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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Apply for exemption from the identification requirement for permanently housed persons

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If you are likely to be permanently accommodated in a hospital, nursing home or similar institution, then you can be exempted from the obligation to have an ID card - in other words, from the obligation to have an ID card.
This is the case, for example, if you are no longer able to live in your home because of your medical condition.
If you are no longer able to apply for the exemption for yourself, an authorized person can do this for you.
You can cancel the exemption at any time. All you need to do is apply for an identity card or passport.


Requirements

  • You must have German citizenship.
  • You must be at least 16 years old.
  • You are expected to be permanently housed in a hospital or nursing home or similar institution.
  • You must be registered with your main place of residence in your municipality.

Applications / forms

Forms available: Yes
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance required: No


Online services available: No

Which documents are required?

  • written request
  • as far as available: your old identity card or passport
  • if applicable, proof that you are likely to be permanently accommodated in a hospital, nursing home or similar institution, for example by means of a certificate from the family doctor, the hospital, the nursing home or the nursing service

What are the fees?

There are no costs involved.

Process flow

You must apply for exemption from the ID card requirement in writing.

  • You complete the application for exemption from the ID card requirement in full or
  • You or a caregiver sign the application.
  • You attach the necessary documents.
  • You send the application and the documents to the competent ID card authority in your municipality or
  • You go in person to the competent authority.
  • The authority issues you an unlimited certificate stating that you are exempt from the ID card requirement.
  • If you apply in person, you will immediately receive confirmation of the exemption. If you apply in writing, the competent authority will send you the confirmation.

Appeal

  • Complaint to the superior authority, alternatively to the Ministry of the Interior of the federal state.

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

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