Registration certificate
Service description
The registration office of the city or municipality where you are registered with your main residence will issue you with a written or electronic registration certificate upon request.
This requires you to provide your surname, first name, date of birth and the address of your current main or sole residence.
A registration certificate serves as proof of residence and contains at least the following data specified in § 18 Para. 1 BMG:Surname, first names with the first name in common use, doctor's degree, date of birth, current addresses, labelled according to main and secondary residence.
On request, this data can be supplemented by the data specified in § 18 Para. 2 BMG and thus an extended registration certificate can be issued. In the event that you are unable to visit the registration office yourself or otherwise contact them, they may only hand over the registration certificate on presentation of a power of attorney or it will be sent to you by post or electronically.
It is required, for example, in the context of a marriage. Foreign citizens must present it to their consulates for passport matters.
Prerequisites
Registration certificates must be applied for at the registration office in person or by an authorised person.
Which documents are required?
Identity card or passport and, if applicable, power of attorney
What fees are incurred?
Fees are charged in accordance with No. 42 (Residents' Registration) of the administrative cost schedule for the "Administrative Cost Regulations for the Ministry of the Interior and Sport".
The electronic registration certificate is issued free of charge.
Legal basis
Annex 1 to the Administrative Costs Regulations for the Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Applications / Forms
No formal requirements
Typing
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