A registration certificate shows that you are registered in your current home.
It costs money and is needed for many occasions, for example for the registry office, the registration office, banks or pension insurance. In some cases, you can apply for a fee waiver.

The registration certificate contains the following data

• First name and surname
• If applicable: Doctorate
• Date of birth
• Current addresses (main and secondary residence)

If you need to provide other data, you can apply for a registration certificate with additional information. This may contain the following additional data:

• Former names,
• religious name, stage name,
• date of birth, place of birth and, if born abroad, the country,
• gender,
• details of the legal representative,
• current nationalities,
• legal affiliation to a religious organization under public law,
• previous addresses (also abroad), if applicable with date of moving in and out,
• Marital status and, if applicable, date and place of marriage or establishment of civil partnership
• Details of spouses and civil partners,
• Details of underage children,
• Issuing authority, date of issue, last day of validity and serial number of identity documents such as ID cards, passports and eID cards

Life certificate

For pension purposes, in particular with an institution abroad, a registration certificate can be issued which is valid as a life certificate.

Household certificate

For child benefit, a registration certificate can be issued which, in addition to personal data, contains information about the children registered at the same address as you (so-called household certificate).