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In Rhineland-Palatinate there are different types of burial grounds, including community cemeteries and church cemeteries. In principle, municipalities have a duty to create cemeteries and build morgues if there is a public need.
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On special anniversaries, the Prime Minister sends a letter of congratulations.
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If you are of the opinion that your marriage is not legal, you can apply for an annulment of your marriage.
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You would like to apply for a death certificate for a death that occurred on a German seagoing vessel? You can find information here.
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You can apply for a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.
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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 birth certificate to be issued.
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Would you like to apply for a certificate of no impediment? Find out more here.
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If you do not have German citizenship and wish to marry in Germany, you will need a certificate of no impediment to marriage from your home country. If you are not issued with one, you can apply for an exemption from presenting a certificate of no impediment to marriage.
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If one of your family members has died, you can apply for a death certificate at the relevant registry office.
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If you want to transfer a body abroad, a mortuary passport may be necessary.
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If you are a member of a shooting sports club, you can apply for a permanent permit to acquire certain types of weapons (yellow gun possession card).
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If you have inherited weapons and/or ammunition, you must apply for a permit for continued possession of the weapons from the relevant weapons authority within one month.
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If you wish to acquire and possess weapons and/or ammunition requiring a permit, you must apply for a permit from the relevant weapons authority.
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If you are working or employed in the food sector for the first time, you will need a certificate from the public health department confirming that you have been instructed in infection control.
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If you wish to collect weapons and/or ammunition, you must apply for a permit from the relevant weapons authority.
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If you wish to acquire and possess weapons and/or ammunition in order to test, examine or inspect them, you must apply for a permit from the relevant weapons authority.
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If you are the sole heir according to statutory succession, you can apply to the probate court for a sole heir certificate to prove your status as an heir.
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Do you need a civil partnership certificate? You can obtain your civil partnership certificate from the registry office in whose area the civil partnership was established. The registry office will issue it from the civil partnership register.
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Would you like to go hunting? Then you must have a hunting license with you, which you can apply for after passing the hunting test.
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If you export plants, plant products or other objects to countries outside the EU, they must not contain any harmful organisms. As proof of this, you must apply for a phytosanitary certificate or a pre-export certificate or re-export certificate.
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If you or your child were born abroad, it may make sense to have your birth registered in the German birth register.
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Specially protected animal and plant species are subject to various legal prohibitions (e.g. prohibition of possession, prohibition of access, prohibition of marketing). These...
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Were you, your child or another close family member in the ascending or descending line of descent born abroad? Then you can have the birth subsequently certified in the birth register at the registry office responsible for you.
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You can have your first name changed under certain conditions.
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There are many possibilities for determining the name. In some cases there are also particularities to be considered, e.g. for the naming of foreign spouses or if there are...
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There are many possibilities when determining the name. In some cases there are also particularities to be taken into account (e.g. for the naming of foreign civil partners or...
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You must have an important reason for changing your name.
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If you have more than one first name, you can have their order changed by making a declaration.
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If your child is traveling abroad without you, we recommend that you provide a declaration of consent. In some countries, the declaration is mandatory and must also be notarized.
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If you as parents are not married to each other at the time of your child's birth, you can obtain joint custody by both submitting declarations of custody.
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A certificate of residence may be required for submission to a foreign tax authority if you as a taxpayer earn foreign income from a country with which an agreement to avoid double taxation (DTA) exists.
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If you have concluded a marriage contract, you can have the chosen matrimonial property regime entered in the matrimonial property register.
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If, in addition to your German citizenship, you also have one or more EU member states, you will receive a European Certificate of Criminal Conduct when you apply for a certificate of good conduct.
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Do you need an extended certificate of good conduct for professional or voluntary purposes? Then you must apply for this in person or in writing at the registration office in your municipality.
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In order to receive extended information about specific individuals, you must credibly demonstrate a legitimate interest.
You will receive information on surname, first name,...
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The extended registration certificate provides information about where you are registered or as proof of your place of residence.
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As a displaced person or ethnic German resettler, you, your spouse or your descendants can discard parts of your previous name if these are not common in Germany. You can also...
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You can have your child's name changed to the other parent's surname.
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You can change your child's name if your name has changed.
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If you want to apply for a fishing license, you must first take and pass a fishing exam.
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If you want to fish, you need a fishing license. This is issued by the municipal administration on request, provided that you have passed a state fishing examination or there are...
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With a health care proxy, you can transfer the management of some or all of your affairs to another person in the event that you lose the ability to make decisions yourself.
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Section 42 "Prohibitions on activities and employment" of the Infection Protection Act stipulates certain health requirements for personnel in food processing plants, as some...
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Would you like to regulate your inheritance? Then drawing up an inheritance contract is a possible solution.
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You can inspect the matrimonial property register.
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You will normally receive this border crossing certificate of your own motion. This means that it will be issued and handed over to you by the competent authority. An application is therefore not required.
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If you get married, your marriage will be entered in the marriage register at the registry office and thus notarized.
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The certificate of no impediment to marriage is issued if it is required for a marriage abroad.
It is issued for German citizens with residence or habitual abode abroad by the registry office 1 in Berlin.
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Would you like to marry abroad? Then it may be that there is a legal norm in the intended state of marriage, which requires the submission of a certificate of no impediment to marriage.
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If you need proof of birth from the former German territories or from the consular and colonial registers, you can apply for a birth certificate. You can find this at the registry office I in Berlin.
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You can find the person you are looking for by obtaining information from your municipality's population register. There are the following types of information from the...
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You must have a withdrawal from the church carried out by the responsible office.
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The pension insurance company may ask you for a life certificate as proof. This is an official document which is issued by the competent authority on application.
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In a living will, you can declare whether you want certain treatment in the event of illness or an accident, and in particular whether you want sufficient pain relief or the use of life-prolonging measures.
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If it is no longer possible to go to a notary to draw up a will, a provisionally valid emergency will can be drawn up.
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Would you like to have your will drawn up by a notary? Then there is talk of a so-called public will.
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Two people who wish to marry each other are married in a civil marriage ceremony. The marriage ceremony takes place in a place designated (prescribed) for this purpose by the competent authority.
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If you wish to change your surname and/or first name outside the regulations of civil law (e.g. not in the case of marriage or divorce), you must apply for this change of name...
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Under certain circumstances, married persons may also be able to use their name after the marriage abroad by declaration before a German registry office. The registry office issues a certificate of this.
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Signatures or hand signs on powers of attorney or care directives can also be publicly certified by the care authority.
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You can also have your marriage concluded abroad entered in the marriage register at a later date. However, there is no obligation to do so.
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If you do not wish to accept an inheritance, you must declare the renunciation of the inheritance to a notary, have it notarized and submit it to the probate court.
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Duly issued death certificates from abroad are generally recognised in Germany. There is no obligation to subsequently certify the death.However, the subsequent entry in the deat...
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If a child is born during a voyage on a German seagoing vessel, the registry office I in Berlin certifies the birth in its birth register. The skipper takes a record and forwards it to the registry office I in Berlin.
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After registering or deregistering with the registration office, you will receive written confirmation in the form of an official registration confirmation.
The official...
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You will only receive information from the civil register about a large number of persons not named by name (group information) if this is in the public interest.
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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.
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Parties, groups of voters and other supporters of election proposals may receive the following information on persons entitled to vote from the population register in the 6 month...
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If you want to get married, you must register the marriage in advance.
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You can present a simple registration certificate as proof to some authorities or private institutions.
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Upon request, you will receive information about the data stored about you in the residents' register.
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the personal data stored in the register of...
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As the owner of an apartment, you can obtain information from the residents' register about the people living in your apartment if you can credibly demonstrate a legal interest.
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If your hunting license is lost, you can obtain a replacement document.
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If you need proof of birth for submission to foreign agencies, you can apply for a multilingual birth certificate.
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You have divorced or ended your civil partnership and would like to change your name? If your maiden name or name before marriage or civil partnership was not your family name ...
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If you have a home birth, you must have a birth certificate issued for your child.
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Do you need a simple certificate of good conduct? Then you must apply for this at the registration office of your municipality.
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As part of a simple registration register information request, the registration authority will provide you with the surname, first names, doctor's degree and current addresses of...
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If you got married abroad, you can have your marriage registered retrospectively at a German registry office.
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You can change the name of your child if you do not exercise joint custody with the other parent until after the birth.
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You can change your child's name if your spouse is not the child's parent and you want your child to have your married name.
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If you wish to be employed in the preparatory service or school service for the corresponding teaching profession, an examination of the equivalence of your teacher training examination or teaching qualification acquired in another federal state is required in exceptional cases.
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Do you want to waive your inheritance? Then you must declare this to the probate court in due form and time.
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Would you like to have your stored will back? Then you can demand the surrender at the probate court.
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If you need to prove whether or not you have a criminal record, you can apply for a simple certificate of good conduct, an extended certificate of good conduct or a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority.
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If your hunting licence has been withdrawn by the issuing authority, you can apply for it again after the expiry of the specified blocking period.
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If you want to shoot with a firearm requiring a permit or without a permit, you must always apply for a permit beforehand.Exceptions to this are hunters when hunting and marksmen when shooting at authorized shooting ranges.
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If your hunting licence has been withdrawn by the issuing authority, you can apply for it again after the expiry of the specified blocking period.
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If you want to carry a firearm in public, you must first apply for a firearms license.
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If you want to temporarily take weapons or ammunition abroad from Germany, temporarily take them to Germany or take them through Germany, you need a permit.
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If you are a hunter and wish to take samples for official Trichinella testing of wild boar and badgers yourself, you must apply for a permit to take Trichinella samples. You must meet certain requirements for this.
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If it subsequently transpires that the heirs listed on the certificate of inheritance are not the real heirs, the certificate of inheritance can be revoked.
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For several heirs, a joint share certificate can also be issued, each co-heir can apply for one. If there is a pre- and post-inheritance, the certificate of inheritance indicates this. It can be restricted if parts of the estate are located abroad.
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If you cannot be issued a death certificate after reporting a death due to missing data, you can have the report of the death certified.
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The probate court can issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. If there is a prior and subsequent inheritance, this is indicated on the certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several testamentary heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint minimum certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint minimum certificate of inheritance.
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If you have decided to accept your inheritance, in many cases you will need proof of your inheritance rights. If you are the sole heir, this will be established in a certificate of inheritance. The certificate of inheritance may be restricted if parts of the estate are located abroad.
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If you have decided to accept your inheritance, in many cases you will need proof of your inheritance rights. If you are designated as the sole heir in a will, this will be established in a certificate of inheritance.
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If you have obtained an International Baccalaureate Diploma/Diplôme du Baccalauréat International , in order to apply for a place at a German university, you must first have this degree recognised as a university entrance qualification.
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If you operate a fixed amateur radio system with an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 10 watts or more, you can apply for the Federal Network Agency to include it in the database for electromagnetic fields (EMF database).
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If the validity of your hunting licence expires or has already expired and you wish to continue hunting, you must have it extended.
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If you want to hunt, you can have an annual hunting license issued by the competent authority under certain conditions.
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If you want to hunt, you can, under certain conditions, have a day hunting license issued by the competent authority.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. If there is a prior and subsequent inheritance, this is indicated on the certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each testamentary co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. This can be restricted in terms of subject matter if parts of the estate are located abroad.
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The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. This can be restricted in terms of subject matter if parts of the estate are located abroad.
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Anyone who finds a dead person or is present at the time of death must immediately notify one of the responsible persons or the police. This must immediately notify a doctor who carries out the so-called post-mortem examination.
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A joint certificate of inheritance can be issued for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. It shows whether there is a prior and subsequent inheritance. If parts of the estate are located abroad, it can be restricted in terms of subject matter.
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The probate court may also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several heirs. Any co-inheritance may apply for a community share certificate.
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If a German or a German national without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can have the death subsequently certified at the competent German registry office.
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You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign sea-going vessel in a German death register at the competent German registry office.
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The transfer of deceased persons within Germany is subject to national law. Even if a deceased person is taken from or abroad, one speaks of a transfer.
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If you have set up a power of attorney and/or a care directive, you should register it in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney of the Federal Chamber of Notaries.
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If you need to present a German death certificate in another EU country, you can apply for a multilingual form to be issued by the registry office.
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If you need a multilingual extract from the civil status register, you can apply for one.
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If you wish to operate a fixed amateur radio system with an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 10 watts or more as an amateur radio operator, you must first inform the Federal Network Agency (notification).
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If you wish to continue to carry a weapon or ammunition within the federal territory, you can apply for an extension of your permit.
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If it turns out in retrospect that the heirs shown in the certificate of inheritance are not the real heirs, the certificate of inheritance can be confiscated again.
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If you wish to hunt as a young person, you must carry a youth hunting license in your name and present it to the police officers and the hunting permit holders on request.
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If you wish to hunt as a juvenile, you must carry a youth hunting licence in your name and present it to the police officers and those entitled to hunt on request.
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You must take an aeronautical radio examination to obtain an aeronautical radio certificate. You apply to the Federal Network Agency for admission to the examination.
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If you wish to operate an aircraft, you will need an Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC).
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Would you like to participate in inland navigation radio with your boat or ship? Then you need a VHF radiotelephone certificate (UBI). To obtain it, you must pass a theoretical and practical examination.
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If you require a replacement certificate for a firearms possession card for high-risk public officials for the acquisition and possession of firearms, you must submit an application to the competent authority. You can find out more here.
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Anyone wishing to operate a recreational craft on federal waterways requires a recreational craft license. You can apply for this together with an examination date from an examination board of your choice.
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You can apply to the Federal Network Agency for authorization to participate in the amateur radio service.
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If you wish to participate in the mobile maritime radio service, you must have a valid radio certificate. The general radio operating certificate (LRC) entitles you to participate in VHF, border, short-wave and satellite radio. To obtain it, you must pass an examination.
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If you wish to participate in the mobile marine radio service, you must have a valid radio certificate. The restricted radio operator's certificate (SRC) entitles you to participate in VHF radio. To obtain it, you must pass an examination.
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If you wish to participate in aeronautical and aeronautical navigation radio, the BNetzA will assign you the callsign with the Aircraft Station Licence on application. In addition, you must notify changes, for example, the holder address or the radio technical equipment.
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If you manufacture products, parts and equipment for aircraft, you require a permit from the Federal Aviation Office. Changes to an approval are also subject to approval.
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Are you a pilot planning to leave the territory of the European Union (EU) with an aircraft that is registered in a member state other than Germany? Then you can apply for automatic validation under certain conditions.
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If you want to use a trunked radio network, you must apply for frequencies from the Federal Network Agency.
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The Federal Network Agency will assign you numbers for recreational and commercial shipping in the form of a Ship Station License upon application. You must also notify certain changes.
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If you wish to obtain an aircrew license, you must pass a theoretical examination.
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You can apply to the Federal Network Agency to take the amateur radio examination.
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If you
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If you are an ethnic German resettler living in Germany and still have family members (spouse, descendants) in the resettlement area, you can apply for them to be included in your admission decision at a later date.
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If you pass the amateur radio examination, you can apply for an amateur radio examination certificate or an amateur radio certificate.
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Have you lost your aircraft radio certificate or has it been damaged? Then you can apply for a duplicate from the Federal Network Agency.
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If you would like to have your flight license reissued, you can apply for this under certain conditions.
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If you wish to acquire and keep a collection of weapons or ammunition as a result of an inheritance, you must apply for a permit to continue the collection.
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If you want to fly or operate an aircraft, you need a pilot's license. You can apply for this from the Federal Aviation Office under certain conditions.
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If you wish to obtain a replacement certificate for a firearms possession card for high-risk public officials to carry firearms, you must submit an application to the competent authority.
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If you have lost your recreational boating license or need another replacement, you can apply for a replacement.
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Have you lost your general radio operator's certificate (LRC), or has it been stolen or damaged? Or have you changed your name and your certificate is no longer correct? Then you need to apply for a replacement document.
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Have you lost your restricted radio operator's certificate (SRC), or has it been stolen or damaged? Or have you changed your name and your certificate is no longer correct? Then you need to apply for a replacement document.
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Have you lost your radiotelephone certificate for inland navigation radio (UBI), or has it been stolen or damaged? Or have you changed your name and your certificate is no longer correct? Then you need to apply for a replacement document.
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Do you have a recognized certificate of competence or a radio certificate that is fully equivalent to the requirements for the restricted radio certificate (SRC)? Then you can apply for an SRC without an examination.
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If you have completed your dental studies in Germany and then wish to work in another EU country, in many cases you will need an EU certificate of conformity.
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If you have completed your medical studies in Germany and then wish to work in another EU country, in many cases you will need an EU certificate of conformity.
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If you have completed your training as a pharmacist in Germany and then wish to work as a pharmacist in another EU country, in many cases you will need an EU certificate of conformity.
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Do you have a recognized certificate of competence or a radio certificate that is fully equivalent to the requirements for the general radio operator's certificate (LRC)? Then you can apply for an LRC without an examination.
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If you want to operate a recreational craft on federal waterways, you need a recreational craft license. If you already have a specific official driving license, this can be rewritten if necessary.
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Have you registered for an examination with the Federal Aviation Office? Withdrawal is possible on request if you can present a valid reason.
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If you have a foreign radio operator's certificate, you can have it recognized in Germany under certain conditions. To do this, you must submit an application to the Federal Network Agency.
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If you wish to take prescribed narcotics with you on a trip abroad, you will need a notarized medical certificate. As a doctor, you will need your doctor's ID card and, if necessary, a permit from the country you are traveling to.
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If you have passed a flight radio examination in Germany, you can have this recognized as a flight radio certificate. To do this, submit an application to the Federal Network Agency.
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If you suspect radio interference, you can report it to the test and measurement service of the Federal Network Agency.
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Under certain conditions, you can apply for a language endorsement to be added to your pilot's license.
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Do you want to know whether there is an entry against you in the competition register? Then you can request information from the Federal Cartel Office.
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If you as the examiner have conducted an examination, you can submit the examination report to the Federal Aviation Office.
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Here you will find information on your rights and obligations when traveling abroad as well as on necessary travel documents for minors and on the loss or expiry of travel documents.
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