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Updated September 2026

🚚 I moved — how and where do I register my new address?

Direct answer

Registering your address is compulsory within a short deadline after moving (days to weeks, depending on the country) and everything official flows from it: the ID number, tax, voting, health insurance, school places. Register at HMRC — National Insurance number / General Register Office (0800 141 2079) — online with a digital ID in many countries, otherwise at Your local council (gov.uk) — with ID and proof of the new address (rental contract, deed, or the landlord's or host's declaration). NHS — register with a GP / NHS 111 (111) and the other agencies are informed automatically in most countries — but check your tax and benefit accounts after a few weeks.

There is no address registration in the UK. 'Registering' means telling HMRC, the DVLA, your GP surgery, your bank and the electoral register — and applying for a National Insurance number if you are new.

Call firstHMRC — National Insurance number / General Register Office
Report toYour local council
If that failsNHS — register with a GP / NHS 111

🗣️ What to say

"I moved to [new address] on [date] from [old address / abroad]. I would like to register my address [and my family members: names]. Attached: ID and [rental contract / owner's declaration]."

🪜 Step by step

  1. DeadlineCheck the days allowed — late registration can be fined.
  2. DocumentsID for everyone moving, proof of address, for a move from abroad also birth/marriage certificates (multilingual form or apostille).
  3. Online or in personHMRC — National Insurance number / General Register Office online with digital ID; otherwise Your local council by appointment.
  4. Moving from abroadAlso: health insurance, the ID number if new, deregistration in the old country.
  5. Mail forwardingThe postal service's redirection for a few months; update the bank, employer, insurers yourself.

📇 All contacts

HMRC — National Insurance number / General Register OfficeNI number, birth/marriage certificates; no address registration in the UKOn arrival and for certificates📞 0800 141 2079🔗 www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number
Your local councilNoise, waste, roads, housing standards, licensing, lost propertyFor anything the council handles🔗 www.gov.uk/find-local-council
NHS — register with a GP / NHS 111GP registration, NHS complaints (PALS)For finding a doctor and care questions📞 111🔗 www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/how-to-register-with-a-gp-surgery
Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman / Parliamentary OmbudsmanComplaints about councils and government departments, freeWhen a public body does not answer or acts unfairly📞 0300 061 0614🔗 www.lgo.org.uk

❓ Frequently asked

The landlord will not give me a declaration

Most countries let you register with the rental contract alone; if the landlord obstructs, Your local council can register you on other evidence and the landlord may be fined.

Can I register in a friend's flat?

Yes, if you actually live there — with the friend's declaration. It can affect their benefits or taxes; tell them.

I have no fixed address

Municipalities offer a postal address for homeless residents so that benefits and documents work. Ask Your local council or social services.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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