How can I get a new national identity card? How and where can I use the
online identification function? Where can I apply for amendments? This section
provides information and contact details for government services related to identity
documents such as national identity cards and passports.
The place of residence is noted in your passport. If your place of residence in Germany changes, you must have the new place of residence entered in your passport. If your new address is in the same place of residence, you do not need to have your passport amended.
If you want to take your firearms with you within the European Union (EU) or to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, you will need a European firearms pass.
With the European Professional Card (EBA), you can have certain professional qualifications recognised within the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) via an online procedure.
If your ID card expires, you must apply for a new one if you are over 16 years old, do not have a valid passport document and are registered within Germany.
Has your identity card been stolen? Then you must report this. You must also apply for a new ID card if you are over 16 years old, do not have a valid passport document and are registered in Germany.
If you have lost your identity card, you must report this. You must also apply for a new ID card if you are over 16 years old, do not have another valid passport document and are registered in Germany.
In many countries outside the European Union (EU), you need a passport to enter the country. If you have German citizenship, you can apply for a German passport.
After a name change during a marriage or the establishment of a civil partnership, a new passport is required.
The issuance of a new passport is only necessary if the passport...
As a resident, you can apply for a residents' parking permit for your car or motorcycle or a motor vehicle you use permanently. The residents' parking permit is only valid for a...
If you do not have a passport from your country of origin and it is not reasonably possible for you to obtain one, you may be issued with a travel document for foreigners in exceptional cases.
In the event of an emergency, you can be issued with an emergency travel document by the border authorities (Federal Police) before you travel, provided that you are a national of Germany or another EU Member State or have a secure residence status.
If, as a foreigner, you discover that your travel documents have expired shortly before you leave Germany, you can apply for an emergency travel document under certain conditions.
If you are a foreign national and discover shortly before you intend to leave Germany that your passport or passport replacement has expired, you can apply for an emergency travel document under certain conditions.
Do you need a passport at short notice and can't wait 2 weeks or more for a regular passport? Then you can apply for your passport using the express order procedure.
If you live abroad, you can apply for your identity card in person at a German diplomatic mission or, in some countries, at an honorary consular official.
Organ donation is a very personal matter. For or against - this is a decision that no one can take away from you. Some people are uncomfortable with the idea of having an organ...
If you wish to act as airworthiness personnel in your own name, you can apply for, extend or renew your authorization (IARS authorization) under certain conditions.
If you perform official duties for the Federal Republic of Germany abroad, you may be issued an official passport by the Federal Foreign Office under certain conditions. Depending on the activity, you may receive a diplomatic passport or a service passport.
If you live abroad, you can apply for your German passport in person at a German diplomatic mission or, in some countries, at an honorary consular official.
Have you lost your passport during a trip abroad? If you need a passport, you can apply for a passport, temporary passport or travel document for return as a passport replacement at the German diplomatic mission in the country of travel.
Are you at least 16 years old? Then you must have a valid identity document that can be used to establish your identity. Younger children can also apply for an ID card if they wish, but there is no obligation to do so.
Persons,
for whom a guardian has been appointed or who are represented by a person with a publicly certified power of attorney,
who are likely to be permanently accommodated...
If you do not yet have a European Part-66 license, you can apply for an initial Part-66 license under certain conditions. You can also apply to the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt for other matters relating to the German Part-66 license.
You can release the following data within the scope of the online ID function to providers on the Internet or at vending machines by entering the PIN:
Family name
Name at...
On request, you can view your stored, readable data in the electronic storage and processing medium of the ID card at the relevant ID card authority.
To do this, you must appear...
In the event of changes such as a change of name due to marriage, registered civil partnership, divorce, dissolution of a civil partnership or other data, the passport must be amended or reissued.
With the electronic signature, you can sign a digitally available document (contracts, applications and certificates) that would otherwise only be legally binding in writing.
Th...
You must immediately report the theft of a passport to the competent authority.
There is no obligation to apply for a new passport. If a passport is still required, a new...
If your address changes, you must also have it changed in the electronic proof of identity (online ID function) on your identity card, your electronic residence permit or your eID card for EU citizens.
As a flight attendant, do you need a new flight attendant certificate instead? You can apply for this from the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) under certain conditions
Here you will find information on your rights and obligations when travelling abroad as well as on necessary travel documents for minors and on the loss or expiry of travel documents.
