Offices that issue proof of your address in Germany

Walk-in, appointment or online: it depends on the city

Your certificate comes from the registration office of the place where you are registered. Choose your city to see how its offices issue it, whether a simple or extended version is on offer, and what a person acting for you has to bring.

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3 offices in Oberhausen

  • Oberhausen

    Bürgerservice, Bezirksverwaltungsstelle Alt-Oberhausen

    Schwartzstraße 72, Rathaus Oberhausen, 46045 Oberhausen

    Send an online or postal request if your surname starts with A or N to Z, or book an in-person visit.

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    Bring ID or passport and proof for any fee exemption. For another person’s certificate, bring written authority and their ID or passport. Ask whoever needs the certificate which additional details it must show; your own certificate is not the same as an address enquiry about someone else. The city still calls this exemption Bürgergeld. Bring your current benefit decision and ask which proof the city accepts now that the benefit has changed to Grundsicherungsgeld; the new national name does not by itself exempt you from the city fee.

  • Oberhausen

    Bürgerservice, Bezirksverwaltungsstelle Osterfeld

    Bottroper Straße 183, Rathaus Osterfeld, 46117 Oberhausen

    Book a personal visit, since online and postal requests are sorted by surname to the other two offices.

    Book an appointmentOffice website

    Bring ID or passport and proof for any fee exemption. For another person’s certificate, bring written authority and their ID or passport. Ask whoever needs the certificate which additional details it must show; your own certificate is not the same as an address enquiry about someone else. The city still calls this exemption Bürgergeld. Bring your current benefit decision and ask which proof the city accepts now that the benefit has changed to Grundsicherungsgeld; the new national name does not by itself exempt you from the city fee.

  • Oberhausen

    Bürgerservice, Bezirksverwaltungsstelle Sterkrade

    Bahnhofstraße 66, Technisches Rathaus, 46145 Oberhausen

    Send an online or postal request if your surname starts with B to M, or book an in-person visit.

    Book an appointmentOffice website

    Bring ID or passport and proof for any fee exemption. For another person’s certificate, bring written authority and their ID or passport. Ask whoever needs the certificate which additional details it must show; your own certificate is not the same as an address enquiry about someone else. The city still calls this exemption Bürgergeld. Bring your current benefit decision and ask which proof the city accepts now that the benefit has changed to Grundsicherungsgeld; the new national name does not by itself exempt you from the city fee.

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