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Passport issuance new due to change of other data


In addition to a change of surname, a new passport must be issued if the following data are changed:

  • Forename
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth

The issuance of a new passport is only necessary if the passport continues to be used.

The responsibility lies with the municipality, the joint municipality and the city in which the main residence is.

  • up-to-date biometric-compatible photograph, in passport format (45 x 35 mm) in portrait format, frontal shot without border, without headgear and without covering the eyes
  • previous passport
  • official proof of the change

Fee: 37,50 EUR
Payment in advance: No
Passport for applicants under 24 years of age (32 pages)

Fee: 59,50 EUR
Payment in advance: No
Passport under 24 years old (48 pages - frequent travelers)

Fee: 70,00 EUR
Payment in advance: No
Passport for applicants over 24 years of age (32 pages)

Fee: 92,00 EUR
Payment in advance: No
Passport over 24 years (48 pages - Frequent travelers)

Period of Validity: 6 Years
Applicants under 24 years of age

Period of Validity: 10 Years
Applicants aged 24 and over

Processing Time: 4 Weeks

The passport cannot be taken with you immediately after the application has been submitted, as it is produced at the Federal Printing Office in Berlin. If the passport is needed earlier, an express pass can be requested.

Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)