subletting in germany. what are all documents I need to get from main tenant for city registration?

[glass gust]

you just need a Wohnungsbestätigung which has a certain form which is already provided by your vermieter, you book an appointment at your local Rathaus/Stadthaus/Bürgeramt depends on city, you then need an id prrof and your confirmation and thats it :) keep in mind anmeldung-abmeldung are only done the firs and last time your are in the country otherwise its only an ummeldung

[naive plover]

So I need Wohnungsgeberbestätigung and sub contract both ? Or subcontract alone also works? In my case ..main tenant has conveyed to me that sub contract should work. No Wohnungsgeberbestätigung is needed. Im confused a bit here

[bold bay]

Generally, I haven't seen sublets provide a Wohnunggebersbestätigung because those can only be issued by the landlord/owner. If they are giving you this and it has the tenant's name on it, I do not think that that's legal.

And you need the Bestätigung for your Anmeldung. You can't do it with a contract anymore.

There are instances where the main tenant can ask the landlord to issue the Bestätigung for you, but that is usually only when you are both sharing the apartment and it is big enough to house two (or more) people.

[dark phoenix]

No, the main tenant is the "landlord" in that case and has to give a Wohnungsgeberbestätigung. I've done so many times

The sample form of our city shows it too

The first one is the "giver of the flat" for a sublet it would be me, while the "Eigentümer" (owner) is the landlord

[bold bay]

While you're correct in theory, it's a legal requirement to have permission to sublet from the landlord, and many main tenants do not do this, which is why you often see "no Wohnunggebersbestätigung" in conversations with subtenants. In these cases, filling out the Bestätigung as the main tenant is illegal.

That said, I'll recognise that I'm wrong in saying that only the landlord can issue it.