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Which place to enter?

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.

Residence Re-registration Change of status


If you have registered several apartments in Germany and in the meantime mainly use a secondary residence instead of the previously registered main residence, this must be reported to the competent authority. This changes the status in the population register.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the municipality, the Joint Community and the city in which the new main residence is located.

Requirements

  • Relocation of the centre of life to another place of residence

Applications / forms

The competent authority will provide you with registration forms free of charge. Many places already offer these as downloads on the Internet. You can also have the required information entered into the automated procedure on site.

Which documents are required?

  • Identity card or passport of all persons subject to reporting obligations concerned

What are the fees?

There are no fees.

Process flow

The notification must be made in person to the competent authority.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There are no deadlines to be observed.

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immediate processing

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