Residence; registration
If you move into an apartment, you must register with the relevant registration authority (municipality, town or administrative community) within two weeks.
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If you move into an apartment, you are obliged to register with the relevant registration authority (municipality, town or administrative community) within two weeks. This also applies if you move within your municipality or town.
To do this, you must complete and sign a registration form and present it to the registration authority together with your identity card, recognized and valid passport or passport replacement document and confirmation from your landlord or the corresponding allocation feature. If the registration register is kept automatically, you do not need to complete the registration form if you appear in person at the registration office and confirm the accuracy and completeness of the data collected by the registration office with your signature on a printout. You can also be represented at the registration office by a person who presents the necessary documents (registration documents and power of attorney).
Spouses, life partners and family members with the same previous and future residences should use a joint registration form; it is sufficient if one of the persons required to register makes the registration.
Persons under the age of 16 must be registered by the person whose home the persons under the age of 16 are moving into. If a minor has several residences in Germany, the main residence is the residence primarily used by the person(s) with custody.
Newborns born in Germany only need to be registered if they are taken into a home other than that of their parents or mother.
If a carer or guardian has been appointed for an adult person who can determine their place of residence, they are responsible for registration.
If you do not register within two weeks, you are in breach of the regulations. In this case, you can be fined up to 1,000 euros.
Regional Supplement (Editorially responsible: City of Erlangen)
Exceptions:
Persons who live abroad and are not registered in Germany are only required to register after three months.
If you are registered in Germany and move into another home for a stay of no longer than six months, you do not have to register temporarily. However, if you continue to use the additional home after the six months, the two-week period for registration begins. When registering, you must decide which of the apartments is your main residence and which is your secondary residence. If it is clear from the outset that you will be using the additional apartment for longer than six months, you must register it as soon as you move in.
Actual occupation of the new apartment (this apartment is used permanently or at least with a certain regularity, primarily for living and sleeping).
Regional Supplement (Editorially responsible: City of Erlangen)
Every person subject to registration must register in person at the Citizens' Registration Office. Registration takes place online. You therefore do not need a form.
Registration must take place within two weeks of moving in. It is not legally possible to register before actually moving in.
- Declaration of status for several apartments
Declaration of which dwelling is the main residence and which is a secondary residence - Civil status certificates and other evidence, if applicable
Please also submit civil status certificates (birth or marriage certificate, death certificate of husband) and, if necessary, further evidence (e.g. legally binding divorce decree, certificate of change of name, naturalization certificate, certificate of late repatriation, certificate of release from another nationality) as proof of special data (e.g. marital status) so that your application can be processed in full.
- Doctoral certificate, if necessary with official translation into German
If you wish to have a doctorate entered in the civil register. - Landlord confirmation
- Completed and signed form for registration with the registration office (registration form - available from the registration office)
- Identity card and/or passport or passport replacement document (for identification and for changing the address or place of residence in the identity card and passport)
- eID card for EU citizens (for changing the address on the chip) - if available
- Confirmation from the landlord or - in the case of electronic confirmation from the landlord to the registration authority - the corresponding assignment feature
(for further information, see "Related topics" - "Confirmation of residence; template")
Regional Supplement (Editorially responsible: City of Erlangen)
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§ Section 27 Act on Identity Cards and Electronic Proof of Identity (Identity Card Act - PAuswG)
§ Section 15 Passport Act (PassG)
§ Section 20 of the eID Card Act
Reporting system
You can carry out registration matters digitally at the Citizens' Service or on site on the first floor of the town hall. For example, you can apply for a certificate of good conduct, official certification or information from the population register.
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Monday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 15:30
Tuesday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 15:30
Wednesday: 08:00 - 12:00
Thursday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 15:30
Friday: 08:00 - 12:00 a.m.