Kinderreisepass Ersatz wegen Diebstahl

If your child's passport is lost or stolen abroad and you wish to travel home, you must have replacement travel documents issued. You can apply for these at the German mission abroad in the country you are traveling to.

If your child's passport is lost or stolen abroad, you must have replacement travel documents issued for the journey home.
Depending on whether you want to return directly to Germany or still enter other countries, either a travel document that is only valid for entry into Germany, a new children's passport or a passport must be issued.

Notice: Some countries require the entry stamp in your child's passport as proof of legal entry when you leave the country. In these cases, you may need to apply for an exit visa.

• Certificate of loss or theft report to the police
• biometric passport photo in passport size 45 x 35 mm
• Proof of identity and citizenship (e.g. identity card, copy of lost or stolen child's passport)

Tip: To ensure that new travel documents can be issued to you more quickly, you should carry copies of all your identification documents with you on your trip.

Submission of all required documentation.

There is a cost of EUR 26.00 for a child's passport.

Travel documents issued by the representative authorities of other EU countries are subject to different fees.

Attention. The fees are collected by foreign representations exclusively in the respective national currency.

Replacement travel documents can be issued upon request by the German mission abroad in the country of travel. Visit the German embassy, consulate general or consulate with the required documents (honorary consuls are not authorized to issue them).

Issuance
- Travel document: usually within a few hours
- Children's passport and temporary passport: several days

Hints: In order to issue you a child passport or temporary passport, the passport authority of your place of residence must issue the authorization. This may take different amounts of time depending on the individual case and the availability of the authority. If you also need an exit visa, your onward travel may be additionally delayed.

Validity

• Travel document: duration of the trip, maximum one month
• children's passport: up to one year
• temporary passport: up to one year

In order to issue you a children's passport, the passport authority of your place of residence must authorize the competent foreign representation.

If the child's passport is lost or stolen abroad, either a travel document valid only for entry into Germany or a new child's passport or passport must be issued.

The German diplomatic representation (embassy, consulate general or consulate) in the destination country. If there is no German representation abroad, contact the representative authority of another member state of the European Union (EU) in the country of travel.

The German diplomatic representation (embassy, consulate general or consulate) in the destination country. If there is no German representation abroad, contact the representative authority of another member state of the European Union (EU) in the country of travel.