Apply for change of residence in passport

Your place of residence is recorded in your passport. If your place of residence in Germany changes, you must have the new place of residence entered in your passport. If your new address is in the same place of residence, you do not need to have your passport adjusted.

If your place of residence changes within the country:

• Please contact the registration authority responsible for you.
• You can authorize another person in writing to have your change of residence recorded in your passport by your responsible domestic registration authority.
• You can have your passport adjusted at the same time as you re-register in the country. To do this, present your valid passport when you re-register.
• The registration authority will stick an official place of residence sticker with your new place of residence on a free space in data field 11 or on the page for official notes in your passport.

If your place of residence abroad changes:

• You can contact the German diplomatic mission responsible for your new place of residence abroad, for example an embassy or consulate.
• There is no obligation to register with a German diplomatic mission abroad.

• You have a valid passport.
• Your place of residence has changed.
• You bring your passport with you to the authorities for re-registration.

• valid passport
• current official registration confirmation,
  For evidence to be provided abroad, please contact the responsible German diplomatic mission abroad.
• by representation:
  • Power of attorney

There are no costs involved.

• Section 15 Passport Ordinance (PassV)

After moving to a new place of residence within the country, you must have your place of residence entry in your passport changed immediately.

• Section 15 Number 1 Passport Act (Passport Law – PassG)
• Section 19 paragraph 3 of the Passport Act (Passport Law – PassG)
• § 23a Federal Registration Act (Federal Registration Act – BMG)
• § 1 Paragraph 2 Ordinance on the Implementation of the Passport Act (Pass Ordinance - PassV)
• Section 15 Passport Ordinance (PassV)
• Annex 1b Regulation on the implementation of the Passport Act (Pass Regulation - PassV)
• Annex 1c Regulation on the implementation of the Passport Act (Pass Regulation - PassV)
• Annex 11 Table 4 Regulation on the implementation of the Passport Act (Pass Regulation - PassV)
• Section 21 paragraph 2 number 21.2.8 General administrative regulation for the implementation of the Passport Act (Passport Administration Regulation – PassVwV)

• contradiction
• Action for annulment
• Action for an order

There are no clues or special features.

• Information about the German passport on the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs (BMI)
• Frequently asked questions and answers about passports on the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs (BMI)

• Passport change due to change of residence
• The passport only contains the place of residence, not the address
• a change of residence within the country must be entered in the passport
• Change should be made immediately
• no change necessary if new address is in the same place of residence or you move abroad
• Change of residence occurs:
  • personally or
  • by another person with written authorization
• Passport adjustment can be made at the same time as re-registration
• Change of residence is made by official residence sticker in free space in data field 11 or on the page for official notes
• The change of residence in the passport is free of charge
• When moving abroad: Change of residence can be reported to a German diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate), but there is no obligation to report
• Responsible: Registration authority or German diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate)