Baden-Wuerttemberg

Anmeldung in Karlsruhe

Anmeldung (registering your address) with the Meldebehoerde in Karlsruhe.

Deadline: register within two weeks of moving in (Bundesmeldegesetz §17(1)).
Cost: the Anmeldung is free of charge („Es fallen keine Gebühren an.“).

Bring with you:

• Personalausweis and/or Reisepass. Non-EU citizens bring their passport together with their residence title.
• Wohnungsgeberbestätigung from your Wohnungsgeber (landlord), who is legally obliged to take part in the Anmeldung (Bundesmeldegesetz §19). Owner-occupiers are their own Wohnungsgeber and issue it themselves.
• The completed Meldeschein (Formular Wohnsitz Anmeldung).
• Geburtsurkunde for each child you register, and the Eheurkunde if you register as a married couple.

After the appointment: first-time registrants receive their Steuer-ID by post (§139b AO / BZSt).

Check the official Stadt Karlsruhe Bürgerdienste page linked below for the current appointment-booking route and opening hours.

Delegiert prepares your documents and prefills the form. You attend the appointment and hand everything in yourself.

Where to go

Prepared from the city's own page: https://web1.karlsruhe.de/service/Buergerdienste/leistung.php?id=6021869. Guidance only, not legal advice. Confirm every detail with the office before you rely on it.