Procedure descriptions
A
- Address book - block entry
- Adoption - Request access to files
- Adoption of a foreign child - applying for notarisation in the register of births
- Adoption of a German child - notarisation ex officio
- Amusement arcade - apply for operating licence
- Application for planning permission - change of use of a building structure
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a clearance certificate in accordance with the 1st Explosives Ordinance
- Apply for a death certificate
- Apply for a fishing licence
- Apply for a gun licence
- Apply for a housing entitlement certificate
- Apply for a licence for auctions
- Apply for a licence for the non-commercial purchase and handling of explosive substances
- Apply for a licence to handle and transport explosive substances commercially
- Apply for a licence to handle and transport explosive substances commercially
- Apply for a marriage certificate
- Apply for a name change in accordance with the Name Change Act
- Apply for a passport replacement for foreigners (emergency travel document)
- Apply for a passport replacement for foreigners from non-EU countries (travel document for foreigners)
- Apply for a pension due to partial reduction in earning capacity in the event of occupational disability
- Apply for a permit for oversized and heavy goods transport
- Apply for a polling card
- Apply for a reduced earning capacity pension
- Apply for a residence permit for employment
- Apply for a residence permit for qualified tolerated persons for the purpose of employment
- Apply for a residence permit for the purpose of self-employment
- Apply for a restaurant licence
- Apply for a settlement permit for highly qualified persons
- Apply for a settlement permit for skilled workers
- Apply for a small firearms licence
- Apply for a standard old-age pension
- Apply for a state family pass
- Apply for a travelling trade licence
- Apply for a tree felling licence
- Apply for an electronic residence permit (eAT)
- Apply for an exception to the switch-off times for façade lighting
- Apply for an honorary sponsorship from the Federal President
- Apply for an old-age pension for severely disabled people
- Apply for assumption of funeral costs (social assistance)
- Apply for care assistance
- Apply for education in a foster family (full-time care)
- Apply for education in a home or other form of assisted living
- Apply for help for young adults
- Apply for help with living costs
- Apply for help with upbringing in full-time care (care allowance)
- Apply for integration assistance for children and young people with mental disabilities
- Apply for intensive one-to-one socio-educational support
- Apply for maintenance advance
- Apply for parking concessions for people with severe disabilities ("blue parking permit")
- Apply for parking concessions for special groups of severely disabled people ("orange parking permit")
- Apply for participation in social group work
- Apply for permission for full-time care
- Apply for planning permission
- Apply for planning permission using the simplified procedure
- Apply for sickness assistance under the Child and Youth Welfare Act
- Apply for socio-educational family support
- Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage contracted by Germans abroad or with their participation
- Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage entered into abroad by persons recognised as stateless or recognised as refugees or with their participation
- apply for the eID card as a European citizen
- Applying for a boundary certificate for a property
- Applying for a certificate of completion to subdivide a building
- Applying for a licence to run a private hospital
- Applying for a residence permit for au pair workers (non-EU/EEA)
- Applying for a residence permit for students from countries outside the EU/EEA
- Applying for a residence permit for Swiss nationals
- Applying for a residence permit for the purpose of research
- Applying for a residence permit for the purpose of training
- Applying for a work permit for foreign students
- Applying for an EU Blue Card for highly qualified employment
- Applying for an ID card for the first time or after expiry
- Applying for childcare maintenance for unmarried mothers and fathers
- Applying for public appointment as a particularly competent auctioneer of third-party property
- Applying for rent allowance
B
- Become a poll worker
- Birth abroad - applying for entry in the German register of births
- Brexit - Proof of right of residence under the Withdrawal Agreement
- Burial - Order a funeral
- Burial at sea
- Business re-registration
C
- Catering business - show continuation by heirs
- Catering trade - Apply for a temporary permit
- Catering trade - apply for permission for more than four days
- Certificate of no impediment to marriage - apply for issue
- Children's passport - application is no longer possible since 1 January 2024
- Church membership and church tax - Declaring leaving the church
- Civil partnership certificate - apply for further copies
- Commercial installation of gaming machines with winning possibilities
- Commercially organising games with prizes
- Confirm date of moving in (housing provider certificate)
D
- Declare paternity and have it notarised
- Deregister business
- Deregister residence
- Deregistering the dog license fee
- Determine married name
- Determine property tax
- Display - Report noise nuisance
- Display handling of airbag or belt tensioner units
- Dispose of bulky waste
- Dispose of household waste
- Disposing of domestic green waste
- Disposing of electronic waste
- Disposing of hazardous substances from private households
- Disposing of organic waste
- Disposing of recyclable materials
- Draw up a help plan
E
- Educational assistance - applying for support from care assistants
- Electoral roll (local elections) - apply for registration when moving house
- Electoral roll (mayoral election) - apply for registration as a returnee
- Encourage state honouring of lifesavers
- Events on public roads - apply for a permit and traffic order
- Extending a residence permit issued for training purposes
- Extending residence permits for students from countries outside the EU/EEA
I
- Identity card - Change address
- Information from the civil register - group information to parties or groups of voters
- Issue SEPA direct debit mandate
O
- Old-age pension - applying for a pension on early retirement
- Order natural burial
- Organising trade fairs, exhibitions and markets on a commercial basis
P
- Passport - Apply for a change of residence
- Passport - apply for a temporary passport
- Passport - apply for replacement due to loss
- Passport - apply for the first time or after expiry
- Passport - applying for a second passport
- Passport - applying for the first time for the child
- Passport - reapplying for a passport due to name change on divorce
- Passport - reapplying for a passport due to name change on marriage
- Permanent Residence-EU - Apply for a Permit
- Permit as a bookkeeping assistant
- Planning permission - Apply for advertising system
- Population register - request group information
- Pre-emptive right of the municipality - apply for a negative certificate
- Pre-registration of the marriage
- Preventing forced marriages
- Private fireworks - apply for an exemption from the ban on setting off fireworks
- Prostitution trade - applying for a permit
- Protection against animal diseases - Show animal disease
R
- Register a trade
- Register for residence (new place of residence)
- Register marriage
- Register of residents - apply for information (extended)
- Register of residents - apply for information (simple)
- Register of voters (Bundestag election) - applying for registration of Germans living abroad
- Register of voters (European elections) - Apply for registration of EU citizens living in Germany
- Register of voters (European elections) - applying for registration of Germans living abroad
- Register of voters (European elections) - applying for registration of Germans living in Germany
- Register residence
- Register water connection
- Registering the dog license fee
- Report home birth to the registry office
- Report the name of the child to the registry office after birth
- Request assistance from the youth welfare office
- Request birth certificate
- Request cremation
- Request education in a day group
- Request exemption from the Law on Sundays and Public Holidays
- Request issuance of a mortuary passport
- Request temporary reception of children and young people in a safe place
- Requesting an excerpt from the Central Trade Register
- Requesting the excavation of a road for pipe laying
- Reregistering within the municipality
- Residence - Notify change of main residence
- Residence permit for third-country nationals - Apply for a Mobiler-ICT card
- Residence permit for workers from third countries - Apply for ICT card
- Residence requirement - apply for cancellation
- Reunification for family reasons (additional family members) - Apply for a residence permit
- Reunification for family reasons (with foreigners) - Apply for a residence permit
- Reunification for family reasons (with Germans) - Apply for a residence permit
- Roadworks on public roads - apply for a traffic order
S
- Setting up a prohibition of stopping zone
- Settlement permit
- Shortening the rest period
- Show building project in the notification procedure
- Show death
- Show travelling trade for activities not requiring a travel trade card
- Special use of roads outside the locality - applying for permission
- Special use of roads within the locality - applying for permission
- Special uses on public roads - applying for a permit and traffic order
- STÄRKE state programme - information for parents
- Straußwirtschaft - Show operation
- Submit a declaration of fulfilment for compliance with the requirements of the Building Energy Act during the construction of buildings
- Submit a residents' petition