German ID Cards with activated eID can only be handed out or sent out, if the applicant has confirmed in writing that he received the PIN letter. Information material, including the current information leaflet “The new German ID Card”, can be found here. This can be done at the passport office of a German Mission or with a card reading device using the personal computer at home (for more information click here). The German ID Card with activated eID can only be used if the initial temporary 5 digit PIN # is replaced by a personal 6 digit PIN #. It is not possible anymore to receive a German ID Card with deactivated online function. From now on, German ID Cards are manufactured and handed out with activated online function only. 1 PAuswG).īecause of this new regulation, the possibility of choosing the German ID Card with activated or deactivated online function is no longer available. The passport law has been changed so that from now on a German Identity Card will always be handed out with an electronic ID function (online function), unless the applicant is under 16 years of age when applying for the ID card (see § 10 Abs. On July 8, 2017, the law to promote the electronic identity verification went into effect. Important Changes regarding the German ID Card Close Elektronischer Personalausweis © Bundesministerium des Innern
