Register your main residence

Prerequisites

• You have moved into an apartment as your main residence.

Documents required

• Documents of all persons to be registered:
  • Identity card and - if available - passport
  • Children (up to their 18th birthday): ID card and/or passport if available, otherwise birth certificate; personal presence is not required –
• landlord confirmation
• When moving into residential property, the purchase contract or extract from the land register
• Holders of an electronic residence permit (eAT) should bring the eAT along with their documents.

The following data or documents are also required by

• persons being cared for: written power of attorney or carer ID
• Persons who cannot appear in person: written authorization and identification documents of the person to be registered (this only applies if the person is already registered in Germany)

In addition, the following documents must be brought with you if you are moving from outside:

• Married/partnered:
  • Original marriage certificate
  • Both IDs (unless they live separately)
• divorced:
  • final divorce decree (original)
• widowed:
  • original death certificate
• Unmarried and shared apartments:
  • Presentation of the identity cards of all persons as well as additional written authorizations of the persons who are not present

Please note

• There are no hints or special features.
• From the age of 16 you can register without the consent of the legal guardians.

Deadlines

You are obliged to register with the registration office at your place of residence within two weeks of moving in. Late registrations can be punished with a fine.

Procedure

• If you have several apartments in Germany, one of these apartments is your main residence.
• You must register your place of residence within 2 weeks of moving into the new apartment.

Processing time

• Registration takes about 12 minutes

Fees

• EUR 12 per adult or under 18 auditioning alone.


• EUR 12 per family (parents including underage children with the same arrival dates).


• EUR 12 for a married couple (without children with the same arrival dates).

Payment methods available

• Girocard
• Classic credit card

Legal remedies

none

Legal basis

• Section 17 (1) and (3) of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__17.html


• § 21 Para. 4 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__21.html


• § 22 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__22.html


• § 23 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23.html


• Section 24 (1) of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__24.html


• Numbers 17.1, 17.3, 22 and 23 General Administrative Regulations for the Implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)
  https://www.verwaltungsverbindungen-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_28102015_VII22010414012.htm

If you are moving into a new main residence, you must register in person with the Hamburg Service responsible for you at your new place of residence within two weeks of moving in. You can also register your new apartment online under certain conditions.