Service finder
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Your selected location: Emsland
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.
Keeping animals
There are more than 30 million pets living in households in Germany. Do you keep pets and have questions, for example about dog tax and keeping dogs? This section provides contacts at public authorities and information about keeping animals, pet taxes and legal questions, ranging from registering a dog to the protection of animals to keeping wild animals.
There are 19 services for Keeping animals
Top 10 Services
- Applying for a change of tax class during marriage or civil partnership
- Applying for housing benefit for the first time or again
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Apply for a small firearms license
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Apply for infection protection instruction including certificate
- Apply for child benefit
- Confirmation of landlord
- Set up a carport
- Benefits for education and participation for children, adolescents and young adults Authorisation