apply for registration certificate

Prerequisites

• Your personal appearance is required.
• However, you can be represented by an authorized person who can then apply for the confirmation of registration on your behalf.
• Children of legal age: Parents require a power of attorney from adult family members in order to receive the confirmation of registration.

Documents required

• You need an ID card or passport
• For authorized persons:
  • written Application,
  • own ID card or passport and
  • ID card or passport of the principal (copy possible)

Please note

• Only data from 1987 onwards is available in the Hamburg offices for residents' affairs.
• For data prior to 1987, the registration register of the Central Registration Office is responsible.

Deadlines

none

Procedure

• You make an appointment at a Hamburg Service location of your choice
• You or your authorized person must appear in person to apply for the registration certificate.

Processing time

• The processing time is approx. 5 minutes.


• The certificate will be given to you immediately.

Fees

• The fee for a certificate is EUR 12.00.

Legal remedies

no

Legal basis

• § 18 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__18.html


• § 10 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__10.html


• Section 3 of the Federal Registration Act
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__3.html


• No. 18 General administrative regulation for the implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)
  https://www.verwaltungsverbindungen-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_27092022_VII2201041418.htm


• Hamburg Implementation Act for the Federal Registration Act (HmbAGBMG)
  https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-BMGAGHArahmen


• § 1 Paragraph 1 No. 3.1 Schedule of Fees for Registration and Identification Matters (MeldeGebO)
  https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-MeldeGebOHA2015V10P1

You can apply for a registration certificate if you need one. This is the case, for example, if you need proof of how long a person has been registered, whether they are still alive or for other information.
You need a registration certificate with information on your marital status to register your marriage at the registry office, or to apply for naturalization at the Office for Migration.
If you need a residence and/or unmarried certificate, it is also a registration certificate, but with additional information.

A registration certificate generally contains the following data:

1. family name
2. First names under identification of the common first name
3. PhD degree
4. birth date
5. current addresses, marked according to main and secondary residence.

If you need a registration certificate with additional information, you can apply for it with the following data:

1. previous names
2. Order name, stage name
3. Date and place of birth and, in the case of birth abroad, also the country,
4. Gender,
5. to the legal representative
   1. Family name,
   2. first names,
   3. doctoral degree,
   4. Address,
   5. Birth date,
   6. Gender,
   7. date of death as well
   8. Information blocks according to § 51 and conditional blocking notices according to § 52,
6. current nationalities,
7. legal affiliation to a religious society under public law,
8. Current addresses, previous addresses in the area of responsibility of the registration authority as well as the address of the last sole residence or main residence and the last secondary residences outside the area of responsibility of the registration authority, marked according to main and secondary residence, if moving from abroad also the state and the last address in Germany moving abroad, also the address abroad and the state,
9. move-in date, move-out date, date of last move out of an apartment in Germany and date of last move in from abroad,
10. Marital status, in the case of married people or life partners, also the date and place of the marriage or the establishment of the civil partnership as well as the country in the case of marriage or the establishment of a civil partnership abroad,
11. to the spouse or life partner
    1. Family name,
    2. first names,
    3. Birth Name,
    4. doctoral degree,
    5. Birth date,
    6. Gender,
    7. current addresses in the area of responsibility of the registration authority and address of the last sole residence or main residence outside the area of responsibility of the registration authority,
    8. date of death as well
    9. Information blocks according to § 51 and conditional blocking notices according to § 52,
12. to minor children
    1. Family name,
    2. first names,
    3. Birth date,
    4. Gender,
    5. domestic address,
    6. Date of death,
    7. Information blocks according to § 51 and conditional blocking notices according to § 52,
13. Issuing authority, date of issue, last day of validity and serial number of the identity card, provisional identity card or replacement identity card, recognized passport or passport substitute document, issuing authority, last day of validity and serial number of the eID card of the identity card and the eID card