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Procedure descriptions

Passport - Apply for a change of residence

If your place of residence has changed, you must have your new address entered in your passport. You can apply for this online if the local authority at your new place of residence offers electronic residence registration. You can also go in person to the citizens' office in your new place of residence

Even if you move abroad and no longer have an address in Germany, your passport must be changed. The residence sticker will show your place of residence abroad.

Forms/Online Services

Electronic Residence Registration

Responsible department

The passport authorities in Baden-Württemberg are

the municipalities as local police authorities
the administrative communities, which perform or fulfil the tasks of the registration authority.

As a rule, the citizens' bureaux or citizens' offices fulfil the tasks of a passport authority.

Details

Prerequisite

You have a valid passport.
You have a current registration confirmation as proof of your change of address.

When using the online service for electronic residence registration (eWA):

You have a valid ID card and have activated the online ID function in your ID card.
You know your personal six-digit PIN.
You have a smartphone with an NFC interface or a card reader.
You have installed the ID card app on your smartphone, tablet or PC.
You have a user account (e.g. BundID).

If you are moving abroad:

You deregister with your local registration authority.

Procedure

If you apply for a change of residence in person:

You use the digital online service for electronic residence registration

You will receive mail at your new address. This will contain a residence sticker with your new place of residence and instructions on how to affix the residence sticker to your passport.

You register in person at the Citizens' Registration Office at your new place of residence.

You present your valid passport and your registration confirmation.
The Citizens' Registration Office will update the place of residence in your passport by means of a residence sticker.

You can authorise another person in writing to change your place of residence in your passport at the Citizens' Registration Office at your new place of residence.