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Apply for a temporary identity card

Has your ID card been lost or expired and you need a new one at short notice? Then you can apply for a temporary ID card at the Citizens' Registration Office.

Leistungsbeschreibung

You can use the temporary ID card to bridge the time until a regular ID card is issued.

Your temporary ID card is valid for a maximum of 3 months.

You must return the temporary ID card when the new regular ID card is issued to you.

You must apply for the temporary ID card in person.

  • Apply for the temporary ID card at the citizens' office at your main place of residence.
  • If you do not apply for your temporary ID card at your main place of residence, you need an important reason. Please contact the Citizens' Registration Office of your choice to find out whether the Citizens' Registration Office will accept your reason.
  • As a rule, the Citizens' Registration Office will issue your temporary ID card immediately.

Please contact the citizens' office of your city, municipality or administrative community.

You can apply for a temporary identity card under the following conditions:

  • You have German citizenship
  • You are registered in Germany
  • You do not have a valid identity card
  • You urgently need a valid identity document.

  • biometric digital passport photo: taken on site at the authority or by a registered domestic photo service provider (photographer)
  • if available and not yet validated: old identity card or passport or child's passport (valid or already expired)
  • if no valid passport or identity card is available: Birth certificate, marriage certificate if applicable
  • for children under the age of 16: if applicable, a declaration of consent from the custodial parent who is not present
    • if there is only one parent or legal guardian, additional proof of custody
Spezielle Hinweise für District-free City Gera

Current civil status certificate, depending on marital status, a certificate of parentage/birth or marriage certificate and, if applicable, proof of name change.

Period of Validity: 3 Monate

Please note the following:

  • You can apply for the provisional and the new, regular ID card in Germany at the same time.
  • You cannot apply for the provisional ID card at German diplomatic missions abroad.
  • If your ID card is stolen or lost, you must report this to the police.

Spezielle Hinweise für District-free City Gera

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Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI)

13.02.2026

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Agency

Stadtverwaltung Gera - StadtService H35
Heinrichstraße 35
07545 Gera

Residents and documents

Registering/registering and deregistering an apartment

  • Application for a federal identity card
  • Passport application
  • Application for a child's passport
  • Official notarization
  • Application for certificate of good conduct/information from the central trade register
  • Registration certificates
  • Registration information (simple information from the current database)

Driving license

  • Creation - initial issue
  • Extension/renewal
  • Registration in accordance with the Professional Driver Qualification Act
  • Accompanied driving from 17
  • Exchange of driver's license/duty driver's license
  • Replacement driver's license after loss or theft
  • International driving license
  • Driver card

Vehicle registration/fine dust

  • Decommissioning
  • Change of address (relocation within Gera)
  • Issue of the fine dust sticker

Business/Taxes

  • Registration/change of address and deregistration of business
  • Payment of basic and dog tax
  • Registration/deregistration of dog tax
  • Replacement dog tax sticker

Social welfare

  • Issue and acceptance of various applications in the area of responsibility of the city of Gera
  • Issue of the social card
  • Notarization for GEZ exemption

Resident parking permit

  • First issue, change, extension of resident parking permit

General information

  • Acceptance and issue of lost property
  • Sale of rent index
  • Sale of various brochures
  • Sale of dog waste bags and AWV garbage bags
  • Sale of tokens FD Health
  • Application for green waste customer card
  • Issue of income tax forms
  • Issue and acceptance of EEG registration/deregistration forms
  • Application for disabled toilet key
  • Applications in accordance with the law for the protection of the population from animal dangers

Name change authority

  • Change of name under public law

Registry office

  • Information from the civil status registers
  • Issue of civil status certificates (birth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate)
  • Issue of certificate of no impediment to marriage Marriage abroad
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Declaration of leaving the church
  • Recognition of paternity at the registry office
  • Change of name under civil law
  • Prefixing or adding a name to the married name
  • Re-adoption of a previously used surname
  • Change of name of a child (granting of name)
  • Changing the name of a child (renaming)
  • Changing the name of a child after receiving joint custody rights
  • Adaptation of foreign name forms to the German language

Specialist area of immigration law/citizenship

  • Asylum law matters
  • Issuing residence permits (residence permit, settlement permit)
  • Declaration of invitation and commitment
  • Issuance of citizenship cards
  • Naturalization

Residents and documents

  • Registration/change and deregistration of residence
  • Issue of registration certificate/residence certificate
  • Issuing a life certificate
  • Issue of household certificate
  • Issue of certificate of right to examine
  • Information from the population register
  • Official certification
  • Application for certificate of good conduct
  • Application for information from the central trade register
  • Application for documents
  • Transmission and information blocks
Telephone

0365 838-1900

Fax

0365 838-1901

Email

Stadtservice@gera.de

WWW

CityService H35

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 15:00

Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00

Wednesday 09:00 - 13:00

Thursday 09:00 - 18:00

Friday 09:00 - 15:00

Saturday 09:00 - 13:00

Book an appointment online

Public Transportation

StopHeinrichstraße

Busalle Buslinien

Tramwayalle Straßenbahnlinien

Parking Lot

Parking PlaceParkhaus in den Gera Arcaden

Fees: Yes

Elevator

No

Wheelchair Accessible

Yes