Municipal Offices in South Holland

Local municipal and district administrative offices in The Hague, Rotterdam, Leiden and surrounding areas of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

The provinces of South Holland is divided into 60 municipalities known as gemeenten. Each Gemeente has a main city hall (stadhuis) and sub-municipal administrative offices (stadsdeelkantoren). Residents visit these offices for a variety of reasons including filing an intent to marry, adding a person to a household, collecting a new driving license and registering a grievance. Every person living in the Netherlands must be registered with their gemeente in which they reside.

The Hague Municipality

• Gemeente Den Haag
  At: Spui 70, 2511 BT The Hague
  Complaints and enquiries Tel: 14 070 
  Tel: +31 70 353 3000 when dialing from outside the Netherlands
  Contact form

The Hague has a call centre - the Municipal Contact Centre (Gemeentelijk ContactCentrum) - open weekdays from 08:30-17:00. Dial 14 070 and then select the municipality 'Den Haag' when prompted by the recorded menu. This number is shared by the Municipalities of Leidschendam-Voorburg, Rijswijk and Wassenaar.

Immigration office

Applications for residency in the Netherlands must be made at the Immigration & Naturalisation Department (Immigratie en Naturalisatiedienst or IND).

Note: Applying for residency is not the same as registering with the local gemeente although it is a related process. For more information, see Registration in the Netherlands.

There are eight Immigration Department offices in the Netherlands. The office serving The Hague is:

• Churchillhof
  Sir Winston Churchillaan 293
  2288 DC Rijswijk
  Tel: 088 0430 430 (General line to the IND. Charged at local tariff)
  Tel: +31 88 0430 430 (General line when calling the IND from outside the Netherlands)
  Open: Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri: 8:30-16:30 and Thu 9.30-16.30.

Note: The address given above is a help-desk, not an office. Appointments with the IND (for things like residency application interviews or for collecting a residence permit) are pre-arranged and details of the office address will be supplied in the confirmation letter.

If you are moving to The Hague, Rijswijk, Delft or Leidschendam-Voorburg as a highly-skilled migrant worker, and your employer is an approved partner of the IND, your paperwork can be handled at:

• The Hague International Centre
  (The main floor of The Hague City Hall)
  Spui 70
  2511 BT Den Haag (The Hague)

Sub Municipal offices in The Hague

Rotterdam Municipality

The Rotterdam Expat Centre is available to help English-speakers settle in and can answer questions about specific municipal issues and how you need to go about resolving them.

• Telephone: 010 790 0190
• Address: Korte Hoogstraat 31, 3011 GK Rotterdam
• Hours: Mon-Fri 09:30-16:30 (with appointment) 

The Rotterdam Stadhuis (city hall) is the main administration location for the city, but the citizen services department is currently undergoing renovations and will reopen in 2018.

Sub-municipal offices in Rotterdam

Other Municipalities

Tax Offices

• To find the address, contact details and opening hours of a tax office: Click here and select the relevant Gemeente from the drop down menu on the left hand side (in Dutch)

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