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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.

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You can use this service at any Hamburg customer center, regardless of where you live in Hamburg.
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Address and contact information

Address

Walddörfer customer center
Wandsbek district office
Residential department
Im Alten Dorfe 41 22359 Hamburg

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Facility info

Volksdorf Book Hall (in the Passage Our Quarter / Eulenkrugpassage)

If you would like to apply for an identity card, passport or children's passport, you can use an existing self- registration terminal (Speed Capture Terminal) to capture the necessary biometric data (digital photo , signature , fingerprints).
If so, please allow a few minutes more time to collect your data before your appointment.
Note: You will not receive a printout of the digital photo.
There is no need to bring a passport photo when using the self-registration terminal.
It costs 6 euros to use.
Please speak to the case processing department afterwards.

The existing self-registration terminal (Speed Capture Terminal) can not be used for fishing lines and driving license applications. Please bring a passport photo (biometric) with you for these services.

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

All required documents must always be submitted in the original or as a certified copy.
  • 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 addition, you must provide the following:
  • 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

  • Girocard

Legal notes

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Last updated: 02.02.2023

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