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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.

Citizenship card: Issuance

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Formal proof of German citizenship is provided in the form of a citizenship card. This identity card is required for certain legal transactions or legal relationships (e.g. adoption, appointment to the civil service).

Requirements:
Before issuing an identity card or identity card confirming your legal status as a German, the citizenship authority must check

  • whether and how you acquired German citizenship / legal status as a German,
  • whether and how you lost your German citizenship / legal status as a German.

In addition to your personal details , details of the persons from whom you derive your nationality are also required. You can find out who these persons are on the application form.

Please seek advice from the authorities when completing the application if anything is unclear.

Who should I contact?

The responsibility lies with the local citizenship authority in the district, the independent city or the large independent city in which you have your place of residence.

Responsible authorities

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Einheitsgemeinde Haselünne, Stadt
Address: Rathausplatz 1 , 49740 Haselünne
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Postal address: Post Office Box 280 , 49735 Haselünne
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Telephone: 05961 509-0
Fax: 05961 509-500
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.haseluenne.de
Opening Hours:
  • - Allgemeine Verwaltung -
  • Montag bis Mittwoch: 08.30 Uhr bis 16.30 Uhr
  • Donnerstag: 08.30 Uhr bis 17.00 Uhr
  • Freitag: 08.30 Uhr bis 12.30 Uhr
  • - Bürgerservice -
  • Montag bis Donnerstag: 08.30 Uhr bis 16.30 Uhr
  • Donnerstag: 08.30 Uhr bis 17.00 Uhr
  • Freitag: 08.30 Uhr bis 12.30 Uhr
  • Samstag: 10.00 Uhr bis 12.00 Uhr
    (Terminvereinbarung wird empfohlen)
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
Telephone: 05931 44-0
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Which documents are required?

In order to prove or establish that you and, where applicable, the persons from whom you derive your nationality:

  • have acquired German citizenship / legal status as a German,
  • have German citizenship / legal status as a German or
  • have been treated as German since at least 1950,

    For example, the following documents may be considered:
    • Documents on parentage and civil status:
      Birth or parentage certificates, marriage certificates, copies / extracts from the family book
    • Documents on the acquisition of German citizenship:
      Naturalisation certificates, award certificates, admission certificates, certificates / documents on the acquisition of German citizenship by declaration or option, certificates of appointment to civil servants, declaratory decisions on the acquisition of citizenship through service in the former German Wehrmacht and other associations
    • Documents relating to membership of the group of persons to whom collective naturalisation extended:
      Expellee identity cards, ethnic German repatriation certificates (according to § 15 para. 1 and 2 BVFG), Volksliste cards, Volkstumsbescheinigungen or other documents about German ethnicity, proof of (former) home law, citizenship or residence in the areas concerned, certificates of waiver of the right of waiver
    • Documents on the acquisition of legal status as a German without German citizenship:
      Expellee identity cards, ethnic German repatriation certificates (according to § 15 para. 1 and 2 BVFG), (old) refugee identity cards, registration forms, registration confirmations or registration certificates
    • Documents on the possession of German citizenship / legal status as a German:
      Proof of nationality, certificate of origin, documents / identity cards on the legal status as a German, passports, identity cards and other identity documents (including old ones), extracts from (former) family registers, citizen lists or citizen registers, documents on military service or activity as a civil servant, registration confirmations, registration certificates, documents on the authorization to retain German citizenship

The documents must be presented in the original or as certified copies (original documents will be returned).

What are the fees?

The fee for the citizenship card is 51 euros.
The applicant must also declare that he/she is aware that the application, rejection or withdrawal of the application is subject to a fee.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

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

Legal basis

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

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
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