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Has your ID card been lost or expired and do you need a new one? Then you can apply for a temporary ID card at the Citizens' Office.

In order to bridge the time until the identity card is issued, the citizens' offices can issue a temporary identity card if required.

A temporary ID card can be issued for a maximum period of validity of three months and cannot be extended. The temporary ID card is issued immediately. The photo must not be older than 6 months. The application is only possible with an agreed appointment.

• Proof of identity

  e.g. old or invalid identity card, valid passport or birth certificate for young children who do not yet have a passport or identity card.

• 1 biometric passport photo (not older than 6 months)
• Important information about passport photos! From 01.05.2025, passport photos can only be processed digitally. Photos in paper form will then no longer be accepted.

  You can have a photo taken by the photographer, who will send it to us online via a cloud. Alternatively, you can use chargeable terminals in the citizens' offices. The digital photo is available to us directly (from May 2025).

• For children under 16 years of age:

  Special declaration of consent (explicitly related to the issuing of the identity card) of the person with custody, as well as their identity cards (also copies) and, if applicable, proof of custody.

• Proof of custody

  with a single guardian

• When applying for the first time or changing your name

  Extract from the family register

• German nationality

• the machine-readable temporary ID card is only issued in connection with the application for a permanent ID card.
• The provisional ID card can only be applied for in person.