Wohnortänderung im Reisepass beantragen

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 change your place of residence or re-register digitally, you will receive the residence sticker by post. If your local authority offers this service, you can affix it to your passport in accordance with the instructions sent to you. Alternatively, you can have your document updated at the citizens' office of your new municipality at any time.

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

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

• You have a valid passport.
• Your place of residence has changed.
• You can bring your passport with you to the authorities to re-register or you can re-register digitally and then receive a new address sticker by post, if your local authority offers this service.

There are no costs.

If your place of residence in Germany changes:

• Register with your local registration office or change your address digitally.
• 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.
• With digital re-registration, the residence sticker will be sent to your home if your local authority offers this service.

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 indications or special features.

• Opposition
• Action for annulment
• Compulsory action

• Change of passport due to change of residence
• Only the place of residence, not the address, is stated in the passport
• A change of residence in Germany must be entered in the passport
• Change should be made immediately
• No change necessary if the new address is in the same place of residence or if you move abroad
• Change of residence takes place:
  • in person or
  • by another person with written authorization
  • digitally in connection with the change of residence registration
• Passport changes can be made at the same time as the change of registration
• Change of place of residence is made by means of an official place of residence sticker in a free space in data field 11 or on the page for official endorsements
• the change of residence in the passport is free of charge
• when moving abroad: change of residence can be reported to a German mission abroad (embassy or consulate), but there is no obligation to report it
• Responsible: Registration office or German diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate)

Please contact the passport office, usually the citizens' office, in the town or municipality of your main place of residence.

Passport authority, usually the citizens' office