Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
If you have German citizenship, you can apply for an identity card. This also applies to children from birth. If you are under 16, you must be accompanied by your parents. Your parents or legal guardians will take care of the application for you.
Your ID card is valid for a maximum of 6 years and must then be reapplied for. A temporary ID card is valid for a maximum of 3 months.
The ID card will become invalid before the expiry date if
- entries are no longer correct or
- you are no longer clearly recognizable in your photo. This may be the case in particular with ID cards for infants or very young children.
Changing your address does not invalidate your ID card.
From 02.08.2021, the EU logo was introduced on the front of the ID card for newly issued ID cards. However, ID cards without this logo will not become invalid.
You can generally use your ID card as electronic proof of identity. This function is automatically deactivated for children and young people up to the age of 16. If you are at least 16 years old, you can subsequently have the function activated free of charge at the Citizens' Registration Office at your main place of residence or online via the PIN reset and activation service.
You can submit the application to your ID card authority at your main place of residence, which is usually the Citizens' Registration Office. Applications can be submitted to any other ID card authority if you have an important reason. You will then pay a surcharge.
Who should I contact?
Responsible authorities
Samtgemeinde Spelle - Fachbereich Ordnungsverwaltung/Bürgerservice
Transport Connection:
Station Spelle Rathaus
Parking:
Handicapped Parking Place: Number: 2, Fees: no
Parking Place: „Parkplatz am Rathaus“, Number: 0, Fees: no
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Contact
Fachbereich Ordnungsverwaltung/Bürgerservice
Address: Hauptstraße 43, 48480 Spelle
responsible for:
- Spelle:
- Activity as a market trader or showman Admission
- Activity in a municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a gardener
- Activity in municipal cemetery Permanent gardener
- Activity in the municipal cemetery Temporary admission as gardener
- Advertisement Change of person in the case of legal entities
- Advertisement of a restaurant
- Agriculture: damage caused by game
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a postal vote
- Apply for a simple certificate of good conduct
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for a travel trade license
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for German citizens with permanent residence abroad
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Apply for permission to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special events.
- Applying for a permit for the commercial exhibition of persons
- Applying for permission for special use
- Auctioneering trade - apply for permission
- Authorization certificate
- Burial place: Permit - to create/expand
- Business re-registration
- Certificate of eligibility
- Certificate of good conduct extended
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of identity card due to change of address
- Change of residence
- Childcare services for seniors
- Children's Passport Extension
- Children's Passport Issue
- Children's Passport Status Query
- Children's passport change due to change of address
- Children's passport notification due to loss
- Children's passport notification due to relocation
- Children's passport report for theft
- Citizens' advice
- Confirmation of landlord
- Confirmation of registration issuance
- Construction site: Issuing - of construction site orders under traffic law
- Day care
- Deregister trade
- Documents and copies: Certification
- EU funding
- Elections
- Employment at the municipal cemetery Permanent admission as a stonemason, sculptor or gardener
- Entitlement to a place in a day-care centre
- Event: Display
- Exemptions for the auctioning of perishable goods Admission to weekly markets
- Exemptions on Sundays and public holidays
- Explosive ordnance: elimination
- Express passport issue
- Findings from the background check Certificate
- Fischer test: Acceptance
- Fishing License Exhibition
- Gaming arcade license
- Have address and personal data changed
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- Helping the homeless
- Hiking Camp Display
- Holiday offers
- House number: Fixing
- ID card issue
- Identity card notification due to retrieval
- Identity card notification due to theft
- Identity card status query
- Information blocking device
- Information from the Central Trade Register Application
- Information in the population register Granting to landlords
- Information in the population register Provision of group information
- Information on the population register Provision to parties and voter groups
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance: Issue
- Limited traffic zones
- Lost property
- Markets and festivals
- Measures to ensure public safety and order
- Memorials
- Naturalization: Approval - for foreigners entitled to naturalization
- New passport issue due to change of name on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership
- Organization of a trade fair, exhibition or wholesale market: fixing
- Organization of a weekly market Determination
- Other games with the possibility of winning Permission in the traveling trade
- Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission
- Parking permit
- Passport Issuance of additional passports
- Passport change due to change of place of residence
- Passport issuance
- Passport issuance
- Passport issuance for adults for the first time
- Passport issuance for frequent travelers
- Passport issuance new due to change of name upon marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Passport issuance new due to change of other data
- Passport issuance new due to expiry of validity
- Passport issuance provisionally
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport message for retrieval
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report for theft
- Passport status query
- Pawnbroking - Apply for a permit
- Place of residence Deregistration of main residence
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation site
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission
- Population register information Issue
- Population register information Provision of self-disclosure
- Population register information issuance extended
- Provision of information from the population register for commercial purposes
- Public holidays: approval - of exceptions to the general rest period
- Register a business
- Registration certificate issued
- Reporting obligation
- Reporting the loss of your own ID card
- Request simple information from the population register
- Requesting a vehicle to be taken out of service
- Residence Deregistration
- Residence Deregistration for boatmen and seafarers
- Residence Deregistration of secondary residence
- Residence Re-registration Change of status
- Residence Registration as main residence
- Residence Registration as secondary residence
- Residence Registration for boatmen and seafarers
- Restaurant operation Approval early start of operations
- Show traveling trade or activity exempt from travel trade card
- Show use of biocides
- Signatures: Certification
- Special obligation to register in accommodation establishments Registration
- Special reporting obligation in hospitals, homes and similar institutions Registration
- Store opening hours
- Tax Life Certificate: Issuance
- Temporary employment as a stonemason, sculptor or gardener at the municipal cemetery
- Traditional bonfire (Easter fire)
- Traffic space restrictions: approval
- Transmission blocks in the registration register
- Travel trade card-exempt activity Authorization of exceptions for holding certain sales events
- Travel trade card-exempt activity Deregistration
- Travel trade card-exempt activity Re-registration
- View Gathering
- Work at the municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a stonemason, sculptor and gardener
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Requirements
You can obtain an identity card if you are under 16 years of age, if you
- have German citizenship and
- are registered in Germany.
For applications outside your main place of residence:
- You or your legal guardian must have an important reason why you are not applying for your ID card at the Citizens' Registration Office at your main place of residence.
Which documents are required?
- Old identity document, regardless of whether it is valid or has already expired:
- old identity card,
- old passport or
- old children's passport
- if no old identity card or passport is available:
- birth certificate
- if applicable, birth certificate, depending on the local regulations of the authority
- if only one custodial parent is present:
- Declaration of consent from the non-custodial parent present
- if only one parent is present:
- Proof of custody
- Passport photo that
- current and
- biometric (exceptions apply for infants and small children according to the photo sample table)
What are the fees?
- EUR 22,80
- EUR 10.00 for the temporary identity card
- EUR 13.00 surcharge for applications submitted outside working hours or at a non-competent authority
- EUR 30.00 surcharge for application at any Citizens' Registration Office by Germans residing abroad
Fee reductions or exemptions are possible for those in need. This is at the discretion of the identity card authority.
Process flow
Your parents or legal guardians must apply for the ID card personally and together with you at the Citizens' Office:
- If you are under 16 years of age, your parents will submit the application jointly if they have joint custody.
- One custodial parent can be represented by the other custodial parent by power of attorney.
- If you are the person for whom the application is being made, you must appear in person as the authorities will check your identity. You must also sign if you are 10 years or older at the time of application.
- Bring the required documents with you to the appointment.
- Children aged 6 and over will have their fingerprints taken for storage in the document.
- Your Citizens' Office will inform you when you apply when you can collect your ID card.
- You can arrange a collection appointment online, by e-mail or by telephone at many citizens' offices. You can find out which options your citizens' office offers on their website, for example.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You must apply for an identity card at the latest when you turn 16. Exception: You have a valid passport document such as a passport or temporary passport.
Processing duration
It usually takes at least 2 weeks from the date of application before you can collect your ID card from the Citizens' Registration Office.
