Parental consent to a child's passport or ID card (Austria)
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The written consent an Austrian passport office asks for when the child’s legal representative is not there: when a child of 14 or over applies for their own passport or ID card, or a child under 14 comes with grandparents or another adult. In Austria one parent holding custody (Obsorge) is enough, not both (§ 167 Abs 1 ABGB, the Austrian Civil Code). With the child’s and the parent’s details and the basis of custody. Shown in the original, with the parent’s photo ID in the original or a certified copy. In German.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Child
- Child's date of birth
- Child's habitual residence (address)
- Parent
- Parent's academic degree (if any)
- Parent's date of birth
- Parent's address
- Phone
- Legal representative's official photo ID (type and number)
- Basis of custody (Obsorge)
- Document applied for
- Who applies at the passport office
- Adult accompanying the child to the passport office (blank if a child of 14 or over applies)
- City
- Date
Preview
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Common questions
- Do children in Austria need both parents' consent for a passport?
- No. Under § 167 Abs 1 ABGB each parent holding custody (Obsorge) represents the child alone, and issuing a passport or ID card is not among the matters for which § 167 Abs 2 ABGB requires both parents. If the parents are married to each other, either may act; otherwise the parent proves custody, for example with the declaration made before the registrar, a court-approved agreement or a custody order. If the parents were not married at the birth, the mother holds custody alone until they marry each other, declare or agree joint custody, or a court decides otherwise (§ 177 ABGB).
- When does an Austrian passport office ask for a written consent?
- When the legal representative does not come to the application in person. From the 14th birthday the child may apply personally, with the representative’s consent given in person — which oesterreich.gv.at recommends — or in writing. For a younger child the representative applies; if a grandparent, say, comes instead, this declaration is needed. It is shown in the original, with the representative’s official photo ID in the original or as a copy certified by a court or notary. The child always has to be there.
- At which passport office in Austria is a child's application made?
- At any passport office, wherever the family lives; the child must come in person. Fees rose sharply in summer 2025; the current amounts for passports and ID cards are on oesterreich.gv.at. A passport for a child under two is valid for two years, and for a child aged two to twelve for five years. Present this declaration in the original, not as a copy or e-mail.
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