NetherlandsWorldwide

What personal data is recorded in the Non-residents Records Database?

Language selection:English

You can check what personal data of yours is recorded in the Non-residents Records Database (RNI) on MijnOverheid. You can also check this through an RNI desk. Exactly what data of yours is recorded in the RNI depends on how you were registered.

Checking your data on MijnOverheid

On MijnOverheid you can check what data of yours is recorded in the RNI. You can log in using your DigiD or a recognised means of eID from another European country. After you have logged in click ‘Identiteit’. You can then click through to your personal data.

Attention: If you don’t already have one, you can apply for a DigiD. You can also check your data through an RNI desk.

Checking your data through an RNI desk

If you’re not able to check your data on MijnOverheid, request an extract from one of the 19 municipalities in the Netherlands with an RNI desk. You can also make an appointment to collect an extract from an RNI desk, or authorise someone else to do so for you. Certain fees apply for requesting an extract from the RNI.

Requesting an extract from the RNI

What personal data is recorded in the RNI?

Exactly what data of yours is recorded in the RNI depends on how you were registered.

I moved abroad after 1 October 1994

If you moved from the Netherlands to another country after 1 October 1994 and deregistered with your municipality, the following data is automatically recorded in the RNI. Some data is not kept up to date:

  • name
  • date of birth
  • place of birth
  • gender
  • nationality
  • citizen service number (BSN)
  • residential address (or country of residence) outside the Netherlands
  • temporary address in the Netherlands (if applicable)
  • email address (if known)
  • telephone number (if known)
  • residence permit (if applicable)
  • civil status (e.g. married or in a registered partnership)
  • partner’s data (if applicable)
  • children’s data (if applicable)
  • parental responsibility (if applicable)
  • parents’ data (if known)
  • travel documents
Attention: If you move from the Netherlands to another country and deregister with your municipality, data about your civil status, partner, children, parental responsibility, parents and travel documents is transferred to the RNI. From then on this data is no longer updated. It is only updated if you register in the Netherlands again. Find out how to update your other data in the Non-residents Records Database.

I moved abroad before 1 October 1994

If you deregistered from a Dutch municipality before 1 October 1994, your data was not automatically transferred to the RNI.

If, since then, you haven’t registered at an RNI desk or through a government organisation, your data won’t be in the RNI. You can check this with an RNI desk.

If you are not in the RNI, you can register. After you are registered in the RNI you will receive a BSN.

How can I register in the Non-residents Records Database?

If you registered at an RNI desk, the following data is recorded in the RNI:

  • name
  • date of birth
  • place of birth
  • gender
  • nationality
  • citizen service number (BSN)
  • residential address (or country of residence) outside the Netherlands
  • temporary address in the Netherlands (if applicable)
  • email address (if known)
  • telephone number (if known)
  • residence permit (if applicable)

If you were registered by a government organisation, such as the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) or the Tax Administration (Belastingdienst), the following data is recorded in the RNI:

  • name
  • date of birth
  • place of birth
  • gender
  • citizen service number (BSN)
  • residential address (or country of residence) outside the Netherlands
  • temporary address in the Netherlands (if applicable)
  • email address (if known)
  • telephone number (if known)
  • residence permit (if applicable)
Attention: If a government organisation, such as the SVB or the Tax Administration registers you in the RNI, it does not record your nationality. Find out how to update your personal data in the Non-residents Records Database

Verifying whether you are registered in the RNI

If you have never lived in the Netherlands or deregistered from a Dutch municipality before 1 October 1994, your data may not be in the RNI (and you may not have a BSN).

If you’re uncertain whether you are registered in the RNI, you can check this at an RNI desk.

To verify whether you are registered in the RNI, you can send an email or submit a completed contact form to the RNI desk in any of the municipalities below. You must include a photocopy of your valid passport or identity document:

Attention: If you are registered in the RNI, you can request an extract from the RNI to check what data of yours is recorded. If you are not registered, you can register in the RNI.

You can also go in person to an RNI desk to verify whether you are registered in the RNI. Make an appointment for this and bring your valid passport or identity document to your appointment.

Contact an RNI desk in the Netherlands

Attention: If you are registered in the RNI, you can find out right away what data of yours is recorded. If you are not registered, you can register there at the RNI desk.