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Anmeldung Berlin — Registration of Address (Anmeldung bei der Meldebehörde)

The form you take to a Berlin Bürgeramt to register your new home, for yourself and one family member moving with you.

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What is Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration?

The Anmeldung bei der Meldebehörde is Berlin's registration form for a new address. In Germany, anyone who moves into a home must register it with the local registration office, and in Berlin that is done at a Bürgeramt. If you move into a home in Berlin as your only or main home, the Berlin service portal says you must register within 14 days of moving in. The registration certificate (Meldebestätigung) you receive is often needed for a tax ID, a bank account, a residence permit or a phone contract.

The form is one page in German. It asks about your new home, your previous home, up to two people moving (you and one family member), marital status, and the identity documents you will show. It is the paper route: you sign it by hand and bring it to a Bürgeramt appointment together with your ID and the landlord's confirmation of moving in (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung). Adult German and EU citizens moving within Germany may also register online with an eID card.

FileIt explains every box of the Anmeldung in English, with the German term alongside, and prints your answers neatly onto the official Berlin PDF — including accented names. Names and dates of birth can be pre-filled from the People records in your FileIt vault, and the finished PDF is saved there. FileIt does not register you or book appointments: you print the form, sign it and take it to the Bürgeramt yourself.

Who fills it
The person moving (from 16 in person), with one family member moving with them on the same form
Given to
A Berlin Bürgeramt, in person at an appointment (or through a representative with written authority)
When
Within 14 days of moving into your only or main home in Berlin
Signatures
Handwritten signature of one of the people registering (or a person with a care power of attorney)
Also needed
ID or passport for everyone moving, and the landlord's Wohnungsgeberbestätigung

Who needs to fill out Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration?

  • Anyone moving into a flat or house in Berlin as their only or main home, whether from elsewhere in Germany or from abroad.
  • Newcomers to Germany starting a job, studies or family life in Berlin, who usually need the Meldebestätigung for other paperwork.
  • Couples and families moving together — the form takes you and one family member; more people need another form.
  • People moving within Berlin, who must register the new address too.
  • People keeping a previous home and adding a Berlin one, who must also decide which is the main home.

When to use Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration

  • After you move in — the Berlin service portal gives a deadline of 14 days after moving in.
  • Before your Bürgeramt appointment, so you arrive with the form filled in and signed.
  • When you move again within Berlin or into Berlin from another town.
  • When a family member joins you at the same address at the same time.

What you need before you start

  • Your moving-in date and the full new address, including extras such as Hinterhaus or floor and side.
  • Your previous address in Germany and moving-out date, or the country you are arriving from.
  • Full names, birth names, dates and places of birth, and nationalities for everyone on the form.
  • Your religious community, if you belong to one that levies church tax.
  • Marital status, and the date, place and country of your marriage or partnership if you have one.
  • Your identity card or passport (and residence permit, if you have one) — originals, for everyone moving.
  • The Wohnungsgeberbestätigung signed by your landlord; a tenancy agreement does not replace it.
  • If you keep another home in Germany, the separate supplementary sheet (Beiblatt zur Anmeldung).

What’s on Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration

The 2026 edition has 1 page. FileIt asks for it in 7 parts:

  1. New home (Neue Wohnung)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)
  2. Previous home (Bisherige Wohnung)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)
  3. Person 1 — you (Person 1)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)
  4. Person 2 — a family member moving with you (Person 2)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)
  5. Marital status (Familienstand)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)
  6. Your identity document (Dokumente)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)
  7. Date and signature (Datum, Unterschrift)Person registering (meldepflichtige person)

How to fill out Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration, step by step

1 Neue Wohnung (new home)

Say whether the new home is your only home (alleinige Wohnung), your main home (Hauptwohnung) or a secondary home (Nebenwohnung). Then give the moving-in date, the postcode and district (Ortsteil), and the street, house number and extras such as Vorderhaus, Seitenflügel or the floor.

The municipality code (Gemeindekennzahl) is optional; the office can fill it in.

2 Bisherige Wohnung (previous home)

Give your last home in Germany: whether it was your only, main or secondary home, the moving-out date, postcode and town, and the street. If you are coming from abroad, name the country in the box "Bei Zuzug aus dem Ausland Staat"; if you never lived in Germany before, the rest of this column stays empty.

3 Wird die bisherige Wohnung beibehalten? (keeping the previous home)

Say whether you keep your previous home, and if so, whether it stays your main home or becomes a secondary home. Then say whether the people on the form have any other homes in Germany. If you keep more than one home, one must be the main home, and the Bürgeramt needs the separate Beiblatt.

4 Person 1

Your surname (with a doctoral degree such as Dr. if you have one), the passport name if your passport spells it differently, all first names, birth name, sex, date, place and country of birth, religious community, nationalities, and any religious-order name or pseudonym recorded in your ID.

The form asks you to underline the name you are called by (Rufname) — do that by hand on the printout. Religious community matters because it decides whether church tax is deducted from your wages.

5 Person 2

The same details for one family member moving with you, plus how they are related to you (for example Ehefrau, Ehemann or Sohn). Anyone else moving in goes on another form.

6 Familienstand and Eheschließung (marital status and marriage)

Marital status applies to person 1, or to both people if they are married to each other or registered partners. If married or in a registered partnership, give the date, place and country, and the registry reference (AZ) if you have a German certificate.

7 Dokumente (identity documents)

For each person, the kind of document — PA for an identity card, RP for a passport, KP for a child's passport — the issuing authority, serial number, date of issue and expiry date. The name line is printed from each person's details.

8 Datum, Unterschrift (date and signature)

One of the people registering, or a person with a care power of attorney, signs by hand in the box at the bottom. Leave the date empty if you would rather write it at the appointment.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Turning up without the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung. The service portal is clear that a tenancy agreement does not replace it.
  • Missing the 14-day deadline because appointments are scarce. Book an appointment as soon as you know your moving date.
  • Choosing "only home" while keeping a previous home. With two homes, one must be the main home and the Beiblatt is needed.
  • Leaving out middle names or birth names that appear in your passport.
  • Forgetting to underline your Rufname by hand.
  • Bringing copies instead of originals of everyone's identity documents.
  • Sending a representative without a written authority (Vollmacht), or with an unsigned form.
  • Registering a child with shared custody without the other parent's declaration of consent when only one parent attends.

After you fill it out

Print the form and sign it by hand. Book an appointment at any Berlin Bürgeramt and bring the signed form, the original identity documents for everyone moving, and the landlord's Wohnungsgeberbestätigung, plus the Beiblatt if you keep another home and a parent's declaration of consent where needed. If someone else goes for you, give them the signed form and a written authority.

FileIt does not register you or contact the Bürgeramt. According to the Berlin service portal, the office checks your documents and gives you the registration certificate (Meldebestätigung) straight away, and updates the address on a German identity card, EU eID card or electronic residence permit on the spot.

Save the Meldebestätigung in your FileIt vault next to this form — you will be asked for it often. Register again whenever you move.

Fill out Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration online with FileIt

  1. Pick the person. Choose someone from People and FileIt fills in their name, date of birth, address and other details it already knows.
  2. Answer plain-language questions. One part of the form at a time, with the official help text beside each question — 57 fields in all. Your answers save as you go.
  3. Check the live preview. Watch your answers land on the real Land Berlin — Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) and the Bürgerämter form, and let FileIt do any worksheet arithmetic.
  4. Generate the official PDF. FileIt prints your answers into the agency’s own PDF and files it in that person’s folder in your vault.

FileIt fills the form — it never files or submits anything for you. Deliver the finished form to whoever asked for it, the way the form’s instructions say.

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Anmeldung (Berlin) — address registration: frequently asked questions

Can I fill out the Berlin Anmeldung form online?

Yes. FileIt guides you through the Anmeldung in English and prints your answers onto the official Berlin PDF, ready to sign and take to the Bürgeramt. Names and dates of birth can come from your FileIt People records. FileIt does not submit the registration — you still attend the appointment.

Where do I hand in the Anmeldung?

At a Berlin Bürgeramt, in person at an appointment, or through a representative with your written authority. FileIt does not send it anywhere.

How long do I have to register in Berlin?

The Berlin service portal says you must register within 14 days of moving into your only or main home in Berlin.

Is there an English version of the Anmeldung form?

The official form is German. FileIt explains every box in English with the German term alongside, and prints your answers onto the German form.

What is the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung?

A written confirmation from your landlord (or the person who gives you the home) that you moved in, with their name and address, the moving-in date, the address and the names of the people registering. Landlords must provide it, and a tenancy agreement does not replace it.

Can I register online instead?

Berlin offers online registration for adult German and EU citizens moving within Germany, using a BundID account and an identity card or EU eID card with the online function. Everyone else, including people arriving from abroad, uses this form at a Bürgeramt.

Can I register my whole family on one form?

The form has room for you and one family member. For more people moving in, fill in another form.

Do I have to state my religion?

The box is for membership of a religious community, which decides whether church tax is deducted from wages. If you don't belong to such a community, you can write "keine".

Official sources

FileIt is not affiliated with or endorsed by Land Berlin — Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) and the Bürgerämter or any government. This page explains the form in general terms and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Always read the official instructions, and check that you are using the edition the recipient accepts. Page last reviewed 2026-09-26.

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