Apply for an identity card
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzAs a person with German citizenship, you can have an identity card issued. If you have reached the age of 16 and do not have a valid passport, you must apply for an ID card.
The period of validity of your ID card depends on your age at the time of application:
- Application under the age of 24: ID card is valid for 6 years.
- Application from the age of 24: ID card is valid for 10 years.
Your ID card loses its validity before the expiry date entered on it if
- Entries no longer apply or
- your photo is no longer clearly suitable for identification purposes. This may be the case in particular with ID cards for infants or very young children.
There is one exception: a change of address or height will not invalidate your ID card.
You also have the option of applying for a temporary ID card. This is valid for a maximum of 3 months.
You can submit the application to your identity card authority at your main place of residence, which is usually the Citizens' Registration Office.
If there is an important reason, you can also apply for an ID card at an authority outside the jurisdiction of your place of residence. This may result in additional costs.
Identity card authority of the place of residence,
any other identity card authority in Germany (additional costs may be incurred),
German representation abroad
- You have German citizenship
For applications outside your main place of residence:
- You must be able to provide an important reason why you are not applying for the ID card at the ID card authority at your main place of residence.
- Proof of identity, for example
- old identity card,
- valid passport or children's passport
- current biometric photograph
- birth certificate, if applicable
- If applicable: certificate with current name, for example
- birth certificate, marriage certificate, marriage certificate,
- family register
- Declaration on the use of the name
- for children under the age of 16: Declaration of consent by the legal guardian
- if there is only one parent or legal guardian, additional proof of custody
If the validity of your old ID card has expired and you are over 16 years old, you must apply for a new ID card immediately if you do not have a valid passport document.
Forms available: No.
Written form required: Yes.
Informal application possible: Yes.
Personal appearance required: Yes.
Online services available: No.
The EU logo on the front of the ID card introduced on August 2, 2021 will not invalidate ID cards without this logo.
29.08.2024
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The nearest responsible office to you:
Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein - 3 - Bürgerdienste
Address
Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
54568 Gerolstein
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Contact
Telephone
06591 13-0
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Contact person
Visitor address
Burgstraße 6
54576 Hillesheim
54576 Hillesheim
Telephone
06591 13-1202
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Age and marriage anniversaries
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register residence
- Report arrival at accommodation facility
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Show birth
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
54568 Gerolstein
Telephone
06591 13-1201
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Age and marriage anniversaries
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register residence
- Report arrival at accommodation facility
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Show birth
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
Rathausplatz 1
54584 Jünkerath
54584 Jünkerath
Telephone
06591 13-1158
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Applying for the issue of a registration certificate part I
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- License plates: Assigning license plates
- License plates: License plates - extend
- License plates: Reserve the license plate of your choice
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Online appointments
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
- Vehicle registration: Re-registration in another registration district with application for a new license plate
Visitor address
Rathausplatz 1
54584 Jünkerath
54584 Jünkerath
Telephone
06591 13-1134
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Applying for the issue of a registration certificate part I
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- License plates: Assigning license plates
- License plates: License plates - extend
- License plates: Reserve the license plate of your choice
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Online appointments
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
- Vehicle registration: Re-registration in another registration district with application for a new license plate
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
Visitor address
Burgstraße 6
54576 Hillesheim
54576 Hillesheim
Telephone
06591 13-1040
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Age and marriage anniversaries
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a change of address in the electronic proof of identity
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a change of residence in your passport
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Issuing information from the population register
- Landlord confirmation
- Name change
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Register marriage
- Register residence
- Report arrival at accommodation facility
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Show Death
- Show birth
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
Rathausplatz 1
54584 Jünkerath
54584 Jünkerath
Telephone
06591 13-1148
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Applying for the issue of a registration certificate part I
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- License plates: Assigning license plates
- License plates: License plates - extend
- License plates: Reserve the license plate of your choice
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Online appointments
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
- Vehicle registration: Re-registration in another registration district with application for a new license plate
Address
Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
54568 Gerolstein
Telephone
06591 13-1064
Fax
06591 13-9000
room
Bürgerbüro
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
Rathausplatz 1
54584 Jünkerath
54584 Jünkerath
Telephone
06591 13-1107
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Applying for the issue of a registration certificate part I
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- License plates: Assigning license plates
- License plates: License plates - extend
- License plates: Reserve the license plate of your choice
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Online appointments
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
- Vehicle registration: Re-registration in another registration district with application for a new license plate
Address
Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
54568 Gerolstein
Telephone
06591 13-1114
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
54568 Gerolstein
Telephone
06591 13-1022
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
Visitor address
Burgstraße 6
54576 Hillesheim
54576 Hillesheim
Telephone
06591 13-1123
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
room
0.08
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
Visitor address
Burgstraße 6
54576 Hillesheim
54576 Hillesheim
Telephone
06591 13-1127
Fax
06591 13-9000
Website
room
0.08
Responsible for:
- Gerolstein:
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an express passport
- Apply for an identity card
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Change of residence
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Issuing information from the population register
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport status query
- Register residence
- Registering a secondary residence
- Registration certificate issue
- Reporting the loss of your own identity card
- Residence deregistration
- Submit a lost and found report
Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein - 3.2 - Bürgerservice
Visitor address
Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
54568 Gerolstein
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Visitor address
Burgstraße 6
54576 Hillesheim
54576 Hillesheim
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Visitor address
Rathausplatz 1
54584 Jünkerath
54584 Jünkerath
Building access
Lift available, wheelchair accessible
Contact
Telephone
06591 13-0
Fax
06591 13-9000