Dutch Certificate of Conduct (Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag)
Translate Your Dutch VOG (Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag)
Need a Dutch VOG translated for an Australian submission? We provide NAATI-certified Dutch to English translation of the Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag — the Certificate of Conduct issued by Justis, the screening authority of the Ministry of Justice and Security — at $59 per page with delivery within 24 hours. A VOG is not simply a generic police record: it is issued after screening against a stated purpose, so check which document and which purpose the receiving organisation has asked for before ordering.
A VOG is tied to a purpose, not a general criminal-record printout
Justis describes the Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag as a statement that any judicial data found on the applicant do not obstruct the specific purpose for which the certificate is requested (Justis — Certificate of Conduct). Screening is carried out against a screening profile linked to that purpose, so two certificates issued to the same person for different purposes are not interchangeable. People applying from outside the Netherlands are directed to the non-resident route explained by the Dutch government's information service for people abroad (NetherlandsWorldwide — Certificate of Conduct).
- Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG) — the Certificate of Conduct issued by Justis
- The certificate names the purpose and the screening profile it was assessed against; it is not a general criminal-record extract
- A VOG natuurlijke personen (VOG NP) is issued to an individual; a VOG rechtspersonen (VOG RP) relates to a legal entity
- Applicants outside the Netherlands are directed to the non-resident route described by NetherlandsWorldwide
- Australian requirements differ from Dutch ones — confirm with the receiving organisation which document, and which purpose, it will accept
- A Dutch police report or a Belgian uittreksel uit het strafregister is a different document issued by a different authority
- Send a complete, legible copy of every page, including the covering page, reference numbers, seals and any apostille or legalisation page
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What a VOG usually shows, and how we translate it
A VOG normally identifies Justis as the issuing body, the applicant, the reference or application number, the purpose and screening profile the application was assessed under, the decision wording, and the date and signature block. Our NAATI-certified Dutch translators reproduce the layout of your copy in English — the field labels, the stated purpose, the decision wording exactly as printed, seals and the signature block — so an Australian officer can match the translation line by line against the original. TransLingo translates the document you send: we do not issue, obtain, verify, notarise or apostille Dutch records, and the receiving organisation decides what it requires.
- Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG NP) issued by Justis
- VOG rechtspersonen (VOG RP) for a legal entity
- The stated purpose (doel) and screening profile translated as printed
- Apostille and legalisation pages translated alongside the certificate
- Covering letters and reference numbers translated where supplied
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If your document contains multiple pages, you choose the pages to translate and each selected page is charged at $59. Your final page count is confirmed on upload before payment — no manual quote and no callback wait.
- $59 per page, shown upfront
- No manual quote — order immediately
- No waiting for a callback
- Your complete order delivered under 24 hours as standard — average under six hours
- Translation by a NAATI-certified translator
- Delivered as a secure PDF
Frequently asked questions
Official sources and related pages
Justis, the screening authority of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, explains the Certificate of Conduct and the screening tied to the stated purpose: Justis — Certificate of Conduct. Applicants outside the Netherlands are directed to the non-resident route described by NetherlandsWorldwide — Certificate of Conduct. Eligibility, procedure and fees are set by those authorities, not by us.
Related pages: geboorteakte translation, BRP extract translation or the Dutch translations hub.
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