey of debts or proof of enrollment in debt assistance
  • Copy of bank statements

Costs

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