Apply for a change of residence in your passport
Service description
Only the place of residence is entered in your passport, not the exact address. The place of residence in your passport only needs to be changed if your place of residence in Germany changes.
You can have the place of residence entry in your passport changed in person or by a person authorized in writing at the authority responsible for you at your new place of residence.
If you move abroad and have a new place of residence there, you can register your place of residence abroad. If your place of residence abroad has not yet been determined, you can register your current place of residence.
Process flow
If your place of residence in Germany changes:
- Contact the registration office responsible for you.
- You can authorize another person in writing to change your place of residence in your passport at your local registration office.
- You can have your passport adjusted at the same time as you re-register in Germany. Please present your valid passport when re-registering.
- The registration office will affix an official residence sticker with your new place of residence on a free space in data field 11 or on the page for official endorsements in your passport.
If your place of residence changes abroad:
- You can register with the German diplomatic mission responsible for your new place of residence abroad, for example at an embassy or consulate.
- There is no obligation to register with a German diplomatic mission abroad.
Requirements
- You have a valid passport.
- Your place of residence has changed.
- You bring your passport with you to the authority for re-registration.
What documents are needed?
- valid passport
- current official confirmation of registration,
for proof to be provided abroad, please contact the relevant German diplomatic mission abroad. - by proxy:
- Power of attorney
What are the fees?
What deadlines do I have to observe?
After moving to a new place of residence in Germany, you must have your place of residence entry in your passport changed immediately.
Legal basis
- § 15 Passport Act (PassG)
- § Section 19 (3) and (4) Passport Act (PassG)
- § Section 23a of the Federal Registration Act (Bundesmeldegesetz - BMG)
- § Section 1 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)
- § Section 15 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)
- Annex 1b Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)
- Annex 1c Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)
- Annex 11 Table 4 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)
- General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Administration Regulation - PassVwV)
Appeal
- Contradiction
- Action for annulment
- Compulsory action
What else should I know?
There are no indications or special features.
Further information
Short text
- Passport change due to change of residence
- only the place of residence, not the address, is stated in the passport
- A change of residence in Germany must be entered in the passport
- Changes should be made immediately
- No change necessary if new address is in the same place of residence or if you are moving abroad
- Change of residence takes place:
- personally or
- by another person with written power of attorney
- Passport adjustments can be made at the same time as the change of registration
- Change of place of residence is made by means of an official place of residence sticker in a free space in data field 11 or on the page for official notes
- the change of residence in the passport is free of charge
- When moving abroad: change of residence can be reported to a German diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate), but there is no obligation to register
- Responsible: Registration office or German diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate)
Typing
3bLibrary entry status
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