Residence / registration certificate
If you need a residence or registration certificate, you can apply for one at the relevant office.
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Your city, municipality or administrative community will issue you with a residence/registration certificate on request if you are registered there with a main or secondary residence.
A registration certificate serves as proof of residence. This is a simple disclosure of personal data from the residents' register. It does not contain information on nationality or marital status.
Upon request, the registration authority where you are registered with a residence will issue you with a registration certificate.
The registration certificate always contains your surname, first name with the common first name, doctor's degree, date of birth and current addresses, categorized according to main and secondary residence.
On request, the registration certificate can include further data:
- former names
- religious name
- stage name
- Place of birth and, if born abroad, also the country
- gender
- Data on the legal representative
- Current nationalities
- Legal affiliation to a religious community under public law
- Previous address(es) in the area of responsibility of the registration authority as well as the address of the last sole residence or main residence and the last secondary residences outside the area of responsibility of the registration authority, marked according to main and secondary residence, in the case of moving in from abroad also the state and the last address in Germany, in the case of moving out abroad also the move-in address abroad and the state
- Move-in and move-out date, date of last move out of a home in Germany and date of last move in from abroad
- Marital status, in the case of married persons or civil partners also the date and place of marriage or the establishment of the civil partnership and, in the case of marriage or the establishment of the civil partnership abroad, also the country
- Data on the spouse or civil partner
- Data on underage children
- Data on the identity card, the recognized passport or passport replacement document, and/or the eID card
- the fact that a date of death is not stored
Data on information and transmission blocks may not be included in a registration certificate.
To the residents' registration office of your municipality, town or administrative community.
Your city or municipality will issue you with a registration or residence certificate on request if you are registered there with a main or secondary residence. Please bring your proof of identity with you. On presentation of a suitable power of attorney and your identity card, you can also authorize another person to make the application. It may also be possible to apply online.
Identity document and, if applicable, power of attorney
8.00 EUR
for higher expenses 16.00 to 40.00 EUR
not specified
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Thuringian Ministry of the Interior, Municipal Affairs and Regional Development
28.05.2026
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| Agency | Stadtverwaltung Gera - StadtService H35 Residents and documents Registering/registering and deregistering an apartment
Driving license
Vehicle registration/fine dust
Business/Taxes
Social welfare
Resident parking permit
General information
Name change authority
Registry office
Specialist area of immigration law/citizenship
Residents and documents
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| Telephone | |
| Fax | 0365 838-1901 |
| WWW | |
| Opening Hours | Monday 09:00 - 15:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 13:00 Thursday 09:00 - 18:00 Friday 09:00 - 15:00 Saturday 09:00 - 13:00 The consultation is only possible by prior appointment. |
| Public Transportation | StopHeinrichstraße Busalle Buslinien Tramwayalle Straßenbahnlinien |
| Parking Lot | Parking PlaceParkhaus in den Gera Arcaden Fees: Yes |
| Elevator | No |
| Wheelchair Accessible | Yes |