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Obligation to register during stay in hospital or nursing home
Service Description
If you are admitted to or move into a hospital, nursing home, or other institution that serves to care for people in need of care or disabled people or to educate them in a home, you are not subject to the obligation to register as long as you are registered for another home in Germany.
If this is not the case, you must register with the registration office as soon as your stay exceeds three months. If you are not able to register in person, then this must be done by the managers of the of the facilities.
Who should I contact?
Register with the registration office of the municipality in which the hospital or care facility is located if your stay exceeds three months and you are not registered for a home in Germany.
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or passport
- Confirmation of the housing provider
What are the fees?
There are no fees to pay.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You must be registered with the registration office within two weeks as soon as it is foreseeable that your stay will exceed three months and you are not registered for any other home in Germany.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
If the leader takes over the reporting, then you will be informed.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Professionally released on
09.11.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)