Additional documents

You can obtain the family composition certificate from your municipality. You can also access, download and print the document if you have an electronic identity card (eID):

via ‘my record‘, the online application of the National Register.

via 'My citizen profile', the online application of the Flemish government.

via the e-desk of your municipality.

You can also request a certificate in person via the Civil Affairs Department desk. More information concerning this document can be found on the Flemish government website: www.vlaanderen.be/attest-van-gezinssamenstelling.

This is a document evidencing divorce by consent.

You can request a copy or an extract of a divorce deed in the municipality in which the divorce was recorded in the civil status registers.

If you have an electronic identity card (eID), you can request a copy or extract of the deed online.

You can also provide us with your child's birth certificate. You can add it as an attachment to the 'parent/child link' message.

If you have an electronic identity card (eID), you can request a copy or extract of the deed online:

via your municipality's e-desk.

via the 'Certificates and permits' page of 'My Citizen profile'.

You can request a copy or an extract of a birth certificate from the local authority of the place of birth, at the office of the Civil Affairs Department.

More information may be found at www.vlaanderen.be/akte-van-geboorte.

Kids-ID is an electronic identity document for Belgian children under the age of 12.

Provide a photo of the front of the Kids-ID showing the names of the parents.

For more information, contact your municipality.