Identity Papers
# Identity documents
How can I get a new national identity card? How and where can I use the
online identification function? Where can I apply for amendments? This section
provides information and contact details for government services related to identity
documents such as national identity cards and passports.
To Services
You may apply for a new social security card if you have lost your card, damaged it, or if it is no longer readable.If you have a severely disabled person's ID card and its validity is about to expire or has already expired, you must apply to extend the validity period of your severely disabled person's ID card.If you have been assessed as having a degree of disability of at least 50, you can apply for a severely disabled person's pass.If you want to travel outside Germany with your children, your child will need an identity card or passport, depending on the destination country. You can no longer apply for a child passport.If you perform official duties for the Federal Republic of Germany abroad, you may be issued an official passport by the Federal Foreign Office under certain conditions. Depending on the activity, you may receive a diplomatic passport or a service passport.You can declare in writing to the identity card authority at any time (during the validity of the identity card) that you wish to use the electronic proof of identity function, which has not yet been activated, from now on. The identity card authority will then subsequently activate the electronic proof of identity function.If your address changes, you must have the new address entered on your ID card.
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Contact point for online dispute resolution. Your national contact point for disputes with a company in another country of the EU.