Rahlstedt Residents' Affairs

Report a move to Hamburg from another federal state

Prerequisites

• You have moved from another federal state to Hamburg into a sole, primary or secondary residence.
• You are staying in Hamburg for more than 6 months.

Documents required

• Your valid identification document (identity card, passport, passport substitute)
• and, if applicable, additionally
  • Your eID card or
  • your (electronic) residence permit
• Confirmation of occupancy with the following information:
  • Name and address of the landlord and, if he is not the owner, also the name of the owner,
  • move-in date,
  • Address of the apartment and
  • names of all persons moving into the apartment
• When moving into a home, you will also need a purchase agreement or land register extract
• Your original civil status documents to prove your marital status and, if applicable, your name (for example, birth certificate/birth register, marriage certificate, name declaration). In the case of a divorce, you must also bring the legally binding divorce decree.
• if applicable, original identification documents and written authorizations of the absent persons whose move you are reporting

Please note

If you wish to re-register minor children up to the age of 16 without both legal guardians, please contact the relevant authority by telephone in advance.

If you want to re-register your minor child, who has previously lived with both parents in a main residence, into your new main residence without the other parent, you will need the consent of the other parent, a written agreement on the child's center of life or a family court decision on the transfer of sole custody.

The same applies if you wish to change the sole or main residence of your minor child from the residence of one parent to the residence of the other parent.

From the age of 16, minors can re-register without the consent of their legal guardians.

Married couples can register their partner in a shared apartment without a power of attorney, but only by presenting their identity card.

For spouses, life partners and family members with the same arrival date (date of arrival as well as previous and current residences), registration by one of the persons required to register is sufficient.

Deadlines

Please register no later than 2 weeks after your move.

Procedure

You can register your change of address in person at the relevant office:

• You can make an appointment online or by calling 115.
• You bring all necessary documents with you to the appointment and present them.
• You change your address.
• Your address will be changed in the residents’ register.
• Your address will be changed in your official documents.
• You will receive a registration confirmation.
• You pay the fee.

You can re-register online:

• You have a valid German identity card or a valid eID card.
• You access the online service.
• You register to use it.
• You log in to the online service with your user account.
• You enter all the required data.
• Your address will be changed in the residents’ register.
• You may receive address stickers that you can stick on your identity card over the old address.
• If there is a chip in a document, the address on it is changed.
• You will receive an official registration confirmation.
• If you use the online service, this is free of charge for you.

Processing time

Processing on site usually takes 10 to 12 minutes.

Fees

There is a fee of EUR 14.00 per person or family unit with the same moving dates.


If you use the online service, it is free of charge for you.

Payment methods available

• Girocard
• Cash payment

Legal remedies

• contradiction


• legal challenge


• obligation action

Legal basis

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


• Fee Schedule for Registration and Identification Matters (MeldeGebO)
  https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-MeldeGebOHA2015 framing/format/xsl?oi=w4n72Uy5qY&sourceP=%7B%22source%22%3A%22TOC%22%7D&docAcc=true