Passport - apply for a temporary passport

If you need a passport immediately and it is unlikely that it will be possible to issue an express passport by the time you travel, a temporary passport can be issued.The passport authorities may request the submission of suitable evidence.

The temporary passport is issued immediately by the competent passport authority.

It is valid for a maximum of one year and must be returned and cancelled when the regular passport is issued.

Related forms and processes

Prerequisite

A temporary passport can only be issued in justified individual cases. The prerequisites for this are usually

  • if it is no longer possible to issue a passport using the express procedure in good time before the start of the journey or
  • if the delivery of the requested regular passport is delayed and the travel destination and, if applicable, the transit country allows a temporary passport as a travel document or
  • ifa travel document without fingerprints is expressly requestedfor childrenafter the age of 6 and until the age of 12 and
  • there are no grounds for refusing to issue a passport, such as a justified assumption that you jeopardise the internal or external security or other significant interests of the Federal Republic of Germany or that you wish to evade criminal prosecution, the enforcement of a sentence or a statutory maintenance obligation.

Responsible department

The passport authorities in Baden-Württemberg are

  • the municipalities as local police authorities
  • the administrative communities,which perform or fulfil the tasks of the registration authority.

As a rule, the citizens' bureaux or citizens' offices there fulfil the tasks of a passport authority.

The passport authority in whose district you are registered with your home, or your main residence if you have more than one home, is responsible for you.

Important:

Your application for a passport must also be processed by a passport authority in your home country that is not locally responsible if you can provide an important reason. A passport may only be issued with the authorisation of the locally competent passport authority.

Procedure

You must apply for a temporary passport in person at the passport office of your main place of residence and submit the required documents.

The passport authority will check that you fulfil the requirements and issue you with the temporary passport immediately.

Deadlines

none

Required documents

  • old, still valid passport or identity card or children's passport or birth certificate
  • a current biometric photo in the size 45 x 35 mm, in portrait format and without a border
  • suitable proof of the planned journey, if applicable

Please note:

The biometric photographs must comply with the relevant formal requirements . The photo sample table for identity documents provides assistance in this regard.

Costs

EUR 26.00

Note: The fee is doubled if the authority is not responsible or acts outside office hours.

Processing time

immediately

Miscellaneous

You must report the loss of your temporary passport to the local authority as soon as possible.

A temporary passport does not contain an electronic storage medium (chip). No fingerprints are recorded.

Appeal

  • Opposition
  • Action for annulment
  • Compulsory action

Legal basis

Passgesetz (PassG)

  • § 1 Passpflicht
  • § 4Passmuster
  • § 5 Gültigkeitsdauer
  • § 6 Ausstellung eines Passes
  • § 7 Passversagung
  • § 8 Passentziehung

Passverordnung (PassV)

  • § 15Gebühren

Release note

machine generated, based on the German release by: Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, 17.07.2024