Anyone moving house must register with the relevant registration office at their new place of residence within two weeks of moving in. Previously, this required a personal visit to the administration. With the electronic registration of residence, not only can the registration be carried out online, the user also receives a digital confirmation of registration and can use the service to update their ID card, passport or eID. The online service thus digitizes the entire re-registration process end-to-end for the first time. The electronic registration of residence (eWA) was developed by the Hamburg Senate Chancellery in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland.
How the electronic residence registration works
The online ID function of the ID card or eID card and an official user account are required to use the online service. If you do not yet have a user account, you can create a BundID. The easiest way to register online is with a smartphone. After authentication with the AusweisApp, the data can be retrieved from the population register and updated. If you are renting, upload the landlord's confirmation of residence and send the application.
Once the data has been successfully checked by the registration authority, a forgery-proof digital confirmation of registration is made available for download. Now the address data on the chip of the ID card can also be updated independently via the online service and the ID card app. Finally, you will receive an automatic letter from Bundesdruckerei with an address sticker for the ID card and, if necessary, a residence sticker for the passport. The letter is accompanied by instructions on how to affix the sticker to the ID card or passport.
- Further information on electronic residence registration can be found at www.wohnsitzanmeldung.de. On the website, users of the online service are guided step by step through the entire process.