New passport issue due to change of name on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership
After a name change due to divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership, a new passport is required.
A new passport only needs to be issued if the passport is still being used.
- current biometric photo, in passport format (45 x 35 mm) in portrait format, frontal photo without border, without headgear and without covering the eyes
- the current passport
- birth certificate
- divorce certificate. The submission of family registers is also accepted.
- Judicial decision on the dissolution of the civil partnership
Fee: 37,50 EURPayment in advance: NoPassport for applicants under the age of 24 (32 pages)
Fee: 59,50 EURPayment in advance: NoPassport under the age of 24 (48 pages - frequent travelers)
Fee: 70,00 EURPayment in advance: NoPassport for applicants over 24 years of age (32 pages)
Fee: 92,00 EURPayment in advance: NoPassport over 24 years (48 pages - frequent travelers)
The applicant must appear in person to apply for a passport (e-passport). The application is completed on the spot with the processor. The applicant only has to sign the application.
Processing Time: 4 Weeks
It is not possible to extend the period of validity.
Period of Validity: 6 Yearsfor applicants under the age of 24
Period of Validity: 10 Yearsfor applicants over 24 years of age
You cannot take your passport with you immediately after submitting your application, as it is produced at the Federal Printing Office in Berlin. If the passport is needed earlier, an express passport can be applied for.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Responsibility lies with the municipality, the joint municipality and the town in which the main residence is located.
