Apply for an express passport

You can only apply for a passport using the express order procedure in person at the Citizens' Registration Office. The application will be completed by the office staff. All you have to do is sign it. When you apply, your fingerprints will be taken solely for the purpose of storing them in the passport chip (usually a flat print of the left and right index finger).

The passport is produced by Bundesdruckerei GmbH and sent to the authorities. You can then collect the passport from the authority.

• You have German citizenship.
• There must be no grounds for refusing a passport, such as the assumption that you wish to avoid prosecution, execution of a sentence or a statutory maintenance obligation by leaving the country.

• current biometric passport photo
• fulfilled requirements for photos for electronic passports
• if available and not yet validated: old passport, temporary passport, identity card, temporary identity card, children's passport
• if applicable:
  • Civil status certificate such as birth certificate,
  • marriage certificate or
  • civil partnership certificate

The basic fees for the passport are doubled if

• the passport has to be issued outside official office hours or
• you do not apply for the passport to be issued at your main place of residence.

• § Section 6 (1) of the Passport Act (PaßG)
• § 1 Passport Ordinance (PassV)
• § Section 15 Passport Ordinance (PassV)

03.06.2021