Apply for a temporary passport

Prerequisites

• German citizenship according to Article 116 of the Basic Law
• It is no longer possible to issue an Express Pass in time.
• Registered in Hamburg with an apartment.
  If you are registered in Hamburg with a secondary residence, the approval of the passport authority at the place of your main residence is required for the issuance of the passport. This will be obtained from Hamburg Service.

Documents required

• Current passport photo, which must meet the photo requirements for electronic ID cards.
  The requirements for the passport photo can be found in the photo sample table (see link “Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland - Photo sample table”, at the bottom of this page under “Forms, Service & Links”).
  
  A photo booth (speed capture terminal) is available. The fee for a photo on site is EUR 6.00. You will not receive a printout. Please note that the existing photo booth is not suitable for taking passport photos of infants and small children.
  
• Identity card or previous passport
• additionally for minors
  • Birth certificate or child ID card
  • Declaration of consent and identification document from the legal guardian
  • If there is only one legal guardian, additional proof of custody
  • In the case of parents who live permanently apart, only the parent with whom the child is registered as having their own home or main residence may apply for a temporary passport
• If necessary, for example if the spelling of the name is unclear, a civil status certificate (birth/marriage certificate) may be required

Please note

• Please contact us in advance by telephone.
  A provisional machine-readable passport will only be issued to you if there is not enough time to issue an express passport (production time max. 72 hours) and this can no longer be issued in good time before the first use.
• A visa-free entry into the USA is not possible with the provisional passport!
• An extension of the period of validity is not possible.
• It is not possible to change the name in the provisional passport afterwards.
• The loss of a provisional passport must be reported immediately.
• Only biometric passports with fingerprints are issued. All previous passports remain valid.
• Expired passports will be confiscated.

Deadlines

Period of validity: 1 year

Procedure

• You make an appointment in advance at a Hamburg service location of your choice.
• You must appear in person to apply for a passport.
• The application is filled out on site with the processor.
• All you have to do is sign.
  The personal visit is necessary because of the handwritten signature on the application form and the identity check. The identity can be proven by an official photo ID. This is usually the identity card or the previous passport.
• Your passport can be picked up by a person authorized in writing, who must identify himself.

Processing time

• The processing time is approx. 15 minutes.
  
  The provisional passport will be issued immediately.

Fees

• The basic fee is EUR 26.00.

Legal remedies

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Legal basis

• §1 Paragraph 2 No. 3 Passport Act (PassG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__1.html


• § 6 paragraph 1 Passport Act (PassG)
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pa_g_1986/__6.html


• Article 1 Number 6.1 Passport Administration Regulation (PassVwV)
  https://www.verwaltungsverbindungen-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_16122019_DGI220105713.htm