Apply for an express passport
Description
You can identify yourself with a passport when you travel to other countries. If you need the passport urgently, you can apply for it in an express order procedure at a citizens' office. The delivery time for your new passport is then usually 3 working days. You will have to pay a higher fee for this.
The normal passport has 32 pages. If you travel a lot, you can apply for a passport with 48 pages. Both variants can be applied for using the express order procedure.
You can apply for your passport using the express order procedure at your local Citizens' Registration Office at your main place of residence. You can also submit an application to any other citizens' registration office if you can provide an important reason for doing so. There is an additional surcharge for this.
- You have German citizenship.
- There must be no grounds for refusing a passport, such as the assumption that you wish to avoid prosecution, execution of a sentence or a statutory maintenance obligation by leaving the country.
- current biometric passport photo
- fulfilled requirements for photos for electronic passports
- if available and not yet validated: old passport, temporary passport, identity card, temporary identity card, children's passport
- if applicable:
- Civil status certificate such as birth certificate,
- marriage certificate or
- civil partnership certificate
The basic fees for the passport are doubled if
- the passport has to be issued outside official office hours or
- you do not apply for the passport to be issued at your main place of residence.
Fee: 69,50 EURPayment in advance: noExpress passport application if you are under 24 years of age.
Fee: 102,00 EURPayment in advance: noExpress passport application if you are 24 years or older
Fee: 22,00 EURPayment in advance: noSurcharge for a passport in the express order procedure with 48 pages:
Period of Validity: 6 YearsFor applicants under 24 years of age
Period of Validity: 10 YearsFor applicants aged 24 and over
Processing Time: 3 Working daysThe prerequisite is that the order is received by the passport manufacturer by 12:00 noon.
Citizens' office at main residence
You can only apply for a passport using the express order procedure in person at the Citizens' Registration Office. The application will be completed by the office staff. All you have to do is sign it. When you apply, your fingerprints will be taken solely for the purpose of storing them in the passport chip (usually a flat print of the left and right index finger).
The passport is produced by Bundesdruckerei GmbH and sent to the authorities. You can then collect the passport from the authority.
Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs (BMI)
21.02.2024
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
