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Moved abroad, how can I keep my number?

  • July 20, 2026
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Nieuwkomer

Hello! 

I’ve been using my Esim and contract for about three years now while living abroad. When registering, I was living in the Netherlands and linked that subscription to my family home which I partly own but do not reside there anymore. I emigrated and registered in the RNI about 2 years ago. 

Is it okay to keep using my number and contract? I saw one post say I should move it to a pre-paid account? 

I’d like to make sure that everything is done correctly and KPN is informed properly of my status. 

 

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    Thomas van KPN
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    Hi ​@Drey, welcome to our community, you can defintely keep your number. If you still have a connection to the Netherlands you can keep your subscription with the number as it is. More information about that is on this page: Band met Nederland: voorwaarden roaming-gebruik | KPN If we have a problem with this we will contact you.

     

    If you don't have a connection with the Netherlands as stated on that page it might be better to change the subscription to prepaid, this does not work with e-sim though and you'll need a physical sim-card. Also you'll need to either place a call, send a text or purchase credit every now and then to keep the number from being de-activated which would ultimately result in you losing the number. 

    You can arrange this through http://kpn.com/emigreren

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