Keeping your residence information up to date in the Population Register is a legal obligation.

To register your residence in Estonia, you must submit a notice of residence to the city or rural municipality government of your place of residence. This ensures that your address is correctly recorded in the Estonian Population Register, as required by law.

You can submit your notice of residence in the following ways:

• Online via the e-population register (requires Estonian ID-card, Mobile-ID, or e-Residency). You can also track the status of your submission there.
• By e-mail to your local city or rural municipality government (in Tallinn, to the district government). The form must be digitally signed.
• By post, including a signed notice and a copy of your ID showing your personal data.
• In person at your local government office.

The notice of residence form (printable and digital versions) is available on the Ministry of the Interior’s website.

Multiple residences

If you have multiple permanent addresses, one must be designated as your main residence—the address with legal effect in the register. Other addresses may be submitted as additional residences, but the main one must always be accurate and up to date.

Whenever you move within Estonia, relocate abroad, or return from abroad, you are legally obligated to update your residence address in the Population Register.