Bureaucracy
Registering your address, residence permits, your tax ID and the other paperwork of arriving and leaving.
Guides
- Register your address
How to register your address in Karlsruhe: the two-week deadline, online or in person, which Bürgerbüro to use and what to bring.
Short answers
- Register your address
- The Anmeldung is the key that opens everything else. Read the full guide.
- Residence permits
- The Ausländerbehörde sits at Kaiserallee 8. Visits need an appointment, though an express desk handles some short matters without one. Apply for extensions well before your permit expires.
- Get your tax ID
- The Bundeszentralamt für Steuern posts your Steuer-ID automatically after your first Anmeldung. If it hasn't arrived after a few weeks, you can request it again online.
- Deregister when you leave
- Leaving Germany? File an Abmeldung so you stop owing the broadcasting fee and can claim back pension contributions later.