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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.

Organ donation

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Due to a serious illness or accident, you, a family member or a loved one may suddenly find yourself dependent on a life-saving organ or tissue transplant. In Lower Saxony alone, more than 2,000 people are waiting for a donor organ.

Almost anyone can donate organs and tissue. There is no age limit. Only people who are infected with HIV, suffering from AIDS or have malignant tumors are usually not suitable as donors. It is not necessary to undergo a medical examination today if you want to donate organs or tissues after your death.

Organ and tissue donation is voluntary and a personal decision. Donation, removal and transfer of organs and tissues are clearly regulated by law. If you decide to do so, you should document this in writing in the organ donor card if possible. So you make it easy for your relatives, because otherwise they would have to be asked about the presumed will of a deceased person and decide in his favor.

Further information on organ donation can also be found on the following websites.

An information leaflet with detachable organ donor cards can:

be ordered from the press office of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality (Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, MS) or
on the relevant website of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality.

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

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