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Federal Cabinet: For passports and identity cards: digital images will be sufficient in the future

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Federal Cabinet
For passports and identity cards: digital images will be sufficient in the future

In the future, there will also be no need to go to the office to pick up your passport. photo

© Hannes P Albert/dpa

From the end of April 2025, applying for new ID cards and passports will be much easier: no more printed photos.

To apply for a new one From the end of April 2025, a printed photo will no longer be required for ID cards or passports. The federal cabinet in Berlin has decided on a corresponding innovation. The reform still has to pass the Federal Council.

Central to this are photo booths available in authorities, which in the future will also be able to capture fingerprints and signatures and transmit them digitally to the responsible authorities. From May next year, passports and identity cards should also be able to be delivered by post if someone is registered in Germany – this means there is no need to go to the office to collect them.

If you want, you can have a reminder sent to you by email before an ID document expires. Applying for German passports and ID cards should become easier for people who naturalize in Germany.