Pick up your identity card

Service Description

You can collect your ID card - after receiving the PIN letter with your personal identification number (PIN) - in person or through an authorized representative. You can collect your ID card from the identity card authority where you submitted your application. You do not need the PIN letter from the Bundesdruckerei when you collect it. Please keep it at home and always separately from the new ID card. The PIN letter contains a transport PIN, an unblocking number (PUK) and a blocking password.

The letter will be sent directly to your registration address. If you do not have a registration address in Germany, the PIN letter can also be sent to the relevant ID card authority. If you have indicated that the PIN letter should be sent to the relevant ID card authority, you will receive the PIN letter on the day you collect your new ID card.

If you have not received a PIN letter, you can usually collect your ID card around 4 weeks after submitting your application. In this case, collection is only possible in person and not by proxy.

If a person is appointed to collect the ID card, they must identify themselves and present a written authorization to collect the card with the following statement: "PIN letter received from Bundesdruckerei".

To collect your child's ID card, you only need the power of attorney if the child is already 16 years or older.

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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