Registration office/Foreigners registration office

All residents in Germany are required by law to register at the registration office of the town they move to within one week after arrival. Further Information to aliens law you can find here (only in German).

Living in Ulm

Stadt Ulm (Bürgerdienste)
Kornhausplatz 4
89073 Ulm

Abteilung Melde- und Ausländerwesen, Dienstleistungszentren (for registration)
Sachgebiet Ausländer- und Staatsangehörigkeitswesen (for citizenship)

Students coming from Non-EU-countries have to show their temporary visa and apply for a residence permit in addition to the registration. This can be done at the same office.

Living in Neu-Ulm

Non-EU members must register in the Bürgerbüro and apply for a stay permission in the Landratsamt. They leave the application for stay permission in the Bürgerbüro and go with the stamped permission to the Ausländerbehörde. There you must present your visa and deliver the application for stay permission. With the presentation of the identity card, EU citizens receive a „Freizügigkeitsbescheinigung“ at the landratsamt or the Bürgerbüro. 

Outside Ulm or Neu-Ulm

Register in the city hall of the city you live in or ask there for the procedure. You can also inform yourself on the webpage of your city

Documents you have to present

• Valid identity card (EU-citizens)/passport (Non-EU-citizens)
• Confirmation of enrollment or the admission to study (in this case you have to show your confirmation of enrollment later on)
• Proof of health insurance
• 2 passport sized biometric photographs
• Proof of financial means (e.g. a confirmation of your scholarship or a statement from your parents documenting how much alimony they pay to you monthly, but at least 670,00 €)
• Rental agreement

You need to complete a registration form when going to register at the Bürgerdienste in Ulm. For registration in Neu-Ulm, no form is required. You also need to complete a form for application for a residence permit in Ulm and Neu-Ulm. The forms are available at the International Offices or at the Bürgerdienste Ulm and the Landratsamt Neu-Ulm.

When you return to your home country or move to another city in Germany you have to unregister at the same office where you registered upon arrival in Ulm/Neu-Ulm. Even if you move to another address in Ulm or Neu-Ulm you have to give notice of your new address to the Bürgerdienste/Bürgerbüro in Ulm or Neu-Ulm.

If you are a student in your first semester (Ersteinschreibung) and registering in Ulm or Neu-Ulm for the first time (Hauptwohnsitz), you will get a free coupon for one Semesterticket from the city.

Documents you have to present to apply for electronic residence permit

You will have to apply for your electronic residence permit personally and at least 4 to 6 weeks before your temporary visa expires. When living in Ulm, you will have to go to the Einwohnermeldeamt – Abteilung Melde- und Ausländerwesen (Kornhausplatz 4; 89073 Ulm), when living in Neu-Ulm, please go to the Landratsamt- Ausländerbehörde (Kantstraße 8; 89231 Neu-Ulm). In order to apply for the electronic residence permit your fingerprints must be stored.
Please bring the following documents:

• 1 passport sized biometric photograph
• Your passport
• Neu-Ulm: your confirmation of registration