Apply for a temporary passport
Service description
You will have to wait at least 2 weeks for a regular passport. An express passport takes around 3 to 4 working days. If this is not quick enough for your travel plans, you can apply for a temporary passport. You must justify this to the Citizens' Registration Office.
You will receive your temporary passport immediately when you apply, so you don't have to wait for it.
The temporary passport does not contain an electronic storage medium (chip). Therefore, your fingerprints are not recorded.
In some countries, such as the USA, visa-free entry is only possible with a passport containing a chip. If you wish to enter with a temporary passport, you will therefore also need a visa in these cases.
You can find out about the current entry requirements for your destination country and the necessary identification documents from the Federal Foreign Office.
Process flow
- You apply for the temporary passport in person.
- The application is completed on site at the citizens' office. All you have to do is sign it.
- You will receive your temporary passport immediately.
What documents are needed?
- Biometric digital passport photo: taken on site at the authority or by a registered domestic photo service provider (photographer)
- Previous passport or identity card
- civil status certificate, if applicable, such as birth or marriage certificate
- Proof that the temporary passport is necessary, for example:
- Flight tickets
- other travel documents
What are the fees?
Fee: 26,00 €Prepayment: Yeshttps://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/reisepass/reisepass-faq.htmlThe fee is independent of your age.Fee: 52,00 €Prepayment: Yeshttps://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/reisepass/reisepass-faq.htmlFor applications in a municipality other than your home municipality.Fee: 96,00 €Prepayment: Yeshttps://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/reisepass/reisepass-faq.htmlApplication abroad, for example if your passport was stolen while you were on vacation.Special instructions for - Verbandsgemeinde GöllheimAn EC card payment is also possible. (no credit card!)
What deadlines do I have to observe?
The period of validity of the temporary passport is adapted to the purpose of travel and is a maximum of one year. An extension is not possible.
Period of validity: 1 year
Processing time
Processing takes place immediately.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
- You cannot change your name in your temporary passport at a later date.
- If you lose your temporary passport, you must report this immediately.