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Apply for a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate)

Meldebescheinigung beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
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Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Minimum age 16 years • You are registered (Anmeldung) in Berlin service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120686/ • For the online application: registration/login via BundID service.berlin.de/nutzerkonten/bundid/ To submit the application online, log in with your BundID account or use guest access. Register with BundID if you do not yet have a BundID account. • For the online application: activated online ID function (Online-Ausweisfunktion) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/329833/ For this you need: • Your electronic identity card (Personalausweis), Union citizen card (eID card), or electronic residence permit (eAT) with the online ID function (eID) activated, and the six-digit PIN • an external card reader or a modern NFC-capable smartphone with an Android or iOS operating system • the "AusweisApp" software • A Lebensbescheinigung (certificate of life) can only be requested in person on site • If represented by someone else: written power of attorney Applying through a representative is only possible in person on site. • For written applications: transfer of the fee in advance

Documents you need

• Application for issuance of a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) Possible online, or in person at a Bürgeramt (citizens' office) of your choice (with or without an appointment), or you can submit an informal written application by post or email. • For written applications: please transfer the fee to the account of the Bezirksamt (district office) to which you are addressing your application. State the date of the transfer in your application and submit your proof of payment together with the documents in copy. • Proof of identity • For online applications: please have your electronic Personalausweis (identity card), Unionsbürgerkarte (EU citizen's card, eID card) or electronic Aufenthaltstitel (residence permit, eAT), each with the online ID function (eID) activated, and your PIN ready. • For applications in person: bring your Personalausweis (identity card) or passport in the original. • For written applications: submit your Personalausweis (identity card) or passport in copy. • If the application is submitted by a representative: written power of attorney • A specific written power of attorney is required, containing your personal data and your signature. It must also contain details of the representative, and the representative's Personalausweis (identity card) or passport must be presented. • If your own German Personalausweis (identity card) or passport was not issued in Berlin, or if it is a foreign document, it must also be presented in the original. • For recipients of social benefits or in pension matters: if a fee exemption applies: proof, e.g. your Leistungsbescheid (benefits notice)

Fees

• none: if you submit the application online • none: as a Lebensbescheinigung (proof-of-life certificate) in pension matters, in matters under SGB II or SGB XII (Social Code Book II or XII), and other exceptions — see "Rechtsgrundlagen" (legal basis) • 10.00 euros per person: if you submit the application in person on-site or in writing • 5.00 euros additionally for each further person (for family members combined on one certificate for identical registration periods): if you submit the application in person on-site or in writing

Legal basis

• Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG - Federal Registration Act) § 18 BMG www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__18.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG - Federal Registration Act) § 3 BMG www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__3.html • Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Bundesmeldegesetzes (BMGVwV - General Administrative Regulation Implementing the Federal Registration Act) No. 18 www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_2709202 • Anlage zur Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO - Annex to the Administrative Fees Ordinance): Tariff item 3051 a) 6. - Fee exemption gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-VwGebOBE2009V15Anlage

Processing time

• immediately: if you submit the application online or in person on site • 1-2 weeks: for applications submitted in writing

Further information

• Information on the BundID (Federal Ministry of the Interior) id.bund.de/de/faq • Information on the AusweisApp software (Governikus) www.ausweisapp.bund.de/home/ • Bank details of the Bezirksämter (district offices) www.berlin.de/labo/_assets/buergerdienste/bankverbindungen-d

Who is responsible

• You can submit your application in person at any Bürgeramt (citizens' office) in Berlin of your choice, even without booking an appointment in advance. Some locations optionally continue to also offer appointment bookings. You can send the written application to a Bürgeramt of your choice or hand it in there. • For online applications, the Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs) is responsible.

Responsible for you

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

Original

German original

Service number 120702 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120702/