Change order of first names

You must declare the change in the order of your first names in writing:

• Find out from your competent office whether you should have the declaration notarized or notarized and whether an appointment must be made.
• Then go to the office responsible for you with all the necessary documents and arrange for the order of your first names to be changed.

Note: Once this change has taken effect, you will need to have various documents (for example, ID card or passport) changed accordingly. You must apply for these changes yourself.

Registry office of the place of birth, the place of marriage, the place of the establishment of a civil partnership, the place of residence and other offices authorized to officially certify documents.

Registry office of the place of birth, the place of marriage, the place of the establishment of a civil partnership, the place of residence and other offices authorized to officially certify documents.

• You have German citizenship.
• You are entitled to asylum, a foreign refugee, a stateless person, a homeless foreigner or a quota refugee.

• valid official photo ID (identity card, passport)
• for stateless persons: travel document or entry of the aliens' registration office in the passport or passport substitute
• for homeless foreigners or persons entitled to asylum: entry of the foreigners authority in the passport or passport substitute
• for foreign refugees: Entry of the foreigners authority in the passport or passport replacement.

If you require any further documents, please contact the authority to which you are submitting the declaration in advance.

Varies depending on the federal state.

Note: If the change is successful, there will be subsequent costs, as you will have to reapply for documents such as your ID card or passport.

none

usually no

• § 45a Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)

Forms: none

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: yes

12.06.2019

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.