Booking an appointment: Welcome Office or Citizens' Office
If you are here with your family, you need to book the registration appointment for the appropriate number of people.
International Office
Residence Registration
On this website you can find information on booking appointments with the city of Bochum.
- The Welcome Office of the city of Bochum offers appointments to register, reregister, deregister and request a certificate of conduct. The appointments can be held in English or German.
- The Welcome Office only offers appointments on Wednesdays. Alternatively, the Citizens' Offices in Bochum offer appointments on all business days.
- Please note that the Welcome Office is an institution of the city of Bochum and is not affiliated with the Welcome Centre of RUB.
Registration
If you reside in Germany for more than three months, you are obligated to register with the city you are living in. The registration has to take place within the first 14 days after moving in.
Please bring with you:
- The original passport(s) of the person(s) being registered
- Certificate of landlord (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung)*, filled out and signed by your landlord
- If existing: residence title(s) of the person(s) being registered
- If existing: copy of visa and entry stamp of every person(s) being registered
If registering your marriage or child, please bring:
- Marriage certificate: original and certified German translation
- Birth certificate: original and certified German translation
*If you are staying in one of the RUB guest houses, please take the certificate of landlord provided to you by the guest house team.
If you need a certificate of conduct (e.g. because you have a contract of employment with RUB), you can request it at your registration appointment.
If this is the case, you need to book an appointment for 1x registration and 1x certificate of conduct.
If you are already registered and need the certificate of conduct, you can book an appointment just for that purpose.
You are welcome to take the form we have prepared for this. Please note that this form is designed for academic employees at RUB.
The fee for the certificate of conduct is €13. If your appointment is at the Welcome Office, you need to pay the exact amount in cash.
Please note that you have to register your new address after every move within Germany. This also applies to moves within the same city.
Deregistration
If you have registered in Germany, you must deregister when you leave Germany permanently.
Booking an appointment: Welcome Office or Citizens' Office.
The appointment can be no earlier than 7 days before the move-out date.
Please bring with you:
- The original passport(s) of the person(s) being deregistered
- Deregistration form (Translation Assistance)
Welcome Centre