We already know about the appointment crisis in Berlin, and it’s not really getting any better. But here’s some new information I’ll bet you didn’t know about registering your address: from 1 November 2015, the process has changed slightly. You’ll need to take an extra piece of paper with you.
From the berlin.de website:
Bei Vorsprache ab dem 01.11.2015 zusätzlich: Einzugsbestätigung des Wohnungsgebers (Vermieter)
Ab dem 1. November 2015 ist der Wohnungsgeber verpflichtet, dem Meldepflichtigen den Einzug innerhalb von zwei Wochen nach dem Einzug schriftlich mit Unterschrift zu bestätigen. Die Bestätigung muss folgende Daten enthalten: Name und Anschrift des Wohnungsgebers, Einzugsdatum, Anschrift der Wohnung und Namen der meldepflichtigen Personen. Die Vorlage eines Mietvertrages ersetzt nicht die Einzugsbestätigung.
From 01 November 2015, your landlord or lessor is obligated to provide you with a confirmation that you’ve moved into the apartment within two weeks of your moving in date. You need to bring it with you when you register your address, and it needs to include the following information:
- The landlord or lessor’s name and address
- Their signature
- The date you moved in
- The address of the apartment
- The name of the person/s moving in and registering
Providing your rental contract will no longer be a suitable replacement for this written confirmation (though I’d bring the contract too).
You can download the form here. It’s called Einzugsbestätigung des Wohnungsgebers.
If you decide you’d like to take an interpreter with you to register your address, have a chat to Red Tape Translation.
If you just don’t have the time and inclination to visit the Bürgeramt yourself, check out the Berlin Residence Registration Service from “Amtio. They take over the entire process, check your forms, pick up your ID documents and deliver your certificate to your door. No need to lift a finger – except to sign the already-completed form, of course.
Cheers
Kathleen Parker
Hi,
Quick question. I’m currently renting a room while under an untervermietungsvertrag between the main renter and myself. I finally managed to score an appointment within two weeks and just read about this new document you have to offer the amt. Now my question: is it sufficient to just let the hauptmieter (my roommate) sign the einzugsbestatigung? Or must it be the landlord? And will they really check this out? I ask this because my roommate still has an older contract and he says that if we go ask the landlord to fill out all the official paper work, the price of the rent will rise 200 euros.. Which we do not want to happen ofcourse. Hoping for a quick reply. Thanks in advance.
Did you ever find out about this? I have the same problem; I don’t know if it is sufficient with the hauptmieter signature…
Hey Saram,
Yes it worked out for me without problems. So in short: if you are subletting from the hauptmieter then you just need his signature ( if you are the hauptmieter yourself then you WILL need to ask the landlord). Also it is quite important that the person who you signed the contract with is the official main tenant, they can check this in the computer, if not then you have a problem. They also asked me some questions like on which floor it was and which appartmentdoor (left or right 🙂 ). Seems that this is now the most important document as they didn’t even look or requested to see my rental agreement (BUT bring it ofcourse!!). Good luck!
Thank you very much, Jordan!!
Thanks for beating me to answering these questions, Saram! Yes, this has been an issue for quite a few people. In a nutshell, the piece of paper has to be signed by whoever is permitted the apartment – this could either be the landlord/owner or it might be the main tenant if it’s a sublet. The landlord/owner’s contact details appear on the form no matter what, but his/her signature is only required if they’re the one doing the letting.
You’ll run into trouble if the person letting or sub-letting you the apartment is neither the landlord or the main tenant, because the case worker at the Bürgeramt won’t be able to find them in the computer system. This used to happen a lot in the case of an airbnb type rental: someone’s girlfriend sets up a profile to sublet the apartment to travellers, and the traveller got a receipt for payment, but the “host” was completely unknown to the Bürgeramt. This form is meant to clear up all of that confusion. Clear as mud?
Good morning,
I am interested by your site and the Tips and i would like to tell you my actual problem if you can give me any idea.
I was registered with a friend unfortunately the friend just let me register at the Bürgeramt .Later the owner said the place is not for 3 people and i have to leave since last month and the case is handed in layer hand.
I don’t know where to get apartment right away at affordable cost.
is thee a place where i can only registered for a while before getting my own room in Berlin?
I need to make abmedung since 1 September and be like that till i have my room but i am also thinking about the problem i will be having later with the authority.
may be you may have any similar case already and your advice will help me .
thank you
John
Hi John,
You can stay anywhere – with a friend, in a holiday apartment, etc- The only criteria is that the person renting/letting you stay is willing to fill out the “Wohnungsgeberbestätigung” and willing to have you registered there, even for a short period of time.
Do you know if when you move apartment and register a new address if you are meant to receive a new green registration certificate in the post? I registered my new address and got a piece of paper with a stamp on the day but never received any follow up mail.
Hi Charlotte, if you move within Germany, re-register (Ummelden) and get the new piece of paper with the stamp, that’s it. There is no green registration certificate. There is a green “Führungszeugnis” (certificate of good conduct”) but you apply for that at the Bürgeramt if you need it and get it on the spot, it doesn’t come automatically. There is also a Steuer-ID-Nr. (tax ID number) that you would have gotten in the post automatically the first time you ever registered in Germany (it might have green writing on it? Not sure), but that never changes so you don’t get a new one.