Register your residence as your sole or main residence

You can register online or on site at one of the BürgerServiceCenters.

Online:

You can register online alone or with your family. Children of legal age must register themselves.
You can register for a sole or main residence.

• Click on "Complete online" to go directly to the online service.
• You log in to the online service with your Bund ID user account.
• Enter all the necessary data, upload the required documents and submit the application.
• After the registration authority has checked all the information, you will receive an email in up to 10 days.
• Return to the online service and complete the process.
• Your electronic registration confirmation is now available for download in the online service.
• Update the address stored on the ID card. An address sticker for your ID card will then be sent to you by Bundesdruckerei.
• The new address sticker will arrive by post. All you have to do is affix it to your ID card. Everything is now up to date.

On site at the BürgerServiceCenter

You can make an appointment at one of the BürgerServiceCenters or come without an appointment during the open consultation hours.

In person for yourself:

• You appear in person.
• Bring all the necessary documents with you.
• The registration form will be filled out for you on site. You must sign it.
• Once the documents have been checked, you will receive confirmation of registration.
• The address data will be updated on the German ID card, the EU citizen card (eID card) or your electronic residence permit (eAT) directly on site.

In person for the family:

• You appear in person.
• An adult family member can register the whole family for joint residence.
  
  • Parents need a written power of attorney from their adult children, the signed registration form and the child's original ID.
• Bring all the required documents with you.
• The registration form will be filled out for you on site. You must sign it.
• Once the documents have been checked, you will receive confirmation of registration.
• The address data will be updated on the German ID card, the EU citizen card (eID card) or your electronic residence permit (eAT) directly on site.

By proxy:

• You can also be represented by a person. An informal power of attorney is required for this. Life partners also require a power of attorney.
• Guardians require a power of attorney or a guardian's identity card. The guardian's identity card must authorize registration or re-registration.
• Bring all the necessary documents with you. You must also bring the power of attorney, the signed registration form and the original identity card of the person who is to be re-registered.
• Once the documents have been checked, you will receive confirmation of registration immediately.
• The address data will be updated on the German ID card, the EU citizen card (eID card) or your electronic residence permit (eAT) directly on site.

More information

• If a parent moves with a child to another home, or if this child moves from one parent to another, the so-called "Declaration of consent of the custodian on the occasion of a move of a minor child" must be brought along with the re-registration.
• If you are under the age of 16, your new main residence must be registered by the person whose home you are moving into. From the age of 16, the signature of the legal guardian is not required.
• If you are over 18 years of age and a carer or guardian has been appointed for you who can determine your residence, then your new main residence must be registered by your carer or guardian.
• Newborns do not have to be registered separately. An automatic notification is sent from the registry office to the registration office.
• Vehicle documents must also be changed. Driving licenses are not changed.
• If you move across municipal boundaries, the place of residence must also be changed in your passport.

• A valid identity document
  
  • identity card or passport
  • and, if applicable, your electronic residence permit (eAT) or your eID card - if you have one.

  IMPORTANT:
  Your eAT or eID card are not valid identification documents without the corresponding passport.

• When moving into a rental property:
  
  • Confirmation of residence.
• When purchasing residential property:
  
  • Landlord's confirmation as declaration of ownership.
• For assisted persons:
  
  • Written power of attorney or guardian's pass.
• If represented by another person:
  
  • Written power of attorney and original identification documents of the person to be registered.
• For spouses, life partners and family members with the same immigration data:
  
  • Date of moving in and previous and current homes.
• The competent authority may require the submission of further documents to verify the information provided
  
  • For example: Marriage certificate, birth certificate

• Online residence registration
  

• Registration with a registration office (pdf, 183.3 KB)
  

• Registration with a registration office (especially for individuals) (pdf, 53.8 KB)
  

• Landlord confirmation (pdf, 202.2 KB)
  

• Declaration of consent by the person with custody on the occasion of the removal of a minor child (pdf, 51.1 KB)
  

• Declaration on the determination of the main residence with information sheet (pdf, 125.6 KB)
  

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What deadlines must be paid attention to?

2 weeks You must register your new place of residence within 2 weeks of moving into your new home. If no appointment is available within the two weeks, it is sufficient to make an appointment in good time at one of our Citizens' Service Centers.

How long does it take to process

At the BürgerServiceCenter: Processing takes place immediately during your appointment.

Online: If the information and documents submitted are complete, we will provide you with a registration certificate in your user account for download within 10 working days. You will then receive the address sticker for your ID card and/or passport by post.

• § 17 Absatz 1 und 3 Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)
• § 21 Absatz 4 Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)
• § 23 Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)
• § 23a Absatz 2 und 3 Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)
• § 24 Absatz 1 Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG)
• Nummern 17.1, 17.3, 21, 22, 23.0 bis 23.0., 36.2 Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Bundesmeldegesetzes (BMGVwV)

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