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Moving to Frankfurt am Main: Anmeldung, residence permit and first steps

Most people arriving in Frankfurt am Main deal with the same handful of things in their first weeks: a place to live, registering that address, health insurance, a bank account, and — if you are not an EU citizen — a residence permit.

This page gathers what RechtX holds on the two offices behind those steps, with the official links and the date each entry was last checked. For the wider process, the guides and the personal plan walk through the order step by step.

Your personal plan Related guides

Anmeldung in Frankfurt am Main

Registering your address at a Bürgeramt.

Authority

Stadt Frankfurt am Main — Bürgeramt

Official Frankfurt am Main sources

Open official page
frankfurt.de

Last checked: 18 August 2026

Good to know

Registration must be completed within 14 days of moving in.

Immigration authority in Frankfurt am Main

Residence permits and appointments.

Official Frankfurt am Main sources

Open official page
frankfurt.de
More official information
verwaltungsportal.hessen.de

Last checked: 25 August 2026

How appointments work

You apply first, then the authority assigns an appointment

You cannot book the appointment yourself.

How to apply

Start on the official 'Ich möchte einen Antrag stellen' page, choose the application matching your residence purpose, and submit it.

What happens next

The Hessian administration states that once the correct application is submitted, a caseworker assigns an appointment and sends it by post.

If the authority does not respond

Contact the Frankfurt Immigration Office through its official website if the appointment does not arrive. Submitting the application is not itself the appointment.