Life certificate
A life certificate is an official document that is issued by the local residents' registration office on request. For Germans abroad, the life certificate is issued by the respective German consulate general .
The certificate contains the following information:
- I hereby confirm that the person listed below is living according to the population register.
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- Surname
- name suffix
- Birth Name
- Birth name addition
- First name
- Date of birth and place of birth
- reported in
A life certificate may be required for pension purposes, especially with an institution abroad. The issuance for pension purposes in Germany is free of charge. The issuing municipality charges a small fee for a pension provider abroad.
A tax life certificate was required until the end of 2010 in order to have a child allowance entered on the income tax card for a child who did not live in the household of the taxpayer. With the introduction of the electronic income tax card in 2011 and changes in the legal basis, it is no longer necessary to submit a tax life certificate, which is therefore no longer issued by the municipalities.
A life certificate is not an administrative act , but a simple administrative act .
Depending on the specialized procedure used by the residents' registration office, the apartments may be issued with keys. Usually these are:
| key | description |
|---|---|
| AW | Sole apartment |
| HAW | Main residence |
| NEW | Adjoining apartment |
| AMW | Unsubscribe after |
| RMW | Re-registration apartment |
| FHW | former main residence |
| ZZW | Influx of |
| FNW | former adjoining apartment |
| AAHW | De-registration ex officio (HAW) |
| AANW | De-registration ex officio (NEW) |
| FAMW | previous deregistration apartment |
| FRMW | earlier re-registration apartment |
| FZZW | earlier moving home |
| LWID | last residence in Germany before moving abroad |
| RMWZA | Re-registration apartment after moving back from abroad |
| WDB | Apartment of employment |