Identity card expired: how to apply for a new
- From the age of 16. The age of every German citizen must have a valid official ID. This can be a passport, an identity card and/or travel. The must not be carried on a daily basis, the police can require you to submit to him for identification. The identity card is expired, you must pay a penalty.
- A new identity card, you can apply for at your local residents ' registration office. You don't need an appointment, just your old passport and a biometric photo. The photo you can customize in many of the local residents ' registration offices directly on site.
- A new passport costs for under-24-year-old 22,80 Euro and is valid for 6 years. From the age of 24 years, the new ID card costs 28.80 euros and is valid for 10 years.
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Possible problems with an expired passport
- You want to fly in the vacation, it is only with identity card or passport is possible. Your journey to a European country, are often tolerated and expired ID cards. Alternatively, you can get at the airport with the Federal police, the "travel document as a passport substitute" for 8 Euro.
- Even with traffic controls, or other encounters with the police may lead to problems. In many cases, the police shows up with an expired passport accommodating. The ID card is expired for several months or years, you must reckon with a fine.
Identity card expired: These penalties are in bloom
- Each municipality can decide for itself how with expired ID cards will be dealt with. According to the law, fines up to EUR 5,000 are allowed. In General, this is far far from reality.
- In many of the municipalities will first be issued a warning. Only after a few weeks or months you will be asked to pay. The fines are usually between 10 and 40 euros. Some local authorities to completely abandon the View of the administrative offense.
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