Register your residence as a secondary residence

Prerequisites

• In addition to your main residence, you have moved into another residence in Germany.

Documents required

Please note

Deadlines

You must register your new secondary residence within 2 weeks of moving into the apartment.

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.

To register your place of residence electronically, call up the online service and log in to the online service with your user account. The further procedure is described there.

Processing time

• The processing time is usually 12 minutes.


• Online: Processing time is approximately 5 minutes.

Fees

Fees may apply. Further information can be found in the "Links" section.

Legal remedies

• contradiction


• legal challenge


• obligation action

Legal basis

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


• § 21 Paragraph 3 of the 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 of the 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.verwaltungsgesetze-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_28102015_VII22010414012.htm


• § 1 Hamburg Implementation Act to the Federal Registration Act (HmbAGBMG)
  
  
  https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-BMGAGHAV2P1


• 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