Anmeldung in Baden-Württemberg

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Anmeldeformular Completed registration form Where to get: Download from the Meldebehörde's website where available, or pick up the paper form at the counterRequired: Original, completed and signed before the clerk at the counterCost: Free Captures the data required by § 17 in connection with § 23 BMG: family name, first names, date of birth, place of birth, nationality, marital status, religion (where the Land collects this for the Kirchensteuer regime), prior address, new address, and date of move-in. The signature is given before the clerk.
Personalausweis or Reisepass Identity document Required: Valid Personalausweis (German national ID) for German citizens; valid passport or national ID card for EU/EEA citizens; valid passport for non-EU/EEA nationals — originals only, no photocopiesCost: Free Where the registrant holds an Aufenthaltstitel (residence permit) the title is presented alongside the passport for the cross-reference. Some Meldebehörden also request a visa as an attached record for non-EU/EEA registrants.
Wohnungsgeberbestätigung Housing provider's confirmation Where to get: Issued by the Wohnungsgeber (housing provider — usually the landlord; the property owner directly for owner-occupiers; the principal tenant in tenancy-of-tenancy arrangements)Required: Original signed document containing the four data elements specified by § 19 Abs. 3 BMG: name and address of the housing provider (and of the property owner where different); date of move-in; address of the dwelling; names of all persons subject to the registration obligationCost: Free Under § 19 Abs. 1 BMG the housing provider must issue this confirmation within the same fourteen-day deadline that applies to the registrant's own duty. A rental contract is NOT a substitute. If the landlord refuses or delays, § 19 Abs. 2 BMG requires the registrant to notify the Meldebehörde without delay and the registrant's own duty is held open while the notification is in process.
registration form Anmeldeformular Required: Completed and signed at the Bürgerbüro counterSource: Downloadable in advance from the municipal portal or completed at the intake desk Smaller Baden-Württemberg municipalities may ask residents to bring a Karlsruhe-style Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung local form-format rather than the federal-template version; the substantive content requirement under § 19 BMG is the same.
identity document Personalausweis or Reisepass Required: Original; photocopies are not acceptedNon-EU/EEA: Passport plus any Aufenthaltstitel currently held Identity document is presented to the Bürgerbüro clerk for cross-reference against the Anmeldeformular.
housing-provider's confirmation Wohnungsgeberbestätigung Required: Original document signed by the Wohnungsgeber (landlord, owner-occupier, or principal tenant where sub-letting)Contents: Name and address of the Wohnungsgeber, date of move-in, address of the dwelling, names of all persons subject to the registration obligation at that dwelling, per § 19 Abs. 3 BMG A rental contract (Mietvertrag) does not substitute for the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung — the two documents are statutorily distinct.

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