Apply for a disability pass

If your degree of disability is determined to be at least 50, you can apply for a severely disabled person's pass. This is issued for a limited period of up to five years or indefinitely, depending on the chance of your health improving. If you are a...

If your degree of disability is determined to be at least 50, you can apply for a severely disabled person's pass.

This is issued for a limited period of up to five years or indefinitely, depending on the chance of your health improving.

If you are a severely disabled person whose residence permit is limited, the card can only be issued for as long as the residence permit is valid.

The severely handicapped ID allows you to prove that you are severely handicapped and indicates any particular health restrictions. This allows you to claim special rights and corresponding compensation for disadvantages.

In the event of expiration, loss or changes to other important data, you must apply for a new issue of the severely disabled pass.

severely disabled application

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Important notes

Prerequisites

You have a notification of a disability of at least grade 50.

Documents required

Determination notice of disability of at least degree 50 or corresponding reference
Photo the size of a passport photo (from the age of 10)
Valid residence permit in Germany (for non-German citizens)

Please note

No

Deadlines

A determination is made from the date of receipt of the initial application. Exception: Retrospective determination (before the application date) upon submission of a corresponding proof of income tax by means of a tax assessment or proof of salary.

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

You can only apply for a severely disabled person's pass if you have previously been diagnosed with a degree of disability of at least 50.

If you apply to the competent authority to have your disability determined, you will automatically be issued with a disabled person's pass if the degree of disability is determined to be at least 50, provided that they already have a passport photo of you.

If that shouldn't be the case,

However, you already have a notice of assessment or a corresponding administrative or court decision with a degree of disability of at least 50
or in the event of loss, damage or expiry of your existing severely disabled pass,

you can apply to the competent authority for a (new) issue of the severely disabled pass.

You must send a photo/passport photo of yourself to the responsible office for the issue. The competent authority checks the requirements for issuing the severely disabled person's pass.

If the requirements are met, they will issue a (new) severely disabled ID card and send you the ID card.

Processing time

The processing time depends, among other things, on how quickly the treating doctors and hospitals respond. The average processing time is 4 months.

Fees

no

Legal notes

Legal basis

Section 2 (2) of the Ninth Book of the Social Code (SGB IX)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__2.html

Section 152 of the Ninth Book of the Social Code (SGB IX)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__152.html