Passport law
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Passport law |
| Abbreviation: | PassG, PaßG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Administrative law |
| References : | 210-5 |
| Issued on: | April 19, 1986 ( BGBl. I p. 537 ) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1988 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 78 VO of June 19, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1337 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The German passport law ( PassG , obsolete spelling PassG ) regulates the passport requirement for German citizens who leave or want to enter the Federal Republic of Germany.
The passport law makes a distinction between
- Passport ,
- Children's passport ,
- temporary passport,
- official passport
- a) service pass ,
- b) diplomatic passport ,
- c) temporary service passport,
- d) temporary diplomatic passport.
The diplomatic passport or the service passport also contains information on the place of employment and the area of deployment, for example: "Moscow, Consul ".
Paragraph 4 (1) of the PassG stipulates that passports must be issued according to uniform models. In addition to a serial number, each pass contains the following information about the pass holder:
- Photography ( passport photo )
- signature
- Family name and, if applicable, maiden name
- First names
- PhD degree
- day and place of birth
- gender
- height
- Eye color
- place of residence
- nationality
- since November 1, 2010 again: if applicable, order and artist name
Pursuant to Section 4 (3) sentence 1 PassG , the photograph, fingerprints and other information about the holder are electronically stored in passports, service passports and diplomatic passports .
The Passport Act is supplemented by the Ordinance Implementing the Passport Act (PassV) .
Trivia
- As a result of an incorrect amendment to Section 25 (4) PassG, between November 1, 2010 and August 1, 2013, not immediately reporting the loss or retrieval of one's own passport was threatened with a fine of up to 30,000 euros. The unauthorized reading out of personal data, for which the high threat of fines was actually planned by the legislature, was only punishable with up to 5,000 euros.
- With the amendment to § 4 PassG of June 18, 2009, the serial number was also added to the list of information about the passport holder with 11th , although the serial number is not a characteristic of a person and is also already noted in the introduction to § 1 PassG: Passports ... get a serial number .
literature
- Gerrit Hornung / Jan Möller: PassG. PAuswG. Commentary , 1st edition, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61579-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Section 1 (2) PassG .
- ↑ a b Amendment to § 4 PassG by Art. 2 G of June 18, 2009 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1346 ).
- ↑ Amendment to § 25 PassG by Art. 2 G of June 18, 2009 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1346 ).
- ^ DIP information on the draft law and recommendation for a resolution on the G of June 18, 2009 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1346 ).
