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Child passport renewal
Service Description
You can have your child's passport extended and changed before it expires. In addition to the photograph, information on height and, if necessary, eye color will be corrected.
Process flow
As the parent or guardian, you apply for the extension of the child's passport in person at the responsible office. Your child must be present for this.
Competent authority
Passport authority of the municipality or city administration
Requirements
The legal guardians (usually you as the parents) are entitled to apply for the program
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or passport of the legal guardians (usually the parents)
- current photo in the prescribed size and condition
- birth certificate of the child
- if necessary, declaration of consent of the other custodian or declaration of custody or negative certificate from the responsible youth welfare office.
In case of doubt, the passport authorities may require additional documents. Please contact your city or municipal administration by telephone or on the Internet to find out more.
What are the fees?
- Extension or change of a child passport: EUR 6,00
Note: If there is indigence, a fee waiver is possible under certain conditions, please ask your competent passport authority.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
none
Legal basis
What else should I know?
Validity:
- 1 year, maximum until the age of 12.
- Multiple extensions by 1 year each time, up to a maximum of the age of 12.
For children under the age of 12, a biometric passport valid for six years can also be applied for. For children under the age of six, no fingerprint will be recorded in the electronic storage medium.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Professionally released on
07.07.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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