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As a person subject to registration, you must notify the registration authority of any change of main residence within two weeks.

If you have several residences in Germany and the status of your residence has changed (main residence is now used as a secondary residence or secondary residence is now used as main residence without moving into or out of a new or previous residence), you are obliged to inform the competent registration authority of this.

The main residence is:

• If you are married or living in a civil partnership: the home primarily used by the family or civil partnership. This also applies if you are only temporarily separated from your family or partner.
• If you are married or in a civil partnership and live apart permanently: Your predominantly used home.
• If you are a minor: the home mainly used by your parents or foster parents. If they live separately, the main residence is the home in which you mainly live.
• Only if the predominantly used home cannot be determined beyond doubt should the focus of the living relationships be taken into account. Indications for this are, for example, the type of home, personal ties, social and local political activities as well as membership in clubs and other organizations.

At the same time, you are obliged to inform the registration authority which other residences (secondary residences) you have in addition to your main residence in Germany.

A secondary residence is any other residence in Germany. You can therefore have one main residence and several secondary residences.

Please bring an identity document (e.g. identity card or passport as proof of identity and to change the apartment details).

You have several homes in Germany.

You use your previous main residence as a secondary residence or your previous secondary residence as your main residence.

none

You must appear in person at the relevant registration office.

none (the change of status is entered directly into the register of residents at the registration office)

You are obliged to inform the relevant registration authority of the change of status of your home within two weeks.

The deadline begins on the day on which the change of residence took place.

• Change in the status of the residence
• Any change to the main residence (for example, the previous secondary residence is used as the main residence and the previous main residence is now used as a secondary residence) must be reported to the relevant registration authority.
• The registration authority for the new main residence is responsible.

Registration authorities in the independent towns, large towns belonging to districts, offices and independent municipalities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The registration authority is responsible for the new main residence

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the responsible registration authorities are the mayors of the independent towns, the mayors of the large towns belonging to the district and the independent municipalities and the heads of the local authorities as local registration authorities.

Some registration authorities offer forms on the Internet.

• Online procedure possible: generally no
• Written form required: possible
• Personal appearance required: generally yes

If the registration office in your place of residence has opened Internet access for registration matters, you can use this access to submit the required information using a qualified electronic signature in accordance with the Digital Signature Act.