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If a carer has been appointed for you, you can be exempted from the obligation to have an identity card. Your guardian can arrange for you to be exempted from the ID card requirement. To do this, contact the relevant identity card authority.

If a caregiver has been appointed for you on a permanent basis, you can be exempted from the obligation to have an identity card.
You can revoke an existing exemption from the ID card requirement at any time. All you need to do is apply for an identity card or passport.

• written application
• if available: Your old identity card or your old passport
• Proof of the publicly appointed power of representation or the arrangement of care, for example by a power of attorney or a caregiver's identity card
• Identity card of the person providing care

• You must have German citizenship.
• You must be at least 16 years old.
• A guardian has been appointed for you on a permanent basis.
• You must be registered as having your main residence in your municipality/city.

There are no costs.

You must apply in writing for exemption from the ID card requirement.

• You submit an informal application or fill out an application form from the ID card authority for exemption from the ID card requirement together with your carer
• You and the person looking after you sign the application.
• You enclose the necessary documents (see "What documents are required?").
• You send the application and the documents to the relevant ID card authority in your municipality/city or
• You go to the relevant authority in person with the person looking after you.
• The authority will issue you with a permanent certificate stating that you are exempt from the ID card requirement

As a rule, you will receive the exemption from the ID requirement immediately.

Complaint to the superior authority, alternatively to the Ministry of the Interior of the federal state.

• Identification requirement Exemption for cared-for persons
• Supervised person must
  • be under permanent (not only temporary) care or
  • be incapable of acting or giving consent and be represented by a publicly appointed authorized person
  • have German citizenship
• Responsible: Identity card authority at the applicant's main place of residence

Forms available: Yes
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: No