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)
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
Special information for Association Offenbach an der Queich
- For persons who are not present, a registration authorization (informal) and their identification documents are required.
08.09.2022
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
For online application:
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Offenbach an der Queich - Fachbereich 4 - Bürgerdienste
Fire, civil protection and disaster control, civil status, cemeteries, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, road traffic, multi-generation house, residents' registration, security and order
The registration office of the municipality works exclusively by appointment. You can book appointments on site at the main office or online.
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Contact
Telephone
06348 986-0
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
Remark:
Fire, civil protection and disaster control, civil status, cemeteries, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, road traffic, multi-generational house, residents' registration, security and order
Contact person
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Telephone
06348 986-151
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
room
13
Responsible for:
- Offenbach an der Queich:
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a passport due to change of other data
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second 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 an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Applying for a passport due to a name change
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Budget certificate
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of main residence
- Change of residence
- Correction of personal data by the registration authority
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Fishing licence issuance
- Free learning materials
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- ID card Issuing information on the ID card with online ID function
- Identity card Registration of a stage name
- Identity card information issue
- Identity card status query
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- Passport status query
- Passport theft report
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Population register information Provision of group information
- Providing information to political parties and voter groups
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Registration information Issuing self-disclosure
- Registration register information issued to landlords
- Report the theft of your own identity card
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Reporting the retrieval of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Telephone
06348 986-151
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
room
13
Responsible for:
- Offenbach an der Queich:
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a passport due to change of other data
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second 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 an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Applying for a passport due to a name change
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Budget certificate
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of main residence
- Change of residence
- Correction of personal data by the registration authority
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- ID card Issuing information on the ID card with online ID function
- Identity card Registration of a stage name
- Identity card information issue
- Identity card status query
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- Passport status query
- Passport theft report
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Population register information Provision of group information
- Providing information to political parties and voter groups
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Registration information Issuing self-disclosure
- Registration register information issued to landlords
- Report the theft of your own identity card
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Reporting the retrieval of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Telephone
06348 986-152
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
room
13
Responsible for:
- Offenbach an der Queich:
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a passport due to change of other data
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second 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 an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Applying for a passport due to a name change
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Budget certificate
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of main residence
- Change of residence
- Correction of personal data by the registration authority
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- ID card Issuing information on the ID card with online ID function
- Identity card Registration of a stage name
- Identity card information issue
- Identity card status query
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- Passport status query
- Passport theft report
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Population register information Provision of group information
- Providing information to political parties and voter groups
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Registration information Issuing self-disclosure
- Registration register information issued to landlords
- Report the theft of your own identity card
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Reporting the retrieval of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage