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Register a secondary residence or subsidiary residence

Wohnsitz - Zweitwohnsitz oder Nebenwohnung anmelden
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
If, in addition to your sole residence or main residence (Hauptwohnung) in the federal territory, you occupy another residence in Berlin, this is your secondary residence (Nebenwohnung). You must register within 14 days of moving in. After registration, you will receive a Meldebestätigung (registration confirmation) with the following data: • personal data (surname, first names, doctoral degree, date of birth) • current addresses (marked according to main residence and secondary residence) Procedure You can only complete the registration in person at the Bürgeramt (citizens' office). • Make an appointment at the Bürgeramt and appear in person or through a representative. • Bring the completed registration form to the appointment along with the required documents. If using a representative, give the other person a power of attorney and the completed registration form. You must sign this form yourself. • After the documents have been checked, you will receive the registration confirmation immediately.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• You have moved into an additional residence or main residence in Berlin and are keeping your previous residence within the federal territory. • Deadline: registration of residence (Anmeldung) within 14 days of moving in • Minimum age 16 years If you are under 16 years old, your new main residence must be registered by the adult person into whose home you are moving. • Appointment (Termin) booking • If represented by another person: written power of attorney

Documents you need

• Registration of a second home or secondary residence Submit the application with the completed registration form in person at the Bürgeramt (citizens' office). • Proof of identity valid identity card, passport, children's passport for German nationals, or national passport, or substitute identity papers, or passport, or eAT (electronic residence permit) for foreign nationals. Please bring all of the listed documents that you have, in the original, for all persons moving. • Wohnungsgeberbestätigung (landlord's confirmation of move-in) • Landlords are required to confirm the move-in to their tenants in writing, with signature, within two weeks of the move-in. The confirmation must contain the following information: name and address of the landlord and, if the landlord is not the owner, also the name of the owner, date of move-in, address of the dwelling, and names of the persons required to register. • Presenting a tenancy agreement does not replace the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung. • For Ukrainian refugees: confirmation of permanent provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, for submission to the LEA (State Office for Immigration) or LAF (State Office for Refugee Affairs) (equivalent to the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung) • If represented by another person: written power of attorney Give the other person a power of attorney and the completed registration form. You must sign this form yourself.

Forms

• Registration of a secondary residence or secondary home (Anmeldung des Zweitwohnsitzes oder der Nebenwohnung) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zentrale-e • Wohnungsgeberbestätigung (landlord's confirmation) (move-in confirmation from the landlord/property provider) (template) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zentrale-e • Wohnungsgeberbestätigung für Ukrainer/innen (landlord's confirmation for Ukrainians): Confirmation of the permanent provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, for submission to the LEA (Landesamt für Einwanderung, State Office for Immigration) or LAF (Landesamt für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten, State Office for Refugee Affairs) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zuwanderun

Fees

none

Legal basis

• Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 17 (1) and (3) - Registration and deregistration www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__17.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 21 (4) - Multiple residences www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__21.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 23 - Fulfilment of the general registration requirement www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 24 (1) - Data collection, registration confirmation www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__24.html • General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Bundesmeldegesetz (BMGVwV), numbers 17.1, 17.3, 21, 22, 23.0 to 23.0., 36.2 www.verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_2709202

Processing time

immediately

Further information

• Information on the Bundesmeldegesetz (Federal Registration Act) (Federal Ministry of the Interior) www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/verwaltungsrech • Further information on registrations / rights of objection (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten [State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs]) www.berlin.de/labo/_assets/buergerdienste/hinweispflichten_b • Apply for a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120702/ • Residence - Register a sole residence or main residence (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120686/ • Pay the Zweitwohnungsteuer (second-home tax) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121859/

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.

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Original

German original

Service number 351783 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/351783/