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
08.09.2022
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
For online application:
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Sprendlingen-Gensingen - Bürgerservice
Citizen service
Address
55576 Sprendlingen
P.O. Box
Contact
Telephone
Fax
Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
08:00 to 12:00
Tuesday
14:00 to 16:00
(residents' registration office and registry office)
Thursday
14:00 to 18:00
Appointments outside opening hours are possible by appointment.
Remark:
Department 1
Citizen Services
Contact person
Address
55576 Sprendlingen
Telephone
Fax
room
Responsible for:
- Sprendlingen-Gensingen:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an identity card
- Change of residence
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Identity card status query
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Visitor address
55576 Sprendlingen
Telephone
Fax
room
Responsible for:
- Sprendlingen-Gensingen:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an identity card
- Change of residence
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Identity card status query
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Address
55576 Sprendlingen
Telephone
Fax
room
Responsible for:
- Sprendlingen-Gensingen:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an identity card
- Change of residence
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Forms
Registration office - Registration (with help to fill in)
Registration office - supplementary sheet for registration (DIN A4)