# Certificates

You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it, for example, for a marriage or for another official act? Then you can apply for the issuance of a birth certificate.

You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a printout from the birth register.

Within the scope of a simple registration register enquiry, the registration office will provide you with the surname, first names, doctor's degree and current addresses of the person you are looking for. If the person is deceased, you will be informed of this.

Whether a registration office gives you information about the data of the person you are looking for is at their discretion. Simple information will not be provided if a block on the provision of information has been entered in the population register or if the registration office has reason to believe that this could pose a risk to the interests of the person concerned or another person that are worthy of protection.

If you need proof of birth for submission to foreign agencies, you can apply for a multilingual birth certificate.

You may apply for a new social security card if you have lost your card, damaged it, or if it is no longer readable.

If you want to use the online ID card function as a providing organization in your own application, you need an authorization certificate.

If you are a taxable (legal) person and generate foreign income from a country with which an agreement exists for the avoidance of double taxation, a certificate of residence may be required for submission to a foreign tax authority. may be required.