Nationality card
Service description
Proof of German citizenship is binding for all authorities in the form of a citizenship identity card, which is issued by the citizenship authority on application as part of a special determination procedure.
Prerequisites
A citizenship card can only be issued if the existence of German citizenship has been established. The citizenship authority checks the following
- whether and how you acquired German citizenship,
- whether you have lost your German citizenship again and, if so, how.
In addition to your personal details, information about the persons from whom you derive your nationality is therefore also required. Please seek advice on this from the authorities.
Which documents are required?
In order to establish the existence of German citizenship, it is necessary, but also sufficient, if it can be proven with sufficient probability by documents, extracts from the population registers or other written evidence that you have acquired German citizenship and have not lost it again.
The following documents may be useful:
- Documents on parentage and marital status:
Birth or parentage certificates, marriage certificates, copies / extracts from the family register - Documents on the acquisition of German citizenship:
Naturalisation certificates, award certificates, admission certificates, certificates / documents on the acquisition of German citizenship by declaration or option, appointment certificates for civil servants, assessment notices on the acquisition of citizenship through service in the former German armed forces and other associations - Documents on membership of the group of persons to whom collective naturalisation applied:
ID cards for displaced persons, late repatriation certificates (pursuant to Section 15 (1) and (2) BVFG), ethnic list ID cards, certificates of ethnicity or other documents on German ethnicity, proof of (former) right of origin, citizenship or residence in the areas concerned, certificates of waiver of the right of renunciation - Documents on the acquisition of legal status as a German without German citizenship:
ID cards for displaced persons, late repatriation certificates (in accordance with Section 15 (1) and (2) BVFG), (old) refugee ID cards, registration certificates, registration confirmations or registration certificates - Documents relating to possession of German citizenship or legal status as a German:
Proof of citizenship, certificate of origin, documents/ID cards relating to legal status as a German, passports, ID cards and other identity documents (including old ones), extracts from (former) family registers, citizen lists or citizen directories, documents relating to military service or employment as a civil servant, registration confirmations, registration certificates, documents relating to authorisation to retain German citizenship
Bring what you have with you, the citizenship authority will help you with the inspection.
- Documents on parentage and marital status:
What fees are incurred?
The fee for proof of citizenship is 25.00 euros.
Legal basis
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