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Guides by state

Local offices, appointments and state-specific steps for each of Germany's 16 states, with the official sources behind every point.

Baden-Württemberg: local offices and state differences

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Bavaria (Bayern): finding your local offices

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Berlin: local offices, appointments and online services

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Brandenburg: finding your registration office and Ausländerbehörde

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State of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen): Bremen city and Bremerhaven

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Hamburg: local differences

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Hessen (Hesse): local differences

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV): local offices and state differences

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Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen): local offices and state differences

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North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW): local offices and differences

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Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate): local offices and state differences

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Saarland: local offices and differences

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Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt): local offices and state-specific differences

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Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen): Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz and the Landkreise

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Schleswig-Holstein: finding your offices and how things differ here

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Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen)

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