Apply for an express passport

The delivery time for a passport is usually at least 2 weeks. If you need a passport at short notice, you can apply for a passport using an express procedure.

You can identify yourself with a passport when you travel to other countries. If you need a passport urgently, you can apply for it in an express procedure at a citizens' office. Your new passport will then be ready faster. You will have to pay more for this.
The normal passport has 32 pages. If you travel a lot, you can apply for a passport with 48 pages. Both variants can be applied for using the express procedure.

Citizens' office at your main place of residence or any other citizens' office

• Biometric passport photo: The photo must be
  • be up-to-date and
  • meet the requirements for photos for electronic passports.
• if available and not yet validated: old passport
• if available: valid identification document, e.g. identity card, or old passport if it is still valid.
• under certain circumstances: Civil status certificate such as birth certificate, marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate, if personal details differ from the data stored in the population register.
  

• Forms: none
• Online procedure possible: no
• Written form required: yes
• Personal appearance required: yes
  

Every German is legally entitled to a passport if there are no grounds for refusal. These reasons may include

• Failure to fulfill a legal maintenance obligation
• Endangering the internal or external security of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Assumption that you wish to avoid prosecution, execution of a sentence or a statutory maintenance obligation by leaving the country

A passport can also be withdrawn for the same reasons.

You can only apply for an express passport on site at the Citizens' Registration Office. Only you can do this in person. The application is completed by the authority staff. All you have to do is sign it. When you apply, your fingerprints will be taken for storage in the passport chip (usually a flat print of your left and right index finger).
The passport is produced by Bundesdruckerei GmbH and sent to the authorities. You can then collect the passport from the authority.

Validity:

• up to 24 years: 6 years
• from 24 years: 10 years
  

• usually within 3 working days

• if you are younger than 24 years: EUR 37.50
• if you are 24 years or older: EUR 70.00
• for an express application: additional EUR 32.00
• for a passport with 48 pages: additional EUR 22.00

The fees are doubled if

• the passport must be issued outside official office hours or
• you do not apply for the passport to be issued at your main place of residence.