Steps of Passport/ ID card procedure under German Law

(according to your situation)

Standard Processing Time;

Submitting your Application and Document verification:

If you apply for a German passport/ ID card for the first time, your Pakistani certificates and other documents will need to be verified.

at least 4 months

50,000 PKR

passport fee (Chart)

Your name under German law:

You need to make a name declaration that will be confirmed by a German union council (“Standesamt”) if you apply for a German passport/ ID card:
1. for the first time
2. for the first German child only
3. if your name has changed (e. g. after marriage or divorce)

at least 2 months

approximately 35,000 - 40,000 PKR

after receiving the name confirmation from Germany (Standesamt) the process of passport biometric will start

Biometrics:
From age 6 on you need to give your Fingerprints.

printing of passport needs 4-5 weeks from day of biometrics

Passport/ ID card collection:
You need to collect your passport/ ID card in person.

Documents

additional information

Application form

3 passport photos

according to biometrical requirements
(see explanation in the following downloads)

Photos_Samples
Passbildschablone

Current Passport/ ID card

Pakistani visa or POC

Notice of departure (Abmeldebescheinigung)

issued by the German registry office at your former / last place of residence.

If you are still registered in Germany, kindly provide your current registration certificate (Meldebescheinigung). In this case, a request will be forwarded to the responsible German passport authority for its authorization and a non-jurisdiction fee amounting up to 60 € (in PKR in cash) will be charged.

Proof of your German nationality

• Certificate of Naturalisation of Applicant
• Certificate of Naturalisation of the parents, if applicant's certificate of naturalisation is not available.
• Citizenship card (Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis)

Birth certificate

if issued in Urdu or Dari, please provide a translation into English or German.