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Applying for a passport abroad
Service Description
If you are a German citizen and live abroad, you can apply for your passport at the German diplomatic mission (embassy or consulate) responsible for you or, in some countries, at an honorary consular official. You must always apply for a passport in person.
If you have lost your passport or it has been stolen, the diplomatic mission abroad can issue you with a travel document for your return to Germany. This travel document for return is issued for the duration of the intended trip, but for a maximum of one month. It only entitles you to return to Germany, but not to travel on to other countries. If you lose your passport, please contact the nearest diplomatic mission abroad.
Process flow
You must apply for your passport in person:
- Please contact your local diplomatic mission abroad and make an appointment
- Appear in person to submit your application, identify yourself and give your fingerprints.
- Passports are produced centrally and sent to the diplomatic mission abroad once they are ready
- When the passport is ready, it will be sent to you, if you agreed this when you made your application, or you will be notified by telephone or e-mail that your passport is ready for collection.
Requirements
- You are a German citizen or German national.
- You can prove your identity.
Which documents are required?
- Fully completed application form
- valid or previous ID (passport, identity card, child ID, child passport), if available
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current biometric photograph:
- passport size (45 x 35 mm)
- portrait format,
- frontal photo without border
- without headgear and
- without covering the eyes
- Birth certificate or marriage certificate, if applicable
- Proof of your habitual residence abroad, e.g. foreign residence permit, registration certificate from your host country, rental agreement, telephone, electricity or gas bills.
- Further documents may be required. Please check with the diplomatic mission abroad in advance.
What are the fees?
Application at the locally responsible foreign representation (embassy or consulate):
Passport (international standard):
-
Additional costs 31,00 EUR
- Persons aged 24 and over 101.00 EUR
- Persons under 24 years 68,50 EUR
Passport by express order
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Additional costs 31.00 EUR plus 32.00 EUR
- Persons aged 24 and over 133.00 EUR
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Persons under 24 years 100,50 EUR
Passport with 48 pages
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Additional costs 31,00 EUR plus 22,00 EUR
- Persons aged 24 and over EUR 123.00
- Persons under 24 years 90,50 EUR
Passport with 48 pages in express order procedure
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Additional costs 31.00 EUR plus 22.00 EUR plus 32.00 EUR
- Persons aged 24 and over 155.00 EUR
- Persons under 24 years of age 122.50 EUR
Temporary passport
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Additional costs 44,00 EUR
- Persons aged 24 and over 70.00 EUR
- Persons under 24 years 70,00 EUR
Application abroad for Germans residing abroad
at any German mission abroad: embassy or consulate
Passport (international standard):
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Additional costs double basic fee plus EUR 31.00
- Persons aged 24 and over EUR 171.00
- Persons under 24 years 106,00 EUR
Passport by express order procedure
-
Additional costs double basic fee plus EUR 31.00 plus EUR 32.00
- Persons aged 24 and over EUR 203.00
-
Persons under 24 years 138,00 EUR
Passport with 48 pages
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Additional costs double basic fee plus EUR 31.00 plus EUR 22.00
- Persons aged 24 and over EUR 193.00
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Persons under the age of 24 EUR 128.00
Passport with 48 pages in express order procedure
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Additional costs double basic fee plus EUR 31.00 plus EUR 22.00 plus EUR 32.00
- Persons aged 24 and over EUR 225.00
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Persons under 24 years 160,00 EUR
Temporary passport
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Additional costs double basic fee plus EUR 44.00
- Persons aged 24 and over 96.00 EUR
- Persons under 24 years 96,00 EUR
For applications abroad to honorary consuls, the costs listed above apply:
- plus a fee for the services of the honorary consul of EUR 33.60 to EUR 96.50. The fee depends on the location (zone level)
- plus the reimbursement of expenses (e.g. costs for postage and business trips)
Fee: 70,00 EURPayment in advance: NoBasic fee for a passport for persons aged 24 and over (valid for 10 years)
Fee: 37,50 EURPayment in advance: NoBasic fee for a passport for persons under 24 years of age (valid for 6 years)
Processing duration
Processing Time: 4 - 6 WeeksBiometric passports are produced centrally for all passport authorities by the Federal Printing Office in Berlin and sent to the diplomatic missions abroad via the Foreign Office headquarters in Berlin. This means that there are several weeks between application and delivery. You can also apply for an express passport for urgent trips. However, this only reduces the time the Federal Printing Office needs to produce the passport. However, the time required to send the passport from the Foreign Office headquarters in Berlin to the diplomatic mission abroad remains the same. You can apply for a temporary passport if there is a particular need for urgency. If the requirements are met, this can usually be issued on the day of application.
Legal basis
Applications / forms
not applicable
What else should I know?
There are no indications or special features.
Further Information
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Passport issue abroad
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
Technically approved by
Federal Foreign Office (AA)
Professionally released on
12.02.2024
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
Competent Authority
Auslandsvertretungen des Bundes – Botschaft / Generalkonsulat / Konsulat
Other
Area of responsibility: Consular district of the competent German diplomatic mission abroad
Bank account
Recipients: Bundeskasse Halle bei der Bundesbank Leipzig
Bank: Bundesbank Leipzig
IBAN: DE21860000000086001055
Notes on the intended use:
Aid for [name], Embassy/ Consulate General [seat of mission abroad]
