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New in Munich (München)
Registration and residence matters are both run by the city's Kreisverwaltungsreferat (KVR): six Bürgerbüros handle the Anmeldung, and the Servicestelle für Zuwanderung und Einbürgerung (SZE) handles residence permits, mostly through online applications.
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Local instructions for Munich
- Anmeldung in Munich: Bürgerbüros, booking and online optionRegistering in Munich: the six KVR Bürgerbüros, how to book, the online option for main residences, and local rules on timing and second homes.
- Kita in Munich: using the kita finder+How Munich allocates Kita places: the kita finder+ portal, the spring deadline for September places, 10 days to accept, and how Munich's fees work.
- Residence permits in Munich: the KVR's SZEHow Munich's immigration service (SZE at the KVR) works: online applications, email invitations, when to apply, permit pickup and the city's Welcome Center.
Key offices
| Address registration | Bürgerbüro — Citizens' office of the Kreisverwaltungsreferat (KVR), Munich's district administration department Book an appointment ↗ |
|---|---|
| Online registration | Partly — only in some cases |
| Immigration office | Servicestelle für Zuwanderung und Einbürgerung (SZE), Kreisverwaltungsreferat ↗ |
| Welcome centre | Welcome Center München ↗ City advice point for new arrivals at Ruppertstraße 11, with an English-language page. |
| Public transport | MVV (MVG in the city) ↗ |
- There are six Bürgerbüros: Pasing, Orleansplatz, Leonrodstraße, Scheidplatz, Ruppertstraße and Forstenrieder Allee.
- Online registration is only possible for a main residence. A second home must be registered in person.
- Munich will not register a flat you have not moved into yet. Registration in advance is not possible.
- Apply online and upload PDFs. The SZE emails you an invitation for an in-person appointment once it has reviewed the application.
- The city advises applying about four months before your current permit expires.
- Service phone: 089 233-96010.
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 Munich sources
Rules can change. These are the pages we checked — they have the final word. How we check facts
- Terminvereinbarung
- Online-Services der Servicestelle für Zuwanderung und Einbürgerung (SZE)
- Welcome Center München
- Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (MVV)
- Wohnsitzanmeldung
- Elektronische Wohnsitzanmeldung — Häufig gestellte Fragen
- Kita-Platzsuche im kita finder+
- Neue Kita-Gebühren in München
- Erstinformationen zur SZE
- Aufenthalts- und Arbeitserlaubnis — Nicht-EU-Bürger