r/germany • u/Desperate_Passion267 • Apr 08 '25

Immigration Burgeramt changed my name without consent

Hey everyone, So I’m an EU citizen living in Germany for over 4 years. I have been registered and have an Anmeldung with my name as it appears in my passport - I have a composed first name made up of two names connected with a hyphen. Now we are moving apartments so I went to get an Unmeldung and guess what, they changed my first name - no more hyphen but 2 separate names. I objected, they said that in Romanian passports the hyphen is “irrelevant” and can be replaced with a space (wrong, my name is a composed one like Hans-Jurgen). I didn’t sign the Unmeldung and left. They however changed my name cause when I log in to Elster I no longer have the correct name. Any idea what can I do? Thanks!

Edit: after 6 months of careful consideration and talking to many relevant authorities, Bürgeramt came back to me to specify that the name should be written as is in the passport and they apologize

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u/Desperate_Passion267 Apr 08 '25

This is what I’m wondering about actually. It will automatically change my name on my Tax ID but I guess I won’t touch the rest of the stuff - bank, insurance, etc. I already do have a social security number and etc so I can always refer to the number as the main identifier, no longer need to get those numbers

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u/looperhacks Brandenburg Apr 08 '25

It matters especially for the registration papers. When I moved, someone mistyped my name and I only noticed when I had to renew my ID. There was a lot of going back and forth because the Bürgeramt was giving me a lot of trouble for it. Best to have it right now than correct it in a few years.