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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Register of craftsmen Registration of non-essential activities

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For certain activities considered as non-essential activities, no entry is provided for in the Register of Craftsmen or in the registers kept by the competent authority.

Activities which can be learned within three months or require a longer training period but which are incidental to the overall picture of the craft subject to authorisation are not considered essential. Furthermore, activities that have not arisen from a craft subject to approval are not considered to be essential.

However, registration is required if you have successfully passed the journeyman's examination in a craft subject to licensing, the activity in question was part of the initial training in this craft subject to approval and this activity accounts for the majority of your commercial activity.

The responsibility lies with the Chamber of Crafts (HWK), in whose district the future business premises are located.

This procedure can also be carried out through a "Point of Single Contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by municipalities and the state for service providers.

Find your Point of Single Contact here

Documents are required. Please contact the competent authority.

Fees are charged in accordance with the scale of fees of the competent authority.

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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