Apply for a temporary passport

Duration of validity

A temporary passport is issued with a maximum validity of 1 year and cannot be extended.

Issued before the age of 18

Passports for underage children can only be applied for with a declaration of consent (including a copy of the identity card or passport for signature comparison) from the custodial parent. Furthermore, proof of custody is mandatory in the case of sole custody or unmarried parents (judgment of the family court, negative certificate or custody certificate from the youth welfare office).

If the child has not yet reached the age of 18, the presence of the child and a parent with custody is mandatory when applying.

Loss, theft

The loss or theft of a valid passport must be reported in writing or in person. If it has already been reported to the police, please bring the duplicate with you.

Application

Applications can only be made at the passport office of the main residence. A personal appearance is required for the application. When applying for persons under the age of 18, the presence of the child and a custodial parent is mandatory.

Duration of production

The temporary passport will be issued immediately.

Issue / collection

If you are in possession of an old passport that has not yet been validated, this must be presented for validation when you collect your new passport. Passports are always issued to the person making the application. Only in the case of persons under the age of 18 or persons who are incapable of acting will the passport be issued to the legal representative, legal guardian or authorized representative.

If the passport is not issued immediately upon application, it will be issued at the central registration desk on the ground floor of Löbdergraben 12.

• Proof of identity: Passport, identity card, child ID card, child passport - if available and not yet invalidated by an authority
• Name: When you apply for an identity document, we will check whether your name (first name, surname and other parts of your name as well as the order of the first names) has been entered correctly. Please bring the following original documents with you, depending on your marital status or if you have changed your name:
  • Single: Birth certificate
  • Married or widowed: Marriage certificate
  • In a registered civil partnership: civil partnership certificate
  • Divorced: Marriage certificate (if you have changed your name after divorce, please also bring this official document)
  • Civil partnership dissolved: Civil partnership certificate and court judgment with final judgment note
  • Naturalized: Naturalization certificate and declaration of name (if no declaration of name has been made, the relevant documents must be submitted in addition to the naturalization certificate, depending on your marital status, see points above)
  • If your name has been changed for other reasons, please bring the relevant document or court decision with you (e.g. certificate of a name change or decision under the Transsexuals Act).
  • Note: If you have lost your last certificate from the Jena registry office, you can simply apply for a new certificate online. Certificates and judgments in languages other than German must be submitted with a certified translation.
• Photograph:
  • Application up to and including 30.04.2025: Please bring a new (not older than 3 months!), printed, biometric photograph. The photo must be 3.5 x 4.5 cm in size.
  • Application from 01.05.2025: A digital passport photo must be taken and sent if necessary. Digital passport photos can initially only be taken by photographers and at a later date also directly at the Citizens' Service. There is currently no possibility to take digital passport photos at the Citizens' Service. In future, the digital passport photo must not be older than 3 months. Self-made photos, photos from photo booths or passport photos from photo apps will no longer be permitted from 01.05.2025. Unfortunately, at the moment you can only search independently for photo service providers for digital passport photos on the private website alfo Passbild - Fotograf für Passbilder in der Nähe(link is external) .
• Declaration of consent and proof of custody when applying for persons under 18 years of age

• Passport Act