Change the address on the electronic residence permit
If your address changes, you must also have the address changed on your electronic residence permit.
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Basic information
If your address has changed, for example after moving house, you must also have the address changed on your electronic residence permit.
The change of address must be implemented using an address sticker and stored on the chip of your electronic residence permit.Requirements
- Your electronic residence permit is valid.
- You have already registered your new address with your local registration office.
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Procedure
In person on site:
If you have already registered at your new place of residence but the new address has not yet been changed on your electronic residence permit, you can do this at one of the BürgerServiceCenters.
- You can go to one of the BürgerServiceCenters during the opening hours of the short application counters.
- You do not need an appointment for this.
- You present your valid electronic residence permit.
- The registration office will affix an official address sticker with your new address over the old address on your electronic residence permit and update the data on the chip.
- You can authorize another person in writing to change the address on the electronic residence permit at one of the BürgerServiceCenters.
- You can go to one of the BürgerServiceCenters during the opening hours of the short application counters.
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Necessary Documents
- Valid electronic residence permit
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Fees / Costs
gebührenfrei
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Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
You must have the address changed on your electronic residence permit immediately after the change of address.
How long does it take to process
Immediately.
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Legal Bases
- § 5 Absatz 2 Nummer 9 Personalausweisgesetz (PAuswG)
- § 18 Absatz 2 Nummer 9 Personalausweisgesetz (PAuswG)
- § 20a Absatz 2, 3 Personalausweisgesetz (PAuswG)
- § 27 Absatz 1 Nummer 1 Personalausweisgesetz (PAuswG)
- § 2 Nummer 2 Litera f Verordnung über Personalausweise, eID-Karten für Unionsbürger und Angehörige des Europäischen Wirtschaftsraums und den elektronischen Identitätsnachweis (Personalausweisverordnung – PauswV)
- § 19 Verordnung über Personalausweise, eID-Karten für Unionsbürger und Angehörige des Europäischen Wirtschaftsraums und den elektronischen Identitätsnachweis (PAuswV)
- § 1 Absatz 5 Verordnung über Gebühren für Personalausweise und eID-Karten für Unionsbürger und Angehörige des Europäischen Wirtschaftsraums (PAuswGebV)
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 05.03.2026