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.
The notification must be made in person to the competent authority.
The responsibility lies with the municipality, the Joint Community and the city in which the new main residence is located.
- Relocation of the centre of life to another place of residence
- Identity card or passport of all persons subject to reporting obligations concerned
There are no fees.
There are no deadlines to be observed.
Processing Time: 0 Dayimmediate processing
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.
Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport
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