Reisepass wegen Namensänderung bei Heirat/Scheidung oder Begründung/Aufhebung einer Lebenspartnerschaft beantragen

If your surname has changed (e.g. due to marriage or divorce), you must apply for a new travel document immediately.

If your surname has changed (e.g. due to marriage or divorce), your previous passport with the previous name has an incorrect entry and has therefore become invalid. If you still need a passport, you must apply for a new document immediately.

Please note! You are obliged to present the invalid passport to the passport authority immediately, as a rule it will then be confiscated.

Fiancés can apply for a new passport or identity card after registering the marriage with a certificate from the registry office so that it is ready on the day of the marriage. After the marriage, the passport can be collected on presentation of the marriage certificate.

The passport is issued by the passport office of the municipal or city administration where you live. For important reasons, you can also apply for the document in another municipality. This passport authority will then first be authorized by the authority actually responsible for you to issue the passport. If this authorization is granted, the passport can be issued, but this will double the fees.

You can also apply for passports and temporary passports at German diplomatic missions abroad. The additional costs in this case are EUR 21.00 for a passport and EUR 13.00 for a temporary passport.

• old passport or other proof that you are a German citizen
• in case of marriage: marriage certificate
• in case of divorce: certified copy of the divorce decree
• a current photo in the prescribed size and quality

Note: It is recommended that you bring a civil status certificate (e.g. marriage or birth certificate) with you when applying. In this way, any problems that may arise, particularly with regard to the spelling and order in which first names and surnames are entered in the passport, can be clarified immediately. This may also be the case, for example, if there have been changes to your details since the last issue or when applying for the first time after moving to the city or municipality. If in doubt, you should check the website of the city or municipality or call them to find out which documents you need to bring with you before applying.

You must not have any reasons for refusal, such as

• Failure to fulfill a statutory maintenance obligation
• Endangering the internal or external security of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Assumption that you wish to avoid prosecution, execution of a sentence or a statutory maintenance obligation by leaving the country

A passport can also be withdrawn for the same reasons.

• Reissue of the passport with 32 / 48 pages:
  • Persons who have reached the age of 24: EUR 60.00 / 82.00
  • Persons who have not yet reached the age of 24: EUR 37.50 / 59.50
• Re-issue of the passport using the express procedure with 32 / 48 pages:
  • Persons who have reached the age of 24: EUR 92.00 / 114.00
  • Persons who have not yet reached the age of 24: EUR 69.50 / 91.50
• Issuing a temporary passport: EUR 26.00
• Amendment of a passport or temporary passport: EUR 6.00

In some cities and municipalities, a fee may not be charged if the applicant can prove that he or she is in need. For example, recipients of social welfare or unemployment benefit II can have the fee waived if they bring the relevant grant notification with them as proof.

The decision to waive the fee is made on a case-by-case basis and is the responsibility of the respective authority. Please ask your passport authority whether and under what conditions a fee waiver is possible.

• A passport is only issued on application, which you must submit in person.
• In addition to the photograph, fingerprints are also stored on the electronic chip in the passport. For this reason, fingerprints in the form of a flat impression of your left and right index finger will be taken when you apply for a passport.

Please note: If an index finger is missing, the quality of the fingerprint is insufficient or the fingertip is damaged, the flat print of either the thumb, middle finger or ring finger will be taken instead. Fingerprints will only not be taken if they cannot be taken for medical reasons of a more than temporary nature.

• You can be represented at the collection. The representative must present a power of attorney from you and identify himself/herself with his/her identity document (usually identity card or passport).
• You may keep an old passport that has become invalid, for example as a souvenir. However, the passport authority must indicate the invalidity of the passport by stamping or punching a hole in it.

about two to six weeks

Notification of and application for a new passport at the competent authority: immediately

This applies if you still need a passport (because you do not have an identity card, for example).

Express passport and temporary passport

If the regular processing time of two to six weeks is too long for your travel plans and you need your passport sooner, your passport office can also issue your passport using the express procedure, provided it has the necessary technical equipment. Passports produced using the express procedure take three to four working days to process. If the application is received by the Bundesdruckerei by 12 noon, the express passports will be delivered to the relevant authority within two working days (excluding public holidays and weekends).

A temporary passport will only be issued if the passport cannot be delivered to you in time before you intend to use it for the first time, even using the express procedure. You will receive this immediately when you apply so that you do not have to wait for it.

If your surname has changed (e.g. due to marriage or divorce), your passport is no longer valid.You are obliged to present the invalid passport to the passport authority immediately, it will then usually be confiscated and you can apply for a new one.

Passport office of the current place of residence

Passport authority of the municipal or city administration