Registered partnership

• You and your partner are both 18 years of age or older. Are you or is your partner a minor and you want to register a partnership? Then contact the municipality first.
• You are both unmarried and do not have a registered partnership with anyone else.
• Are you under guardianship? If so, you need permission from the curator or district judge.
• You make your notification of intended marriage or registered partnership to the municipality where you are registering your partnership. With the notification, you can choose a date on which you want to register your partnership. 
• If you make a notification for a marriage or partnership within eight weeks before the ceremony, we can process the notification as soon as a registrar is available.
• You cannot make the notification earlier than 1 year before the wedding or partnership date. The notification is valid for 1 year. After that, you report it again.
• A partnership registration requires the presence of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 adult witnesses.
• Your personal data (of yourself, parents, divorce and/or partnerships) must be correct in the Basic Registration of PersonsBRP). Check this with your DigiD on mijnoverheid.nl. If your information is incorrect or missing, call the municipality as soon as possible on 14 0181.
• You can see the availability of the locations at the top of the page under the "Request notification of marriage or registered partnership" button. You do not need to log in with DigiD to do this.
• You can create your own playlist of up to 3 songs for the partnership ceremony via Spotify. Via bluetooth it can be played during the ceremony. Don't forget to download the playlist at home.
• You cannot cancel or change a reserved date for a partnership registration over the phone. This can only be done in person, by e-mail or in writing. A fee will be charged for cancellation.

Before reporting   

• If you were born abroad or have a non-Dutch nationality please contact us before reporting.
• Choose your type of ceremony (free). You can view venues using the button at the top of the page.
• Choose a date, location and start time for the ceremony. The wedding officiant will start exactly at the specified time.
• Choose your witnesses. This can be 2, 3 or 4 witnesses (total). Anyone over the age of 18 may be a witness. If you do not have your own witnesses, you can use witnesses from the municipality for a fee, this is only applicable in a free ceremony.
• Choose your wedding officiant (this is not possible for a free ceremony).
• Choose which last name to use.
   

Needed at the time of notification

• DigiD login details for you and your partner
• Copy of ID of you and your partner
• Copy ID of witnesses
• If you are under supervision (guardianship), permission is required from the curator or district judge
• Contract location (if you are getting married somewhere other than Brielle Town Hall, Rockanje Town Hall or Hellevoetsluis Town Hall)
• You pay the cost of the ceremony in the online application

Would you like to report a marriage or registered partnership? Please send an e-mail to nl We will contact you within 48 hours.

Report without DigiD

Unable to report via DigiD do? Then send an e-mail to nl We will contact you within 5 business days.

If your partner does not have Dutch nationality, he or she must first submit a "Declaration of No Marriage of Apparition. With this, your partner declares not to enter into a partnership with you for a residence permit. The IND checks this declaration.

You do not need this statement if you:

• Both have the nationality of one of these countries.
• Both have indefinite residence permits.
• Both have indefinite asylum permits.
• Want to register a foreign registered partnership older than 10 years in the Netherlands.
• Want to register a terminated foreign partnership in the Netherlands.

Before collecting documents, contact the municipality first. In certain situations, the municipality already has the necessary information through the Municipal Records Database.

Is only possible if you or your partner live in Voorne aan Zee .

• Only the official act (10 minutes), no speech.
• No preliminary interview with the official.
• No choice for official.
• No opportunity for personal input such as music.
• Maximum number of 6 people (including partners and witnesses).
• Formality takes place in a consultation room in the civil affairs department.
• Monday or Tuesday at 9 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. (excluding special holidays).  

Cost of marriage or registered partnership

At City Hall in the standard designated room with a maximum time limit of 1 hour:

Note! This does not include the cost of the venue. The chosen venue will charge you separately for this.

Other costs

Price changes and typographical errors reserved.

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