How or where to get a proof of address

paypal is requiring me to provide proof of my address in the form of one of the following:

1/ personalausweis
2/ inhabitant reporting certificate
3/ utility bill sent to addy that matches my paypal account

Since i get no utility bills addressed to me, I must go with #1 or #2.

Can I get a personalausweis at the local rathouse? I'm assuming this is a picture ID? (might be good to have anyway)

... and, does anyone know what an inhabitant reporting certificate is? And which of the two is easiest/quickest/cheapest to acquire so that I can get this sorted?

thanks..

Wouldn't your anmeldung be an "inhabitant reporting certificate"? In which case, you already have it, or should since everyone in Germany is required to be registered.

Foreigners (non-German citizens) living in Germany don't get a German personalausweis. Your ID is your passport, which doesn't usually have your address so that won't work.

right... i asked a german and learned that the personalausweis is only for german citizens. i emailed paypal and asked if i could scan in my anmeldbescheinigung. that makes sense as "inhabitant reporting certificate," by golly.

Just a random question, but why do you need proof of your address? (You know, just in case they start pestering me for one.)

how odd. Is it for a business account? When you add your bank account to a normal account you can verify your account by them sending a small amount of money to it, and you verifying the amount. I have never had to send passport details or my Anmeldungsbestätigung.

https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/main.jsp?...&isSrch=Yes

Sounds odd to me too. I'd make sure you know who it is you're sending that thing too -- I recently had someone wrack up a gambling debt in my name by forging a driver's licence using the kind of info you're about to send (and clickandbuy.de were total unhelpful, smug pricks when I tried to sort it out).

It all depends on how much you use your Paypal account to receive money. I'm guessing the OP is getting a message similar to the following:

"You are nearing the €2.500,00 EUR annual receiving limit. Please lift this limit as soon as possible so that you can continue using all features of your PayPal account. You can find steps for lifting your limit in the Resolution Center.

(Insert date) 2008: You have received a total amount of €(insert amount) EUR or more in total payments to your PayPal account. This is a reminder to please complete the steps required to remove your limit.

PayPal is required by law to comply with European Union Anti-Money Laundering regulations by collecting information from customers, such as a proof of address, when they receive more than the set limit in total payments."

yes, that's it, the money laundering thing. I received no "You are nearing the €2.500,00 EUR annual receiving limit" forewarning however, probably because one payment was about that much, and I hadn't used the paypal account much prior to that. It was a surprise.

Paypal is kind of slimy, with the spam they send out and all the stories of people being taken advantage of through its weaknesses, but it's becoming a necessary evil as it's difficult to get money across the pond in a manner that is convenient for the payee.

The one piece of advice I found was to transfer the funds to bank account immediately. The payee has the option of reversing the transaction on their credit card for as long as the money is in the paypal account. And if the account is kept empty, why, there's nothing much to worry about.

anyway, i'm assuming the anmeldbescheinigung will do the trick, if it doesn't, i'll post something here for future reference..

Yeah, sorry for scaremongering but I keep reading about people getting scammed on the Net and wondering how they let it happen.