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Change/transfer of main residence

Änderung/Wechsel der Hauptwohnung
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
• You want to declare your previous secondary residence (Nebenwohnung) in Berlin as your main residence (Hauptwohnung), with your current main residence continuing to exist as a secondary residence or • by giving up your previous main residence, your Berlin secondary residence becomes your sole or main residence (no new residence is being moved into)

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• More than one registered residence You are registered (angemeldet) for several residences in Germany; your new main residence or sole residence will in future be in Berlin

Documents you need

• Proof of identity When submitting the declaration, you need proof of identity for all family members, where available: Personalausweis (identity card), passport, children's passport for German nationals, or national passport or substitute identity documents for foreign nationals, in the original. • Erklärung über eine Hauptwohnungsänderung (declaration of a change of main residence) Needed if you are not giving up any of the registered dwellings. • Abmeldung (deregistration) with the registration authority, if applicable Needed only if you are giving up your previous main residence.

Forms

• Declaration of a change of main residence (Erklärung über eine Hauptwohnungsänderung) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zentrale-e • Deregistration with the Meldebehörde (registration office) (Abmeldung) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zentrale-e

Fees

none (this also applies to receiving confirmation of the reported change)

Legal basis

• Bundesmeldegesetz (Federal Registration Act, BMG) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/

Processing time

Changes to or a change of main residence (Hauptwohnung) can generally be processed and finalized immediately.

Who is responsible

Bürgeramt (citizens' office) • You can use this service at any Bürgeramt (citizens' office) in Berlin. Flüchtlingsbürgeramt Mitte (Mitte Refugee Citizens' Office) • Responsible for refugees from Ukraine, asylum seekers, and persons with Duldung (temporary suspension of deportation) or a Grenzübertrittsbescheinigung (border crossing certificate), from all of Berlin. • Responsible for collective registrations of residence and collective deregistrations for accommodation facilities in Berlin.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 120697 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120697/