Registration, re-registration and deregistration of minors under the age of 16

Please contact a Citizens' OfficeInternal Link ("Bürgeramt") in Frankfurt, regardless of where you live in Frankfurt am Main.


Click here to make an appointment online.Internal Link

Responsible for registering, re-registering or deregistering minors up to the age of 16 is the person whose home the child or young person is moving into. If you are moving with your child, you are responsible for this obligation. If, on the other hand, a child moves into an institution (e.g. a children's home) on their own, then as housing provider, the institution is responsible.

If the whole family moves in together, it is enough for one family member to go to the Citizens' Office – upon presentation of the identification documents and civil status certificates from all family members and the confirmation from the landlordInternal Link.

If you move out of your previously shared residence after separating from the other parent with custody of your child, or if your child moves from one parent to the other, you will need the Consent to move with child (pdf , 30KB)Download Link (German only) to change your primary residence. Alternatively, you can present a written agreement stating your child's primary place of residence or a family court decision on the sole right of residence.

• Identification documents of all persons
  
  

  German citizens	Identification card, passport or child passport The birth certificate if no identification document is yet available. The new place of residence is entered in the passport and the child passport. The address is changed on the identity card.
  EU citizens (incl. Switzerland and Lichtenstein)	Identification card or passport and –if available – eID cardInternal Link. The address is changed on the chip of the eID card.
  Non-citizens of the EU	Passport or passport replacement papers and – if available – electronic residence title (eAT). The address is changed on the eAT.

• Original Confirmation from the landlord (pdf , 23KB)Download Link (a rental agreement is not sufficient) (more informationInternal Link).
• In case of representation by an authorised person: completed and signed Registration form (pdf , 638KB)Download Link or written authority of the authorising person(s).
• If applicable, declaration of consent by the parent who is not moving with the child.
• If applicable, written agreement on the physical centre of the minor's life.
• If applicable, a family court decision on the right of residence.

Registration procedures are free of charge.

Registration procedures must be completed within two weeks of moving/leaving the place of residence.

Federal Act on RegistrationExternal Link ("Bundesmeldegesetz")

Please note that all applications and forms are available in German only.

• Registration form (pdf , 638KB)Download Link
• Deregistration form (pdf , 600KB)Download Link
• Consent to move with child (pdf , 30KB)Download Link
• Confirmation from the landlord (pdf , 23KB)Download Link
• Information on the confirmation from the landlord (pdf , 38KB)Download Link

Registration or re-registration is always made at the place of residence of the new home (regardless of whether it concerns primary or secondary residence). The possible deregistration of a place of residence is always done at the Citizens' Office of the primary residence, regardless of the status of the residence (see also Deregistration of residenceInternal Link).

Information on the General Data Protection Regulation can be found in the information sheet on the General Data Protection Regulation (pdf , 37KB)Download Link (German only).