Apply for a DigiD if you live abroad
Do you live outside of the Netherlands? Then you can apply for a DigiD. Did you already have a DigiD before you moved abroad? Then you can continue to use it as usual. Read how to apply for a DigiD.
- You live abroad.
- You have a valid passport or a valid identity card. (You cannot use a driving licence.)
- You have a citizen service number (burgerservicenummer/BSN).
- You are registered in the Non-residents Records Database of the Netherlands (RNI).
- You have a mobile telephone on which you can receive SMS messages from the Netherlands while you are abroad.
- You have an email address.
You do not know if you have a citizen service number (BSN)?
- Do you have to pay taxes in the Netherlands? Or did you move abroad after 1 October 1994? Then you are registered in the RNI and yo automatically have a citizen service number.
- You do not have to pay taxes in the Netherlands? Did you move abroad before 1 October 1994? Or you have never lived in the Netherlands? Check at the service desk whether you are Begin link: registered in the RNI, end link. .
You can apply for your DigiD in 2 ways:
- at a service desk
- via a video call
- Go to Begin external link: www.digid.nl(External link), end external link. and select ‘I live abroad’.
- During the application process, select ‘Apply for DigiD (abroad)’. Make sure you store your user name and password.
- After you have filled in the application form, you will receive a service desk code. To receive your DigiD activation code, take the service desk code to 1 of the Begin external link: DigiD service desks(External link), end external link. (collection points) in the Netherlands within 30 days. The service desk in The Hague is in Begin link: City Hall Spui, end link. . You will get your activation code by appointment only. It is not possible to authorise somebody to do this for you. You must visit the service desk in person.
- Begin external link: Make an appointment online(External link), end external link.. Or call 14070, or from abroad tel. +31 70 353 30 00.
- You can activate your DigiD at Begin external link: www.digid.nl(External link), end external link. using the activation code and your user name and password.
Needed at the appointment
- your valid passport or identity card (the identity document you used in your application)
- your Begin link: citizen service number, end link. (BSN)
- the mobile telephone number you provided during the application. You will receive the activation code on this telephone during the appointment.
You can also receive your DigiD activation code during a video call. This way you do not have to visit a service desk in the Netherlands. The video call is only for people who are abroad.
Would you like to collect your activation code through a video call? Make an appointment on the website Begin external link: netherlandsworldwide.nl(External link), end external link. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
Did you already have a DigiD because you applied for it when you were living in the Netherlands? Then you can still use it.
- You no longer know your user name and password? Apply for a new DigiD at a service desk.
- You have not used your DigiD for 3 years or longer? Then your DigiD has expired and you have to apply for a new DigiD at a service desk.
For more information, go to the Begin external link: website of DigiD(External link), end external link.. If you cannot find an answer to your question, contact the DigiD help desk.