Apply for an identity card
Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-PfalzAs a person with German citizenship, you can have an identity card issued.
If you are 16 years or older and do not have a valid passport, you must apply for an ID card.
You can submit the application to the identity card authority in the town or municipality where you have your main residence. This is usually the town hall or citizens' office.
If there is an important reason, you can also apply for an ID card at an authority in any other town or municipality. This may incur additional costs.
All ID cards issued from July 2017 onwards automatically have an activated online ID function. This allows you to identify yourself to authorities and companies online. You can use the online ID card after your 16th birthday. When you apply for an ID card, you will receive a one-time PIN so that you can set a six-digit PIN of your choice. You can then use the online ID card.
When you apply for your ID card, the prints of your two index fingers are stored on a chip in the card. Children under the age of 6 are excluded from this regulation.
Your ID card becomes invalid before the period of validity expires 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
Exception: If only your address or height changes, this does not invalidate your ID card.
You can enter all countries of the European Union (EU) as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland with your valid ID card. A passport is not mandatory.
Identity card authority at place of residence
- You or the child for whom the application is to be made have German citizenship
- for children under the age of 16:
- You have parental authority.
- Your child is present when the application is submitted.
If you are applying for an ID card outside the city or municipality in which you have your main residence:
- You provide an important reason why you are not applying for the ID card at the ID card authority in the town or city where you have your main residence.
- Proof of identity, for example
- old identity card
- valid passport or children's passport
- Biometric digital passport photo: taken on site at the authority or by a registered domestic photo service provider (photographer)
- Birth certificate, if applicable
- If applicable, document with current name, for example
- Birth certificate, marriage certificate, marriage certificate
- family register
- Declaration on the use of name
- For applications for children under the age of 16:
- Declaration of consent from the legal guardian if a parent with custody is not present
- If there is only one legal guardian, additional proof of custody
- Original or copy of the proof of identity of the legal guardian who is not present
A fee reduction or exemption is possible under certain conditions.
Fee: 46,00 EURPayment in advance: yeshttps://www.personalausweisportal.de/Webs/PA/DE/buergerinnen-und-buerger/der-personalausweis/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit-node.htmlFor applicants under the age of 24. Fee reductions or exemptions are possible for people in need. This is at the discretion of the identity card authority.
Fee: 27,60 EURPayment in advance: yeshttps://www.personalausweisportal.de/Webs/PA/DE/buergerinnen-und-buerger/der-personalausweis/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit-node.htmlKassenzeichenFor the temporary identity card. Fee reductions or exemptions are possible for people in need. This is at the discretion of the identity card authority.
Fee: 6,00 EURPayment in advance: yeshttps://www.personalausweisportal.de/Webs/PA/DE/buergerinnen-und-buerger/der-personalausweis/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit-node.htmlKassenzeichenAdditional fee for applications submitted outside office hours or not at the main place of residence. Fee reductions or exemptions are possible for people in need. This is at the discretion of the ID card authority.
Fee: 10,00 EURPayment in advance: yeshttps://www.personalausweisportal.de/Webs/PA/DE/buergerinnen-und-buerger/der-personalausweis/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit-node.htmlKassenzeichenFor applicants aged 24 and over. Fee reductions or exemptions are possible for people in need. This is at the discretion of the identity card authority.
Fee: 15,00 EURPayment in advance: yeshttps://www.personalausweisportal.de/Webs/PA/DE/buergerinnen-und-buerger/der-personalausweis/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit/gebuehren-und-gueltigkeit-node.htmlKassenzeichen
You must apply for a new ID card immediately if
- the validity of your old ID card has expired,
- you are over 16 years old and
- you do not have a valid passport document.
Period of Validity: 6 Years
Period of Validity: 10 Years
It usually takes at least 2 weeks from the date of application before you can collect your ID card from the Citizens' Registration Office.
If your ID card is stolen or lost, you must report this to the police or an ID card authority. In these cases, the authorities will report the online ID card to the blocking hotline and arrange for it to be blocked.
The EU logo introduced on the front of the ID card from August 2, 2021 does not invalidate ID cards without this logo.
13.02.2026
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) - Fachbereich 2 - Bürgerbüro
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Building access
Contact
Telephone
Fax
Website
Opening hours
Montag bis Dienstag 07:30 - 18:00 Uhr
Mittwoch 07:30 - 12:00 Uhr
Donnerstag 07:30 - 18:00 Uhr
Freitag 07:30 - 12:00 Uhr
Contact person
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) (Verbandsgemeinde):
- 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 parking permit for severely disabled people
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a registration certificate
- Apply for an identity card
- Dog ownership deregistration
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- Register dog ownership
- Register residence
- Report lost property and make a request
- Residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Residence deregistration
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) (Verbandsgemeinde):
- 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 parking permit for severely disabled people
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a registration certificate
- Apply for an identity card
- Dog ownership deregistration
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- Register dog ownership
- Register residence
- Report lost property and make a request
- Residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Residence deregistration
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) (Verbandsgemeinde):
- 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 parking permit for severely disabled people
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a registration certificate
- Apply for an identity card
- Dog ownership deregistration
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- Register dog ownership
- Register residence
- Report lost property and make a request
- Residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Residence deregistration
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) (Verbandsgemeinde):
- 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 parking permit for severely disabled people
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a registration certificate
- Apply for an identity card
- Dog ownership deregistration
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- Register dog ownership
- Register residence
- Report lost property and make a request
- Residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Residence deregistration
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) (Verbandsgemeinde):
- 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 parking permit for severely disabled people
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a registration certificate
- Apply for an identity card
- Dog ownership deregistration
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- Register dog ownership
- Register residence
- Report lost property and make a request
- Residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Residence deregistration
Visitor address
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
- Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) (Verbandsgemeinde):
- 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 parking permit for severely disabled people
- Apply for a passport
- Apply for a registration certificate
- Apply for an identity card
- Dog ownership deregistration
- Fishing licence issuance
- Have a new address entered on your ID card
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance company Issue
- Register dog ownership
- Register residence
- Report lost property and make a request
- Residence - registration of the sole or main residence
- Residence deregistration