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If you have been assessed as having a degree of disability of at least 50, you can apply for a severely disabled person's pass.

If you have been assessed as having a degree of disability of at least 50, you can apply for a severely disabled person's pass.

This will be issued for a limited or unlimited period of time, depending on the chances of improvement in your state of health.

If you are a severely disabled person from a non-EU country whose residence permit is temporary, the ID card can only be issued for as long as the residence permit is valid.

With the severely disabled person's ID card, you can prove your status as a severely disabled person as well as claim certain rights and - depending on the type of entry in the card - compensation for disadvantages.

Compensations for disadvantages are, for example

• special protection against dismissal under employment law
• Entitlement to additional leave
• income tax concessions,
• free transportation on public transport
• Use of disabled parking spaces
• Parking concessions
• Exemption from broadcasting fees
• Reduced admission to events

The severely disabled person's pass indicates the degree of disability and, if applicable, other health features (characteristics). These characteristics are

• aG - exceptional walking disability
• H - Helpless in the sense of the Income Tax Act
• Bl - Blind
• Gl - Deaf
• RF - Reduction of the broadcasting fee
• B - Authorization to take an accompanying person with you
• G - Significant impairment of mobility in road traffic
• TBl - Deafblind

The basic color of the severely disabled person's pass is green. If one of the signs "G", "aG", "H", "Bl" or "Gl", the badge has an orange-colored surface imprint. The card with the orange imprint allows free transportation on public transport. A valid token is also required for this.

In the event of expiry, loss or change of other important data, you must apply for a new severely disabled person's ID card.

• Assessment notice of disability of at least degree 50 or corresponding reference number
• Photo the size of a passport photo (from the age of 10)
• Valid residence permit in Germany (for foreign citizens from non-EU countries)

• You have a certificate of disability of at least a degree 50.
• If you do not have a German passport and come from a non-EU country, you need a valid residence permit.

There is no deadline.

Important: You must write your name, date of birth and the reference number of the authority issuing the ID card on the back of the photo or passport photo.

• Applying for a severely disabled person's pass
• The severely disabled person's pass is a nationwide standardized proof of status as a severely disabled person
• With a severely disabled person's pass, certain disadvantages can be claimed, e.g.
  • special protection against dismissal under labor law
  • Entitlement to additional leave
  • benefits with regard to income taxation
  • Free transportation on public transport
  • Use of disabled parking spaces
  • parking concessions
  • exemption from broadcasting fees
  • Reduced admission to events
• Proof of a degree of disability of at least 50 must be provided
• Photo or passport photo required from the age of 10
• In the event of loss, damage or expiry, a new pass must be applied for
• Application is free of charge
• Responsible: competent state authority