Billstedt 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
Billstedt Einwohnerangelegenheiten
Öjendorfer Weg 9 22111 Hamburg
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Phone
Facility info
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) 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
U2 / U4 / Busse Billstedt
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Last updated: 04.05.2024