Customer Center Finkenwerder
Apply for a child passport
Your child needs a travel document when traveling abroad. There are a number of ways that children can do this. This can be a children's passport, an identity card or, depending on the destination country, a regular passport. You can...
Your child needs a travel document when traveling abroad. There are a number of ways that children can do this.
This can be a children's passport, an identity card or, depending on the destination country, a regular passport.
You can apply for a new children's passport if the validity of an old children's passport has expired, your child's children's passport has been stolen or lost, your child's name has changed or if entries - apart from information on place of residence or height - are incorrect or miss.
Address and contact information
Address
Customer Center Finkenwerder
Butendeichsweg 2 21129 Hamburg
Room: 1.OG
Phone
Fax
Facility info
Accessible |
Wenn Sie einen Personalausweis, Reisepass oder Kinderreisepass beantragen möchten, können Sie zur Erfassung der notwendigen biometrischen Daten (Foto, Unterschrift, Fingerabdrücke) ein vorhandenes Selbsterfassungsterminal (Speed Capture Terminal) nutzen. Das Mitbringen eines Fotos entfällt in diesem Fall. Die Nutzung kostet 6 Euro. Eine Sachbearbeitung ist im Anschluss aufzusuchen, Terminvereinbarung wird empfohlen. The Finkenwerder customer center is located on the first floor. In addition to the existing stairs, this can also be reached via an elevator. To get to the first floor via elevator, please contact the staff at the customer center on 040 / 42854-5333. You will then be received and escorted upstairs.
You can take the required photo beforehand on a self-capture terminal (Speed Capture Terminal).
Cost: 6 euros.
Please speak to the case processing department afterwards.
Please allow some time for the entry of your data in advance of your appointment if you would like to use the self-entry terminal.
Public transport
Busse 150/251/350/450 oder Fähren 62/64 Finkenwerder Landungsbrücke
Important notes
Prerequisites
- Child under the age of 12 with German citizenship.
- Personal visit of the child with at least one guardian/legal representative.
- In the case of permanently separated parents (longer than a year), only the parent with whom the child is registered as the sole or main residence may apply for the child passport.
- The child is registered in Hamburg with main residence
Documents required
- if available, passport, children's passport or identity card of the child
- when applying for the first time or if the old child’s passport is lost/stolen:
- birth certificate or
- Excerpt from the register of births at the registry office
- Biometric passport photo: The photo is mandatory
- be up to date and
- meet photo requirements for e-passports.
In exceptional cases, for example in the case of a permanent medical indication, deviations from this may be permissible.
Additional exceptions are permitted for infants and young children.
- In the case of joint custody of cohabiting parents
- ID of the present legal guardians
- custody order, if applicable
- Declaration of consent with a copy of the identity card of the absent guardian
- The issuance of a passport for unmarried parents of a minor child requires the application of both parents if they have joint parental responsibility and the parents live together.
- If parents (married, divorced, unmarried) who have joint parental responsibility are not just temporarily separated, only the parent with whom the unmarried minor child usually resides may apply for the passport.
- If there is only one legal guardian:
- ID of the guardian present
Please note
- The presence of a guardian/legal representative at the appointment is sufficient.
- In the case of permanently separated parents, only the parent with whom the child is registered as the sole or main residence may apply for the child passport
- If the children's passport is presented to a passport authority at another location in Germany or abroad, the fee (surcharge) increases.
- If the surname of your child is not known after the birth, a children's passport cannot be issued. Exceptions to this are cases in which a family name is entered in the birth register, supplemented by the additional entry "Family name not proven".
- The children's passport does not contain an electronic storage medium (chip). In some countries - e.g. B. in the USA - can only be entered without a visa if the passport contains a chip. A normal passport is required for a visa-free entry of the child in these countries.
If entry is to take place with a child's passport, a visa is also required. - Since January 1, 2021, children's passports can only be issued with a maximum validity of twelve months. Children's passports issued previously remain valid until the validity date printed on them.
Deadlines
The child's passport is valid for one year, but no longer than your child's 12th birthday.
Procedure & Fees
Procedure
- Arrange an appointment online or by telephone at a Hamburg customer center of your choice.
- You and your child appear in person at the customer center for the appointment.
- The signature must be provided by the child if it has reached the age of ten at the time of the application.
- The application will be processed immediately and the child's passport will then be handed out.
Processing time
The processing time is around 15 minutes.
Fees
- The fee is EUR 13 per child passport for the first or new issue
- The fee for issuing a child passport is doubled if:
- the issuance is made outside official office hours, or
- the issuance is applied for at a passport authority outside the child's main place of residence.
- If you apply for a children's passport for your child at a German embassy or consular representation abroad, you have to pay a surcharge.
Payment methods available
- Cash payment
Legal notes
Legal basis
- § 1 Passport Act (PassG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__1.html - § 4 Passport Act (PassG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__4.html - § 5 Passport Act (PassG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__5.html - § 6 Passport Act (PassG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__6.html - § 19 Passport Act (PassG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__19.html - § 25 Passport Act (PassG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__25.html - Section 5 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (PassV)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/__5.html - Section 15 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (PassV)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/__15.html - Appendix 2 of the Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (PassV)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/passv_2007/anlage_2.html
Downloads & Links
Forms and downloads
Related services
Links on hamburg.de
Links on the Internet
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Passports (FAQ)
- Federal Foreign Office - Consular Service (travel information)
- Federal Ministry of the Interior - Frequently asked questions about identity cards (external link)
- Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland - sample photo board (external link)
- The document number in German ID cards and passports
- The German passport - Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland
- The machine-readable zone in German ID cards and passports
- Travel and safety information (Federal Foreign Office)
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Last updated: 02.02.2023