Antrag auf Schwerbehindertenausweis verlängern

If you have a severely disabled person's ID card and its validity is about to expire or has already expired, you must apply to extend the validity period of your severely disabled person's ID card.

To extend the validity of a temporary severely disabled person's ID card, an application must be made to extend the card.

A photograph must be sent to extend the validity. An extension on the old ID card is no longer possible!

The previous severely disabled pass must be returned to the AVIB when the new pass is issued.

• Passport photo

  The passport photo can also be scanned and sent by email.

• in case of representation with written power of attorney

  Additionally: identity card or passport of the authorized person

If no significant change in health circumstances is to be expected, the permit can be issued or extended for an indefinite period.

Informal application to the responsible office.

The severely disabled person's ID card can be issued directly on site on presentation of a passport photo. This also applies to the branch office in Bremerhaven. Processing by post takes approx. 1.5 weeks.

• As a rule, they are issued for an unlimited period of time, with time limits due to follow-up examinations (for certain illnesses: e.g. cancer, diabetes mellitus, mental illness, etc.).
• Exemption from the photo requirement for adults or validity without a photo can be granted on application. The attending physician must confirm that it is no longer medically possible to take photographs.
• If you move within the federal state of Bremen, an informal notification of address (by e-mail, post, fax or telephone) is sufficient.
• The severely disabled person's ID card is now only issued in credit card format.

For children under the age of 10:

• the period of validity of the ID card is limited to the end of the calendar month in which the child turns 10 (= 10th birthday). A photograph is not required up to the age of 10. The card is also valid without a photo.
• Subsequent renewals are then issued until the age of 20 (=20th birthday) at the latest.