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.
Special information for Association-free Community Mayen
The applicant must be present in person when applying!
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.
Your responsible office:
Stadt Mayen - Einwohnermeldeamt-, Pass-und Ausweiswesen
Address
Rosengasse 2
56727 Mayen
56727 Mayen
Building access
wheelchair accessible
Contact
Telephone
02651 88-3303
Telephone
02651 88-3304
Telephone
02651 88-3305
Telephone
02651 88-3310
Telephone
02651 88-4013
Fax
02651 88-53303
Website
Opening hours
Monday to Wednesday 08:30 - 12:00
Thursday 08:30 - 12:30
Thursday 14:00 - 18:00
Friday 08:30 - 12:00
Monday - Thursday by appointment only.
Exceptions to this are the collection of a document or urgent emergencies such as a lost identity card or driver's license.
Please note that there may be waiting times without an appointment.
The residents' registration office is open on Fridays without prior appointment.
Please also use our online appointment system and our online services:
Contact person
Visitor address
Rosengasse 2
56727 Mayen
56727 Mayen
Telephone
02651 88-3303
Fax
02651 88-53303
Website
room
107
Responsible for:
- Mayen:
- Apply for a certificate of good conduct
- 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 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 replacement if you lose your passport abroad
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an emergency travel document for foreigners
- 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 information from the central trade register
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Change of residence
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended certificate of good conduct
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- 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
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issuance for Germans living abroad
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- 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 certificate of good conduct
- Simple information from the population register
- Submit a lost and found report
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Address
Rosengasse 2
56727 Mayen
Remark:
Building: New Town Hall
56727 Mayen
Remark:
Building: New Town Hall
Telephone
02651 88-3310
Fax
02651 88-53303
Website
room
110
Responsible for:
- Mayen:
- Apply for a certificate of good conduct
- 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 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 replacement if you lose your passport abroad
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an emergency travel document for foreigners
- 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 information from the central trade register
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Change of residence
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended certificate of good conduct
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- 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
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issuance for Germans living abroad
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- 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 certificate of good conduct
- Simple information from the population register
- Submit a lost and found report
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Visitor address
Rosengasse 2
56727 Mayen
56727 Mayen
Telephone
02651 88-3305
Fax
02651 88-53303
Website
room
109
Responsible for:
- Mayen:
- Apply for a certificate of good conduct
- 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 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 replacement if you lose your passport abroad
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an emergency travel document for foreigners
- 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 information from the central trade register
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Change of residence
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended certificate of good conduct
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- 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
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issuance for Germans living abroad
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- 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 certificate of good conduct
- Simple information from the population register
- Submit a lost and found report
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Visitor address
Rosengasse 2
56727 Mayen
56727 Mayen
Telephone
02651 88-3304
Fax
02651 88-53303
Website
room
107
Responsible for:
- Mayen:
- Apply for a certificate of good conduct
- 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 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 replacement if you lose your passport abroad
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an emergency travel document for foreigners
- 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 information from the central trade register
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Change of residence
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended certificate of good conduct
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- 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
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issuance for Germans living abroad
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- 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 certificate of good conduct
- Simple information from the population register
- Submit a lost and found report
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Visitor address
Rosengasse 2
56727 Mayen
56727 Mayen
Telephone
02651 88-3310
Telephone
02651 88-53303
Telephone
02651 88-1074
Website
room
110/286
Responsible for:
- Mayen:
- Apply for a certificate of good conduct
- 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 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 replacement if you lose your passport abroad
- Apply for a passport with 48 pages
- Apply for a second passport
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an emergency travel document for foreigners
- 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 information from the central trade register
- Blocking of information and transmission in the population register, entry, blocking of transmission of information to parties, etc.
- Carry out declarations for the identity card
- Change of residence
- Deregistering the secondary residence
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Electronic proof of identity Blocking
- Electronic proof of identity Change PIN
- Exempt from identification requirements
- Extended certificate of good conduct
- Extended information from the civil register
- Extended registration certificate issuance
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have your address changed on your ID card
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- 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
- Official registration confirmation Issue
- Passport change
- Passport issuance for Germans living abroad
- Passport issue
- Passport issue for adults for the first time
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport issue provisional
- Passport notification
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report due to find
- 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 certificate of good conduct
- Simple information from the population register
- Submit a lost and found report
- Unblocking electronic proof of identity
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage