Appointment-System of the German Foreign Office — Nikosia

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General information:

The German Embassy in Nicosia is responsible for issuing your passport or identity card if you live in Cyprus, have registered with a Cypriot community and are no longer registered in the Federal Republic of Germany.

You should apply for your new passport or ID-card approximately six months before your current document expires.

An extension of the documents is not possible.

Application:

In order to apply for your passport and your identity card, you have to apply in person. Minors under the age of 16 cannot apply independently, but they still have to appear in person at the Embassy for the application. In these cases, applicants are the parents with custody, who must submit the application together. From 16 years of age, the ID-card can be applied for independently. Each applicant, including minors, needs his own appointment.

Representation by third parties is not permitted, even if a written power of attorney is presented.

If your name has changed after applying for the last passport or ID-card, a name declaration may have to be submitted before applying.

The process takes about 4-6 weeks. It is not possible to apply for an express passport at this Embassy!

Required documents:

Please submit the following documents in original, each with a photocopy.

This also applies if your last passport was issued by the Nicosia Embassy.

• Application form, fully completed and signed

• Current photo in portrait format, size: 45 x 35 mm, without rounded corners, against a light background (see photo sample board).

• last passport or identity card or children's ID, in the event of loss or theft please submit a police report of loss or theft

• Certificate of deregistration (Abmeldebescheinigung) for the German first and possibly second residence

• Proof of residence: Recent extract from the registration register of the Cypriot municipality / district office (Έπαρχος / Βεβαίωση μόνιμης διαμονής) or "Permanent Residence Permit / Yellow Paper" (Immigration Office).

• Birth certificate / extract from the birth register (is required to prove the current spelling of your first and last name and the place of birth. The entries contained in the certificate must still be valid at time of application). A current extract from the birth register will be sent to you by your registry office on request.

• Marriage certificate if you are married or have been.

• Certificate of name change, if applicable (Note: If your family name has changed due to marriage or divorce, please contact the embassy at rk@niko.diplo.de before making an appointment to check whether further documents are needed)

• If divorced or widowed: divorce decree (page of the divorce decree and legal notice) or death certificate of the spouse, if relevant for the name.

• Certificate of naturalisation ('Einbürgerungsurkunde') or Certificate of nationality ('Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis') (if you are not German by birth); retention permit ('Beibehaltungsgenehmigung') if you have acquired another nationality

• Doctoral certificate, if applicable, if the entry of a doctorate is desired

 

Minor applicants please provide the following additional documents - again in original and one copy -:

• current passport / ID-card of the mother

• current passport / ID-card of the father

• Extract from the parents' family book or marriage certificate of the parents (if the parents are or were married to each other)

• Acknowledgment of paternity (if the parents were not married to one another at the time the child was born)

• Certificates of Nationality ('Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis') or Certificates of naturalisation ('Einbürgerungsurkunde') of the parents, if applicable

• Evidence of sole custody, if necessary, through a custody decision or divorce decree of the parents or death certificate of a deceased parent

It is possible that the embassy may have to request additional documents.

Certificates that have not been issued by German or Cypriot authorities must either be legalised or have an apostille.

If this is the first application for a children's passport, please send an e-mail to the embassy at rk@niko.diplo.de.

Fees

The fees are payable when the application is submitted.

 

Biometric passport for applicants aged 24 and over (valid for ten years): EUR 101.00

 

Biometric passport for applicants under the age of 24 (valid for six years): EUR 68.50

 

ID card for applicants aged 24 and over (valid for ten years): EUR 78,00

 

ID card for applicants under the age of 24 (valid for six years): 63,80 euros

 

There may be further fees for necessary declarations, if the Embassy is not responsible or similar.

 

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