Apply for a change of residence in your passport

The place of residence is noted 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 amended.

Only the place of residence is entered in your passport, not the exact address. The place of residence in your passport only needs to be changed if your place of residence in Germany changes.

You can have the place of residence entry in your passport changed in person or by a person authorized in writing at the authority responsible for you at your new place of residence.

If you move abroad and have a new place of residence there, you can have your place of residence entered abroad. If your place of residence abroad has not yet been determined, you can have your current place of residence entered.

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

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

• Opposition
• Action for annulment
• Compulsory action

If your place of residence in Germany changes:

• Contact the registration office responsible for you.
• You can authorize another person in writing to change your place of residence in your passport at your local registration office.
• You can have your passport amended at the same time as you re-register in Germany. To do this, present your valid passport when you re-register.
• The registration office will affix an official residence sticker with your new place of residence to a free space in data field 11 or on the page for official endorsements in your passport.

If your place of residence changes abroad:

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

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

There are no costs.

There are no indications or special features.