Cologne

Getting Registered

The first paperwork every newcomer has to get right: Anmeldung, tax ID, and more.

15 guides

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Address Registration in Cologne: Nine Kundenzentren, One Federal Portal

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After You Register in Cologne: What Still Needs Your New Address

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Foreign Teaching Diploma? Bezirksregierung Köln Is Not Your Recognition Office, Arnsberg or Detmold Is

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Getting Cologne's Authorities on the Phone: What Actually Works

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In Cologne, Which Office Apostilles Your Document Depends Entirely on Who Issued It

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No Social Security Number Yet in Köln? Since 2023 There Is No Card to Wait For, Your Employer Gets the Number From the Pension Insurance

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Registering a Newborn in Cologne: The Standesamt Birth Certificate for Foreign Parents

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Sorgeerklärung in Cologne: 9 District Jugendämter to Certify It, One Central Court If It's Contested

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Steuer-ID, Steuernummer, Sozialversicherungsnummer: Which of Cologne's 7 Finanzämter Actually Wants Which Number

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The Engineer Title in Köln Goes Through the Bezirksregierung, Not a Local Chamber Office

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Trained as an Electrician or Carpenter Abroad? Cologne's Own Handwerkskammer Hosts the National Recognition Competence Center

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Vaterschaftsanerkennung in Cologne: One Central Standesamt, or Any of 9 District Jugendämter

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Your Child Was Born Abroad: How They Get a German Steuer-ID After You Move to Köln

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Your Foreign Degree Isn't Automatically Worth Anything Here: What a ZAB Zeugnisbewertung Actually Does

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Your Foreign Medical Degree Isn't Approved in Cologne, It's Approved in Münster