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Frankfurt's Bürgerämter take walk-ins on Mondays and Wednesdays and see people by appointment only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The Ausländerbehörde takes applications only through its online services.
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Local instructions for Frankfurt
- Anmeldung in Frankfurt: walk-in days and appointment daysRegistering in Frankfurt am Main: walk-ins on Mondays and Wednesdays, appointments on other days, when new slots are released and which Bürgeramt to try.
- Kita in Frankfurt: finding a place on kindernetfrankfurt.deHow Frankfurt allocates Kita places: all city-funded places go through kindernetfrankfurt.de. Registering, reservations, the 1 February start and 10-day offers.
- Residence permits in Frankfurt: the online-first AusländerbehördeHow Frankfurt's Immigration Office works: online applications only, no email, appointments only after you apply, and where to find the document lists.
Key offices
| Address registration | Bürgeramt — Citizens' office (part of the Bürgeramt, Statistik und Wahlen department) Book an appointment ↗ |
|---|---|
| Online registration | Partly — only in some cases |
| Immigration office | Frankfurt Immigration Office (Ausländerbehörde) ↗ |
| Public transport | RMV (traffiQ for local services) ↗ |
- Monday and Wednesday are walk-in days. The city warns that ticket issue can stop early when too many people are waiting, and this happens most often in Höchst, Dornbusch and Sachsenhausen.
- New appointments are released on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. All free slots are shown online, and phoning does not get you extra ones.
- You can use any of the 11 locations. The outposts in Fechenheim, Kalbach, Harheim and Nieder-Erlenbach see people by appointment only.
- Rebstöcker Straße 4. Visits are by appointment only, and you only get an appointment after you have applied or when your case officer gives you one.
- The old email inboxes have been shut down. Applications and questions go through the online services and contact forms.
The national essentials
- Bank account · Girokonto (current account)How to open a bank account in Germany: online vs branch banks, opening without Anmeldung, ID checks, your right to a Basiskonto and why any EU IBAN must be accepted.
- Health insurance · Krankenversicherung (Krankenkasse)Health insurance is mandatory for everyone living in Germany. How public and private cover work, what employees pay in 2026, family cover and visa insurance.
- Tax ID (Steuer-ID) · Steuerliche Identifikationsnummer (IdNr, Steuer-ID)Your German tax ID is an 11-digit number sent by post after your first Anmeldung. When it arrives, how to request it again, and how it differs from the Steuernummer.
- Rundfunkbeitrag (GEZ) · Rundfunkbeitrag (formerly GEZ-Gebühr)Every household in Germany pays the Rundfunkbeitrag broadcasting fee: one fee per flat, not per person. Amount, registration, flat shares, exemptions, leaving.
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Official Frankfurt sources
Rules can change. These are the pages we checked — they have the final word. How we check facts
- Terminservice Stadt Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurt Immigration Office — Ausländerbehörde
- Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV)
- Bürgerämter
- Elektronische Wohnsitzanmeldung — Häufig gestellte Fragen
- kindernetfrankfurt.de
- kindernetfrankfurt.de — Informationen zur Platzvermittlung
- Neue Webseite der Ausländerbehörde (Online-Dienste)