Register residence
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzIf you move into a new home, you must register with the registration office responsible for you at your new place of residence within two weeks of moving in.
If you are under 16 years of age, you must be registered by the person whose home you are moving into.
If you are over 18 years of age and a carer or guardian has been appointed for you who can determine your residence, then your new home must be registered by your carer or guardian.
You only have to register newborn babies born in Germany if they move into a different home to that of their parents or mother.
To register your new home, you must come in person to the registration office responsible for you or authorize another person to do so.
- You appear in person at the registration office responsible for you or are 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 register).
- You submit all the necessary documents.
- Finally, you will receive an official confirmation of registration from the registration office.
You have moved into a new apartment in Germany.
- Completed registration form (except for automated registration register)
- At least one proof of identity:
- Identity card
- Temporary identity card
- Replacement identity card
- Recognized and valid passport
- Recognized and valid passport replacement document
- If you are moving into a rented property: landlord's confirmation of residence or corresponding allocation feature
- If moving into residential property: notarized purchase contract or extract from the land register
- For persons under guardianship: written power of attorney or guardian's certificate
- 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, date of moving in and out)
- For spouses, life partners and family members with the same move-in dates: Date of moving in as well as previous and current residences
- The competent authority may request the submission of further documents to verify the information (for example: marriage certificate, birth certificate)
Consent of the legal guardians for underage children. This declaration must be submitted if both custodians no longer have a joint residence with the child or if the child's sole residence or main residence changes from one custodian to another.
There are no fees.
You must register your new place of residence within 2 weeks of moving into your new home.
The processing time is usually 12 minutes.
§ Section 17 (1) and (3) of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__17.html
§ Section 21 (4) of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__21.html
§ Section 23 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23.html
§ Section 24 (1) of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__24.html
Numbers 17.1, 17.3, 22 and 23.0 to 23.0.2 General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)
https://www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_27092022_VII2201041418.htm
- Opposition
- Action for annulment
- Compulsory action
Forms available: no
Written form required: yes (except for automated population register)
Informal application possible: no
Personal appearance necessary: no
08.09.2022
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
For online application:
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Diez - Fachbereich 2 Bürgerbüro
Visitor address
65582 Diez
Building access
Contact
Telephone
Fax
Website
Opening hours
Monday to Wednesday 08:00 - 16:00
Thursday 08:00 - 18:00
Friday 08:00 - 12:00
Contact person
Visitor address
65582 Diez
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Diez:
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for exemption from the identification requirement as a permanently disabled person who cannot move around in public
- Applying for an eID card as an EU citizen
- Budget certificate
- Change of residence
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- European Certificate of Good Conduct
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Landlord confirmation
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Passport issue
- Passport notification due to loss
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
65582 Diez
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Diez:
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for exemption from the identification requirement as a permanently disabled person who cannot move around in public
- Applying for an eID card as an EU citizen
- Budget certificate
- Change of residence
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- European Certificate of Good Conduct
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Landlord confirmation
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Passport issue
- Passport notification due to loss
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
65582 Diez
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Diez:
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for exemption from the identification requirement as a permanently disabled person who cannot move around in public
- Applying for an eID card as an EU citizen
- Budget certificate
- Change of residence
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- European Certificate of Good Conduct
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Landlord confirmation
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Passport issue
- Passport notification due to loss
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
65582 Diez
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Diez:
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for exemption from the identification requirement as a permanently disabled person who cannot move around in public
- Applying for an eID card as an EU citizen
- Budget certificate
- Change of residence
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- European Certificate of Good Conduct
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Landlord confirmation
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Passport issue
- Passport notification due to loss
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report
Address
65582 Diez
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Diez:
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for exemption from the identification requirement as a permanently disabled person who cannot move around in public
- Applying for an eID card as an EU citizen
- Budget certificate
- Business re-registration
- Change of residence
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregister trade
- Duplicate business registration
- European Certificate of Good Conduct
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Landlord confirmation
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Passport issue
- Passport notification due to loss
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register business
- Register residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report
- apply for a liquor license
Address
65582 Diez
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Diez:
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for exemption from the identification requirement as a permanently disabled person who cannot move around in public
- Applying for an eID card as an EU citizen
- Budget certificate
- Business re-registration
- Change of residence
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregister trade
- Duplicate business registration
- European Certificate of Good Conduct
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Passport issue
- Passport notification due to loss
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register business
- Register residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report