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Information on the exemption from the statutory disclosure requirement

In general, identification is compulsory in Germany. Persons in need of care who are unable to participate in public life due to illness or who are being cared for may be exempt from this rule.

For this purpose, an informal application must be submitted to the registration office.

Care services and carers can also apply for this exemption for their clients.

• Supervisor's identity card or publicly certified power of attorney if applied for by a supervisor or an authorised representative

  if no guardian has been appointed, the signature of the person concerned on the application is sufficient and a trusted person can submit the application

• previous identity card or passport of the person concerned
• Certificate of the hospital, nursing home

  or a similar institution from which it is clear that the person concerned cannot move about in public on his/her own

• if necessary, a certificate

Persons,

• who are unable to participate in legal transactions (e.g. because they are bedridden) or
• for whom a guardian has been appointed or
• who are incapable of acting or consenting and are represented by an authorized representative with a publicly certified power of attorney or
• who are likely to be permanently accommodated in a hospital, nursing home or similar facility
• who are unable to move about alone in public due to a permanent disability,

can be exempted from the identification requirement.

The reasons for exemption must be documented in writing (e.g. medical certificate).