Apply for a change of address in your passport
If your place of residence changes, you must have the new place of residence entered in your passport.
If you have registered online via the electronic residence registration, the change of address for the passport must also be completed via this.
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Basic information
If your place of residence has changed, for example after a move, you must have the new place of residence entered on your passport.
If you change your place of residence in person at the authority responsible for you at your new place of residence, a residence sticker with your new place of residence will be affixed to your passport.
If you have registered online via the electronic residence registration (eWa), you must also use the online service to change your place of residence for your passport. The residence sticker will then be sent to you by post. You must then affix the sticker to your passport over your old place of residence.
Even if you move abroad and no longer have an address in Germany, your passport must be changed. The sticker will then show your place of residence abroad.
Requirements
- You have a valid passport.
- You have already registered your new address with your local registration office.
- You have an official confirmation of registration.
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Procedure
Online:
If you have registered online via the electronic residence registration (eWA):
- If you have moved to Bremen from another city and are in possession of a valid passport, you will receive a residence sticker for your passport by post from Bundesdruckerei.
- You stick the sticker with your new place of residence over the old place of residence in your passport.
In person on site:
- You go to one of the BürgerServiceCenters during the opening hours of the short application counters
- You do not need an appointment for this.
- You present your valid passport and your official registration confirmation.
- The registration office will then affix an official address sticker with your new place of residence over the old place of residence in your passport.
- You can authorize another person in writing to change your address in your passport at your local registration office.
More information
You only need to change the place of residence on your passport if you are moving from outside Bremen.
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Necessary Documents
- Valid passport
- Current official registration confirmation
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Competent Department
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BürgerServiceCenter-Mitte
- (0421) 115
- (0421) 361-89460
- Martinistraße 3, 28195 Bremen
- bscmitte
@buergeramt. bremen. de
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BürgerServiceCenter-Stresemannstraße
- (0421) 115
- (0421) 361-14096 (Zentrales Faxgerät)
- Stresemannstraße 48, 28207 Bremen
- bscstre
@buergeramt. bremen. de
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BürgerServiceCenter-Nord
- (0421) 115
- (0421) 496-55600
- Gerhard-Rohlfs-Straße 62, 28757 Bremen
- bscnord
@buergeramt. bremen. de
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Online Services
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Fees / Costs
gebührenfrei
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Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
You must have your new place of residence changed in your passport immediately after your change of address or change it yourself using the online service.
How long does it take to process
Personal: processing is immediate.
Online: If you register online via the electronic residence registration (eWA) and your details and submitted documents are complete, we will provide you with a registration confirmation in your user account for download within 10 working days. You will then receive the residence sticker for your passport by post.
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Legal Bases
- § 15 Nr. 1 Passgesetz (Passgesetz – PassG)
- § 19 Absatz 1 Satz 1 Passgesetz (Passgesetz – PassG)
- § 19 Absatz 2 Passgesetz (Passgesetz – PassG)
- § 19 Absatz 3 Passgesetz (Passgesetz – PassG)
- § 23a Bundesmeldegesetz (Bundesmeldegesetz – BMG)
- § 1 Absatz 2 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- § 15 Absatz 4 Nummer 3 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Pass-gesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- Anlage 1b Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- Anlage 1c Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- Anlage 11 Nummer 1 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- Anlage 11 Nummer 6 Satz 3 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- Anlage 11 Tabelle 3 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- Anlage 11 Tabelle 4 Verordnung zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverordnung - PassV)
- § 4 Nummern 4.1.9 bis 4.1.9.5 Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverwaltungsvorschrift – PassVwV)
- § 6 Absatz 2 Nummer 6.2.1.4 Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverwaltungsvorschrift – PassVwV)
- § 6 Absatz 2 Nummer 6.2.2.5 Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverwaltungsvorschrift – PassVwV)
- § 21 Absatz 2 Nummer 21.2.8 Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Durchführung des Passgesetzes (Passverwaltungsvorschrift – PassVwV)
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More Information
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 06.03.2026