Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzYour identity card is invalid after a change of name. So if you have had your surname changed, for example after a divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership, you must apply for a new identity card.
There is one exception: as long as you have a valid passport document, i.e. passport or temporary passport, with the new name, you do not have to apply for a new identity card.
The EU logo on the front of the ID card, which will be introduced from 2 August 2021, will not invalidate ID cards without this logo.
The period of validity depends on your age at the time of application:
- under 24 years: Identity card is valid for 6 years.
- 24 years and over: Identity card is valid for 10 years.
A temporary identity card is valid for a maximum of 3 months.
You can apply at your Bürgeramt at your main place of residence. Applications can be made at any other Bürgeramt if an important reason is given. There is a surcharge for lack of competence, which means that the costs of issuing the card increase.
You can apply for an identity card at the Bürgeramt in your place of residence, or at your main place of residence if you have more than one place of residence. You can also apply for your identity card at any other citizens' registration office. However, you must have an important reason for doing so. If you contact the Bürgeramt you have chosen beforehand, you can find out whether and to what extent the Bürgeramt recognises your reason.
- Many Bürgerämter allow you to make an appointment online, by e-mail or by telephone. You can find out what options your Bürgeramt offers on its website, for example.
- When you apply, your Bürgeramt will inform you when you can collect your identity card.
- Your identity card is produced centrally by Bundesdruckerei GmbH in Berlin.
- You can make an appointment to collect your identity card online, by e-mail or by telephone at many Bürgeramt offices. You can find out which options are offered by your local Bürgeramt, for example, on its website.
Please contact the identity card authority in your place of residence.
The obligation to apply for an identity card applies to you if you
- have German citizenship
- have reached the age of 16 and
- are registered in Germany,
- do not have a valid passport or provisional passport with the new name.
To apply outside your main place of residence:
- You must be able to show an important reason why you are not applying for the identity card at the Bürgeramt at your main place of residence.
- old identity card or passport (with the old name) and, if available, valid passport (with the new name)
- Divorce certificate
- certificate of the name from the registry office
- biometric passport photo: The photo must be
- be up to date and
- meet the photo requirements for electronic ID cards.
- EUR 37.00 for applicants aged 24 and over
- EUR 22.80 for applicants under 24 years of age
- EUR 10.00 for the temporary identity card
- EUR 13.00 surcharge for applications submitted outside office hours or to authorities not having jurisdiction
- EUR 30.00 surcharge for issuance by consular or diplomatic representation abroad
Fee reductions or exemptions are possible for people in need. This is at the discretion of the Bürgeramt.
You must apply for the new identity card immediately after the name change.
Exception: You have a valid passport document, i.e. passport or temporary passport, with the new name.
From the time of application, it usually takes at least 2 weeks until you can collect your identity card from the Bürgeramt.
29.08.2024
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Offenbach an der Queich - Fachbereich 4 - Bürgerdienste
Fire, civil protection and disaster control, civil status, cemeteries, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, road traffic, multi-generation house, residents' registration, security and order
The registration office of the municipality works exclusively by appointment. You can book appointments on site at the main office or online.
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Contact
Telephone
06348 986-0
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
Remark:
Fire, civil protection and disaster control, civil status, cemeteries, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, road traffic, multi-generational house, residents' registration, security and order
Contact person
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Telephone
06348 986-151
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
room
13
Responsible for:
- Offenbach an der Queich:
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a passport due to change of other data
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for a temporary passport
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Applying for a passport due to a name change
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Budget certificate
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of main residence
- Change of residence
- Correction of personal data by the registration authority
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Fishing licence issuance
- Free learning materials
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Have your identity card changed
- ID card Issuing information on the ID card with online ID function
- Identity card Registration of a stage name
- Identity card information issue
- Identity card status query
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- Passport status query
- Passport theft report
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Population register information Provision of group information
- Providing information to political parties and voter groups
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Registration information Issuing self-disclosure
- Registration register information issued to landlords
- Report the theft of your own identity card
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Reporting the retrieval of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Telephone
06348 986-151
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
room
13
Responsible for:
- Offenbach an der Queich:
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a passport due to change of other data
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for a temporary passport
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Applying for a passport due to a name change
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Budget certificate
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of main residence
- Change of residence
- Correction of personal data by the registration authority
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Have your identity card changed
- ID card Issuing information on the ID card with online ID function
- Identity card Registration of a stage name
- Identity card information issue
- Identity card status query
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- Passport status query
- Passport theft report
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Population register information Provision of group information
- Providing information to political parties and voter groups
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Registration information Issuing self-disclosure
- Registration register information issued to landlords
- Report the theft of your own identity card
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Reporting the retrieval of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Address
Konrad-Lerch-Ring 6
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
76877 Offenbach an der Queich
Remark:
Building: Town hall
Telephone
06348 986-152
Fax
06348 986-141
Website
room
13
Responsible for:
- Offenbach an der Queich:
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a passport due to change of other data
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for a temporary passport
- Apply for an examination authorization certificate
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Applying for a passport due to a name change
- Applying for the renewal of a category D, DE, D1 or D1E driving license
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Budget certificate
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of main residence
- Change of residence
- Correction of personal data by the registration authority
- Deregister residence due to emigration
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Driving license for categories B and BE for accompanied driving from the age of 17
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Extension of a temporary driving license for categories C, CE, C1 or C1E
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Have your identity card changed
- ID card Issuing information on the ID card with online ID function
- Identity card Registration of a stage name
- Identity card information issue
- Identity card status query
- Information and transmission blocks in the population register Entry of information block
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- New passport issue due to change of name on marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Obligation to report in hospitals, homes and similar institutions
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- Passport status query
- Passport theft report
- Pick up identity card
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Population register information Provision of group information
- Providing information to political parties and voter groups
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Registration information Issuing self-disclosure
- Registration register information issued to landlords
- Report the theft of your own identity card
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Reporting the retrieval of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Simple information from the population register
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage