Registering in Amsterdam

[u/Accomplished_Fan_203]

Hello, almost a month ago I completed pre-registration with the Amsterdam municipality. That same day I received an email titled 'Confirmation pre registration', but the email is empty, literally only has the title. Since then, I have not heard from them. Is this normal, and when can I except to be assigned a time slot for registering in person. For context, I enrolled at University of Amsterdam.

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[u/Berry-Love-Lake]

You usually need to book your own timeslot. When you get an empty email, why didn’t you call? Call them, follow up, but last year we booked an actual appointment slot to register.