Apply for a change of address in your passport

If your place of residence has changed, for example after you have moved house, you must have the new place of residence entered on your passport.
If you change your place of residence in person at your new place of residence, an address sticker with your new place of residence will be placed on your passport.
If you want to change your place of residence online, the address label will be sent to you by post. You then have to stick the address sticker on your passport over the old place of residence.
Even if you move abroad and no longer have an address in Germany, your passport must be changed. Your place of residence abroad will then appear on the address label.

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Important notes

Prerequisites

You have a valid passport
You have already registered with your new address at your responsible location for residents' affairs.
You have an official confirmation of registration

Documents required

Valid passport
Current official confirmation of registration

Please note

You only need to have the address on the passport changed if your place of residence has changed.

Deadlines

You must have your new place of residence changed in your passport immediately after your change of address or change it yourself online

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

If you apply for a change of address in person:

You report in person to the office responsible for you for resident affairs.
You present your valid passport and your official confirmation of registration.
Hamburg Service will then stick an official address sticker with your new place of residence over the old place of residence in your passport.
You may authorize another person in writing to make your change of address on your passport at your Residents Office.

When applying for a change of address online:

You call up the online service.
You log in to the online service with your user account.
You enter all the required data online.
Hamburg Service will then send you an address label with your new place of residence by post.
You stick the address label with your new place of residence over the old place of residence in your passport.

Processing time

There is no statutory processing time.

Fees

There are no costs.

Legal notes

Legal remedies

contradiction

legal challenge

obligation action

Legal basis

§ 15 No. 1 Passport Act (Passport Act - PassG)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__15.html

§ 19 paragraph 1 sentence 1 Passport Act (Passport Act – PassG)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__19.html

§ 19 paragraph 2 Passport Act (Passport Act – PassG)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__19.html

§ 19 paragraph 3 Passport Act (Passport Act – PassG)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__19.html

§ 23a Federal Registration Act (Federal Registration Act – BMG)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23a.html

§ 1 Paragraph 2 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/__1.html

§ 15 Paragraph 4 Number 3 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/__15.html

Annex 1b Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/anlage_1b.html

Appendix 1c Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Ordinance - PassV)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/anlage_1c.html

Downloads & Links

Links on the Internet

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