Bramfeld Einwohnerangelegenheiten
Register your residence as a secondary residence
If you move into another apartment in Germany in addition to your main residence, you must register this as a secondary residence with your responsible registration office within 2 weeks of moving in.
Important notes
Prerequisites
- In addition to your main residence, you have moved into another residence in Germany.
Documents required
- Proof of identity for all persons to be registered:
- Identity card and, if available, passport
- If necessary, temporary identity card or passport replacement
- Children (up to their 18th birthday):
- If you have ID and/or passport, otherwise birth certificate
- When moving into a rental property: Confirmation of accommodation provider.
- When moving into residential property: notarized purchase contract or land register extract.
- For people being cared for: written power of attorney or carer ID card
- If represented by another person: written power of attorney and identification documents of the person to be registered
- If moving from abroad: last residential address in Germany (registration confirmation, day of moving in and out)
- For spouses, life partners and family members with the same immigration dates: date of immigration and previous and current residences.
- When moving from outside:
- Married/partnered people:
- Original marriage certificate
- Proof of identity for both spouses if they do not live separately
- Divorced:
- Final divorce decree in the original
- Widowed:
- original death certificate
- Unmarried and shared apartments:
- Presentation of IDs for all persons as well as additional written authorizations for persons not present
- Holder of an electronic residence permit (eAT)
- the residence permit
- Married/partnered people:
Please note
- The secondary residence must be registered in the municipality in which the secondary residence is located.
- The tax office levies a secondary residence tax for the use of a secondary residence in Hamburg.
- The personal presence of children under the age of 18 is not required.
- Registration of minors without both legal guardians must always be clarified in advance by telephone with Hamburg Service.
- When moving within the house, a re-registration is also required.
- Late registrations can be punished with a fine.
- From the age of 16 you can register without the consent of the legal guardians.
Deadlines
You must register your new secondary residence within 2 weeks of moving into the apartment.
Procedure & Fees
Procedure
- You appear in person at the registration office responsible for you or you can be represented by a person with power of attorney.
- You fill out the registration form and sign it (except in the case of an automated registration form).
- You submit all the required documents.
- Finally, you will receive an official registration confirmation from the registration office about the registration of your new secondary residence.
Processing time
The processing time is usually 12 minutes.
Online: The processing time is about 5 minutes.
Fees
- EUR 12.00 per adult or person under the age of 18 who auditions alone.
- EUR 12.00 per family (parents including underage children with the same arrival dates).
- EUR 12.00 for a married couple (without children with the same arrival dates).
Payment methods available
- Girocard
- Cash payment
Legal notes
Legal remedies
- contradiction
- legal challenge
- obligation action
Legal basis
- § 17 paragraph 1 and 3 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__17.html - § 21 paragraph 3 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__21.html - § 22 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__22.html - § 23 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23.html - § 23a paragraph 2 and 3 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23a.html - § 24 paragraph 1 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__24.html - Numbers 17.1, 17.3, 21, 22, 23.0 to 23.0., 36.2 General administrative regulation for the implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)
https://www.verwaltungsverbindungen-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_28102015_VII22010414012.htm - § 1 Hamburg Implementation Act for the Federal Registration Act (HmbAGBMG)
https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-BMGAGHAV2P1
Downloads & Links
Forms and downloads
- Form: Assertion of my rights with regard to the transfer of my data according to the BMG
- Form: confirmation of accommodation provider - barrier-free, PDF, 235 KB, 1 page
- Form: Notification about the change of the main residence from 01.11.2015 - barrier-free, PDF, 259 KB
- Form: Registration at the registration office - barrier-free, PDF, 786 KB, 3 pages
- Form: Supplement for registering for several apartments from November 1st, 2015 - barrier-free, PDF, 235 KB
Related services
Links on hamburg.de
- LBV online services
- LBV vehicle registration certificate, change
- Locations Hamburg On-site service - overview
Links on the Internet
Service description
If you move into another apartment in Germany in addition to your main residence, you must register this as a secondary residence with your responsible registration office within 2 weeks of moving in.
Address and contact information
Address
Bramfeld Einwohnerangelegenheiten
Herthastraße 20 22179 Hamburg
Facility info
Accessible |
Applies only to the customer center: Speed Capture Terminal: For independent capture of biometric data (photo, signature, fingerprints). If you use it, you don't have to bring a photo with you. Cost: 6 euros
Note refers to the information and acceptance point of the Oberalster tax office - Bramfeld branch : A common mailbox for everyone in Herthastr. 20 resident authorities is in the entrance area of the building Herthastr. 20 available and accessible during the opening hours of the building. Placing applications in this mailbox does not lead to compliance with the deadline, as this mailbox is emptied by the customer center, which is not the competent authority. To meet the deadline, please use the mailbox of the Oberalster tax office on Nordkanalstr. 22, 20097 Hamburg.
If you would like to apply for an identity card, passport or children's passport, you can use an existing self-recording terminal (speed capture terminal) in the customer center to capture the necessary biometric data (digital photo, signature, fingerprints).
Please allow a few minutes more time before your appointment to collect your data.
Note: You will not receive a printout of the digital photo.
There is no need to bring a passport photo with you when using the self-registration terminal.
Use costs 6 euros.
Please speak to the clerk afterwards.
The existing self-recording terminal (Speed Capture Terminal) cannot be used for fishing licenses and driver's license applications. Please bring a passport photo (biometric) with you for these services.
Public transport
Buses 8/17/173/118/37 Bramfelder Dorfplatz (Heukoppel), buses 8/17/118/173/37 Herthastraße
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Last updated: 04.05.2024