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Make identity card notifications
Service Description
The data on your ID card must always be up to date, otherwise it will become invalid. In addition, as a German citizen, you are obliged to have an ID card from the age of 16.
You are therefore obliged to notify the Citizens' Registration Office of the following:
- name changes
- if you have lost your identity card
- if your identity card has been stolen
- if you have found your ID card again after reporting it lost
- Note: You can also report the loss or theft of your ID card to the police.
There are 2 exceptions:
- If your address or height changes, your ID card remains valid.
- If you do not comply with the obligation to register a new address within Germany, you are committing an offense.
Process flow
Report the change, loss, theft or subsequent recovery to a citizens' office. You can also report loss and theft to the police.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the identity card authority.
Requirements
You are in possession of a German identity card.
Which documents are required?
in the event of a change of data, e.g. change of name:
- Proof of the new name by means of a new civil status certificate (e.g. marriage certificate, register extract from the registry office about the new name)
- Biometric photograph, if applicable
What are the fees?
You will not incur any costs as a result of the notification.
If you report a change of name, fees may be incurred as the document must be reissued if you do not have a valid passport with the new name.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You must make the notification immediately.
Processing duration
Your message will be recorded immediately.
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs
Professionally released on
05.12.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Stadtverwaltung Bürgel
Address
07616 Bürgel
