Elektronischer Identitätsnachweis: Adressänderung beantragen

If the electronic ID card (online ID function) is activated on your ID card and your address changes, you must have your address changed on the chip of your ID card.

If the electronic ID card (online ID function) is activated on your ID card and your address changes, you must also have your address changed on the chip of your ID card.

The electronic proof of identity is the online ID function of your ID card, which you can use, for example, to complete digital administrative procedures or to identify yourself online at online retailers.

To change the address on the chip of your ID card, you must visit the registration office responsible for you at your new place of residence in person. As proof of your new address, you must present your official registration confirmation and the landlord's confirmation of residence.

If you have registered your new place of residence electronically, your new address will be automatically transferred from the residents' register to the chip in your ID card.

• valid identity card
• current official registration confirmation
• confirmation of residence

• Your ID card is valid.
• You have activated the online function of your ID card.
• You have a current registration confirmation and the landlord's confirmation of residence as proof of your change of address.

The following requirements apply to the online service:

• You are of legal age.
• You are not married and do not have a registered civil partnership.
• You are moving into your new home without underage children.
• You have a valid ID card or a valid eID card with activated online ID function and personal identification number (PIN).
• You have an NFC-enabled smartphone or a USB card reader.
• You have installed the ID card app2 on your smartphone.
• You have an M-V user account.

free of charge

To change the address of your electronic proof of identity, you must come in person to the registration office responsible for you at your new place of residence.

You will need to present your valid ID card, your official registration confirmation and the confirmation from your landlord.
Your local authority will store your new address on the chip in your ID card.

If your address has changed as a result of an electronic registration of residence, your new address will be automatically transferred from the residents' register to the chip in your ID card.

The chip is updated automatically and takes a few seconds.

There is no legal deadline.

You can only change the address on the chip of your ID card online if you register a new place of residence at the same time.

• Opposition
• Action for annulment
• Compulsory action

• Electronic proof of identity Change of address
• The electronic proof of identity is the online ID function of the ID card.
• In the event of a change of address, only the address on the chip of the ID card is changed.
• Prerequisite: the online ID function is activated
• Change of address must be made immediately.
• Official confirmation of registration must be submitted as proof of the new address.
• Competent authority: competent registration authority at the new place of residence
• If the address is changed by electronic registration of residence, the new address is automatically transferred from the population register to the chip in the ID card.
• Requirements:
  • Valid ID card with activated online ID function and personal identification number (PIN)
  • NFC-enabled smartphone or a USB card reader
  • Installed ID card app2

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the responsible registration authorities are the mayors of the independent towns, the mayors of the large towns belonging to the district and the independent municipalities and the heads of the local authorities as local registration authorities.

Forms available: no
Written form required: no
Informal application possible: no
Personal appearance necessary: yes

If the change of address is based on an electronic registration of residence, no personal appearance is required.