Ordinance on Settlement and Residence - Competent Authority (NAV)

1. The Residents' Office of the Department of Justice and Security is the supervisory authority pursuant to § 2 paragraph 2 NAG.

2. The Migration Office of the Department of Justice and Security is the cantonal migration authority pursuant to § 2 paragraph 3 NAG.

1. Anyone who temporarily resides in a municipality or regularly returns to their principal place of life connections is to be registered for residency.

1. Persons who register for establishment or residence in the canton shall receive a registration certificate.

2. The registration certificate is limited in duration for residents. The duration is determined by the validity period of the home certificate issued by the municipality of establishment.

1. Persons who can invoke the Agreement between the Swiss Confederation on the one hand and the European Community and its Member States on the other, concerning the freedom of movement of June 21, 1999, shall be treated in the same manner as nationals regarding the residency registration obligations. Transitional provisions for nationals of states newly acceded to the European Community as well as the provisions regarding the registration of third-country nationals pursuant to the Schengen Association Agreements and the adoption of developments in the Schengen acquis remain reserved.

2. The legal representatives are responsible for the timely registration, deregistration, or re-registration of minors or persons under comprehensive guardianship.

1. The person required to register must prove the accuracy of their information with sufficient documentation regarding their identity, the place of arrival, relocation, or departure, marital status, family status, all places of origin, rental and subletting relationships, and the administrative apartment number. Foreign documents will be recognized if they are equivalent to the corresponding Swiss documents.

2. Identity must generally be proven by means of an official photo identification document. In the case of written registration, deregistration, or re-registration, a copy of a passport or identity card or a copy of a driver's license issued in Switzerland must be enclosed. For electronic registration, deregistration, or re-registration, identification is carried out electronically. Those without an official photo identification document can verify their identity by other means only during a personal appearance.

3. Recognized as proof of marital status is the certificate of origin or a personal civil status document issued or updated no more than six months prior, such as a family booklet or family certificate, certificate of civil status, or family record.

4. To determine the administrative apartment number, the person required to register, as well as third parties if necessary, must provide information about their residence, such as the floor, size, number of rooms, and previous tenant.

5. The residents' registration authority is authorized to demand the necessary documents for the regulation of migration law residency.

6. The person required to register may be summoned personally for clarification or to provide further information.

1. For the clarification of residential status under the civil registry, the residents' registration authority is authorized to gather the necessary information.

2. The residents' registration authorities and the Migration Office may instruct other authorities, particularly the Cantonal Police in accordance with the Police Act (PolG) of the Canton of Basel-Stadt dated November 13, 1996, to conduct further inquiries concerning residency matters in the execution of the law and this ordinance.

1. Providers of Lodging within the Meaning of the NAG are individuals who offer accommodation to persons not belonging to their family, either for a fee or free of charge, within their household.

2. Subtenants are individuals who use an apartment for a fee, which has been rented by the principal tenant.

1. The resident data to be reported by collective households is kept in a separate register and includes the following information

a) AHV Insurance Number

b) Official Name

c) First Name

d) Date of Birth

e) Gender

f) Marital Status

g) Nationality

h) Date of Arrival

i) Date of Entry into the Collective Household

j) Municipality of Primary Residence

k) Residential Address

2. The data may only be processed by the Residents' Registration Office and disclosed to other authorities only in anonymized form.

3. The reports and registered data of collective households will be deleted by the Residents' Registration Office of Basel-Stadt within twelve months after the data delivery.

1. The Child and Adult Protection Authority reports to the competent civil registry office the personal data of persons who are incapable of judgment and have been placed under comprehensive guardianship, of persons whose legal capacity has been restricted or revoked, as well as decisions regarding the allocation of parental custody and the establishment of guardianships.

1. The official apartment number is the apartment identifier according to Art. 6 letter d of the Federal Act on the Harmonization of Population Registers and Other Official Registers of Persons (Register Harmonization Act, RHG) of June 23, 2006.

2. To identify the guardian or custodian, their name and address must be recorded.

1. The residents' registration office uses the apartment numbers to assign the federal apartment identifier (EWID) to residents.

2. The use of the apartment numbers and the determination of which residents live in which apartment are subject to the provisions of the Ordinance on the Data Market of July 12, 2005.

3. Owners and property management companies are obligated to include apartment numbers in rental and purchase contracts.