Apply for a passport with reduced fees or free of charge

• You have additional special and specific circumstances that make a trip necessary, although there is not enough money for a passport application.
• You have German citizenship.

• Presentation of additional special and specific circumstances. The mere receipt of benefits in accordance with Book Two or Book Twelve of the German Social Code does not constitute a need that entitles the applicant to a fee reduction or fee exemption.
• Biometric digital passport photo: taken on site at the authority or by a registered domestic photo service provider
• if available and not yet validated :
  • Your previous passport
  • temporary passport
  • identity card
  • temporary identity card
  • Children's passport
• your birth certificate, if applicable
• for children or young people under the age of 18:
  • Identity documents of the custodial persons present
  • if applicable, a declaration of consent and a copy of the identity card of the custodial person not present
  • If applicable, proof of custody if there is only one person with custody
• If applicable, document with current name, for example
  • birth certificate, marriage certificate, marriage certificate
  • family register
  • Declaration on the use of the name
• Further documents may be required, for example
  • in the event of loss due to theft: police report

• § 17 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)

28.11.2025

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