Other parent's consent to a child's ID card or passport (Germany)
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The written consent of the parent who cannot come along when a child's ID card or passport is applied for in Germany. Where parental responsibility is joint, both parents apply; the one who cannot attend sends written consent with their ID card or a copy. The consent also confirms the child's habitual residence, which some offices ask about. Many German towns offer their own consent form free of charge — this document is an independently worded alternative. In German; fill in, print and sign by hand.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Child
- Child's date of birth
- Child's habitual residence (address)
- Parent
- Parent's date of birth
- Parent's address
- Phone
- Other parent
- Other parent's date of birth
- Other parent's address
- Document applied for
- City
- Date
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Common questions
- Is there not a free municipal form for consenting to a child's ID in Germany?
- Often there is: many German towns publish their own consent form free of charge on their websites, and there is no form prescribed nationwide. This document is an independently worded consent with the same details — the child, both parents, the document applied for and the child's habitual residence. It is best to ask before the appointment whether your office accepts only its own form.
- Who must attend when a child's ID card or passport is applied for in Germany?
- The child must attend in person. The holders of parental responsibility apply for the ID card of a child under 16 (§ 9 PAuswG) and for the passport of any minor (§ 6 PassG) — both of them if responsibility is joint. If only one parent comes, that parent brings the other's signed consent and the other's ID or a copy. Parents cannot send an agent to apply for them. A parent with sole responsibility shows proof of it instead of a consent.
- Does consenting to a child's German passport mean consenting to every trip?
- No. It covers only the issuing of the document. Whether the child may travel abroad is a separate decision; where parents live apart, a trip abroad beyond a short holiday in a neighbouring EU country is as a rule decided by both (§ 1687(1) BGB). For a particular trip a separate travel consent from the holders of parental responsibility is advisable.
- Does the signature on the German consent for a child's ID need certifying?
- German ID offices ask for the written consent and the consenting parent's ID card or passport, or a copy of it — certification of the signature is not among their requirements. You may copy your own ID card; the copy must be recognisable as a copy (§ 20 of the German Identity Card Act, PAuswG). The office states its fees for the ID card and passport before the appointment.
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