Apply for a passport due to change of other data

You must apply for a passport in person at your local Citizens' Registration Office:

• Make an appointment at your Bürgeramt.
• For important reasons, you can also submit the application
  • in another municipality or
  • at a German diplomatic mission abroad.
• Bring all the necessary documents with you to the agreed appointment.
• The official staff will fill out the application with you on site. All you have to do is sign it.
• The submission of fingerprints for storage in the document is required by law for the application.
  • A flat print is usually taken of the left and right index finger.
  • Children under the age of 6 do not have to give a fingerprint.
• You will receive information from your Citizens' Registration Office as to when you can collect your passport.
• You can arrange a collection date online, by e-mail or by telephone at many citizens' offices. Alternatively, in many cases you can have the ID document sent to your home address by post and handed over in person at the front door.
• You can authorize another person of legal age in writing to collect the document.

Passport authority of the municipal or city administration

• If you need a passport, you must apply for a new one if at least one of the following data changes:
  • First name
  • maiden name
  • Family name
  • Date of birth details
  • Details of place of birth
  • Gender
• You have German citizenship.
• There must be no reasons for refusing a passport. This includes, for example, the assumption that you will be prevented from entering Germany by leaving the country.
  • criminal prosecution,
  • enforcement of a sentence or
  • to evade a statutory maintenance obligation.

• Biometric digital passport photo: taken on site at the authority or by a registered domestic photo service provider (photographer)
• previous passport
• Official proof of the change, if applicable

A reduction or exemption from fees is possible under certain conditions.

Fees (without surcharges) are doubled if:

• the passport must be issued outside official office hours or
• the application is not submitted to the local passport authority (municipality of the main residence).

• § Section 1 Passport Act (PassG)

24.06.2025