Abmeldung: leaving Germany

This is general information, not legal, visa or tax advice. Rules can change and your case may differ. Always check with the responsible office.

Deadline

• Within 2 weeks after you move out.
• At the earliest 1 week before you move out. The register is updated to your moving-out date.

How it works

There is usually no form to fill in beforehand. At the registration office the staff enter your details, you check a printout and sign it. You can deregister family members who lived with you at the same time.

Bring

• Your passport or ID card.
• Passports or ID cards of family members you deregister. For children without a passport: the birth certificate.
• Your new address abroad, if you have one.

It is free and usually done on the spot.

What you get

A deregistration confirmation (Abmeldebestätigung). Keep it: you may need it to prove when you left, for example when cancelling contracts.

Where

• Ulm: Bürgerdienste, Olgastraße 66.
• Neu-Ulm: Bürgerbüro, Petrusplatz 15 (appointment recommended).
• Heilbronn: Bürgeramt in the town hall, Marktplatz 7.