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Death of Germans without domestic residence abroad
A death that has occurred abroad can also be registered in a German death register, i.e. registered, at your request. The so-called post-registration also applies to Germans who died abroad who did not reside in Germany.
With the post-assessment, an entry in a German death register is made in addition to the registration abroad, i.e. in addition to the entry in the death register of the country in which the death occurs.
You can apply for post-registration with the competent German registry office under certain conditions.
You can apply for a post-certificate of death at the competent German registry office.
- Contact the relevant German registry office in writing, by telephone or in person, describe your concerns and ask for the documents to be submitted by you.
- Submit the request for re-examination and attach the required documents.
- The registry office checks your details and the evidence you provide and, if necessary, makes the post-moronofinformation of the death.
- You have the option of applying for a German death certificate to the same registry office for a fee.
- The registryoffice in whose area the deceased person had his habitual residence in the country is responsible for the a ntrag.
- If the deceased person did not have a domestic residence, the registry office in whose area you, as the applicant, have your domicile or habitual residence, is responsible.
- If none of the above alternatives applies, you can submit the application to the registry office I in Berlin.
Registry Office I in Berlin
Schönstedtstr. 5
13357 Berlin (center)
Phone: + 49 30 90 269-5000
Fax: + 49 30 90 269-5245
Opening hours:
Mo closed
Tue 09:00 - 12:00
Mi closed
Thu 14:00 - 17:00
Fr closed
- the death has occurred abroad
- Eligible to apply
- the parents of a child deceased abroad, the deceased person's child and spouse sororities or civil partners
- Psones who may assert a legal interest in the certificate against the registry office
For the information to be included in the death record, you must provide the necessary documents or other documents that you have.
In particular, the following documents are required:
- Your identity card/passport as an applicant
- foreign death certificate of the deceased person (if necessary with translation and certification by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalization by the German diplomatic mission; possibly the presentation of a multilingual form is sufficient)
- the marriage or civil partnership certificate of the deceased person's last marriage or civil partnership and proof of their dissolution,
- the birth certificate of the deceased person,
- proof of the deceased person's last residence
- in the case of naturalised citizens: naturalisation certificate
Fee: 30,00 EURPayment in advance: No
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Home Affairs and Sport
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)
13357 Berlin, Stadt
26898 Rhede (Ems)
26899 Rhede (Ems)
recipients: Gemeinde Rhede (Ems)
bank: Emsländische Volksbank
IBAN: DE08266614940000164300
recipients: Gemeinde Rhede (Ems)
bank: Sparkasse Emsland
IBAN: DE06266500010017000019
26899 Rhede (Ems)
- Einheitsgemeinde Rhede (Ems):
- Application for exemption from the presentation of the certificate of marital capacity for foreign nationals
- Application for the issuance of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership concluded abroad
- Birth Ad
- Birth certificate Exhibition at home birth
26899 Rhede (Ems)
- Einheitsgemeinde Rhede (Ems):
- Application for exemption from the presentation of the certificate of marital capacity for foreign nationals
- Application for the issuance of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership concluded abroad
- Birth Ad
- Birth certificate Exhibition at home birth
26899 Rhede (Ems)
- Einheitsgemeinde Rhede (Ems):
- Application for exemption from the presentation of the certificate of marital capacity for foreign nationals
- Application for the issuance of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad
- Apply for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership concluded abroad
- Birth Ad
- Birth certificate Exhibition at home birth