Church admission: Declaration
A church entry or re-entry must be declared to the competent authority.
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or passport
- if available: baptismal certificate
- for married persons and persons living in civil partnership: marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate
Costs
Fee: free of charge
Process flow
The employer automatically learns of the church entry by calling up the electronic wage tax deduction characteristics (ELStAM), which are stored at the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Deadlines may have to be observed.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the relevant parish.
Responsible authorities
Emsbüren - Bereich Standesamt
Timetable
from 08:00 to 12:00
and 14:00 to 16:00
Tuesday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
Wednesday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
Thursday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
and 14:00 to 18:00
Friday:
from 08:00 to 12:00
Contact
- Emsbüren:
- Application for the issuance of a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention on the Status of Refugees with Habitual Residence in Germany
- Apply for a death certificate
- Birth Indication
- Birth certificate issuance
- Birth registers
- Church admission: Declaration
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Family book: Exhibition
- Family name change
- Notification of a death
- Register marriage