Wilhelmsburg Residents’ Affairs

Deregister apartment

Prerequisites

• You are moving out of your apartment and no longer have a permanent residence in Germany or
• You give up a secondary residence without replacement or
• You are staying abroad for more than 1 year.

Documents required

Please provide the following documents when deregistering in person:

• valid identity cards or passports of all persons aged 16 and over to be deregistered

You can be represented by an authorised person. The authorised person must present your identity card or passport as well as their own original identity card or passport.

Please submit the following documents if you deregister in writing in paper form by post:

• unsubscribe form
• Copy of the valid identity cards or passports of all persons aged 16 and over to be deregistered

Please note

As a landlord, you can have the responsible authority officially deregister people who no longer live in your apartment. The responsible authority will check the actual living conditions before deregistering.

If you deregister your secondary residence in Hamburg, you must also deregister it from the second home tax.

The official registration confirmation contains the following information:

• Surname, first name, if applicable, stage name or doctoral degree
• birth date
• Move-in or move-out date
• Date of registration or deregistration
• Indication of whether it is a sole residence, a main residence or a secondary residence

Deadlines

• You can deregister your apartment at the earliest 7 days before you move out.


• You must deregister your apartment no later than 2 weeks after you move out.

Procedure

You can unsubscribe personally:

• You can make an appointment online or by calling 115.
• You bring all necessary documents with you to the appointment and present them.
• You deregister your place of residence.
• Your address will be deregistered from the residents' register.
• Your address will be changed in your official documents.
• You will receive a registration confirmation.

You can unsubscribe in writing in paper form by post:

• You fill out the deregistration form and sign it.
• You send the deregistration form together with a copy of your valid ID to the responsible office.
• Your address will be deregistered from the residents' register.
• Your address will be changed in your official documents.
• You will receive a registration confirmation.

Processing time

Processing on site usually takes 5 minutes.

Fees

No

Payment methods available

• Girocard
• Cash payment

Legal remedies

No

Legal basis

Federal Registration Act (BMG)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/index.html


General administrative regulation for the revision of the general administrative regulation for the implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)

http://www.verwaltungsgesetze-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_27092022_VII2201041418.htm