Apply for a travel trade card

An application for a travel trade card must be submitted to the competent authority. Your reliability under trade law will be checked on the basis of the information you provide and other official queries. After completion of the check, you will be informed of the result without being asked. If nothing stands in the way of the issuance of a travel trade card, an appointment will be made with you to pick up your travel trade card. Since the travel business card must be signed by you, it is unfortunately not possible to send it to you by mail.

More information

When checking personal reliability, the approving authority may, in individual cases, request further documents in addition to the documents listed, which are suitable for making a statement about the personal reliability of the applicant.

In the case of legal entities (limited liability companies, business companies, public limited companies, registered cooperatives), the application form only needs to be completed for the legal entity itself. All personal documents must be submitted for all natural persons authorized to manage the company (e.g. certificate of good conduct, extract from the central trade register, identity papers). An extract from the central trade register must be applied for separately for legal entities.

In the case of partnerships that are not themselves eligible for a permit (GbR, KG, OHG, PartG, GmbH & Co. KG), each managing partner requires a permit, meaning that an application form and all personal documents are required for each partner.

• Completed application form
• Identity card or passport (of the trader)
  

  In the case of representation by written power of attorney, the authorized representative must be able to identify themselves with an identity card or passport.
  Please remember to also provide the authorized representative with your identity document (at least as a photocopy).

• Proof of personal reliability
  

  If you have your residence in Germany, you usually need:
  - certificate of good conduct
  - extract from the central trade register

  If you are resident abroad, you will need documents from your home country proving that you have the personal reliability to provide the service you require.

• Proof of the entrepreneurial legal form
  

  if the registered office is in Germany:
  - if the company is registered: Extract from the commercial register and, if necessary, a copy of the articles of association (e.g. in the case of a civil law partnership (GbR))

  if the company is based abroad:
  - documents from the country of domicile proving the legal form

• Travel trade card for insurance intermediaries or consultants or as a broker, property developer, construction supervisor, investment advisor or loan broker
  

  additional proof of orderly financial circumstances

  - If you are resident in Germany, you usually need:
  - extract from the debtors' register
  - certificate of the insolvency court
  - certificate of the tax office in tax matters

  - If you live abroad, you need documents from your home country that prove that you live in an orderly financial situation.

• Travel trade card for insurance intermediaries or consultants in addition
  

  Proof of competence or proof of expertise or you prove the delegation of expertise to a supervisor

• Travel trade card for security services
  

  - additional proof of the funds and securities required for the operation (if you are resident in Germany, you usually also need an extract from the debtors' register)
  - additional proof of instruction or proof of instruction from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce or proof recognised as equivalent in accordance with the Guard Ordinance

• Travel trade card for auctioneers
  

  Additional license as an auctioneer (if applicable as a publicly appointed auctioneer)

• Application for a travel trade card (natural person) (pdf, 1.4 MB)
  

• Application for a travel trade card (legal entity) (pdf, 1.8 MB)
  

128,00 EUR

How long does it take to process

8 weeks must be scheduled for the processing of the application.

• Kostenverordnung der Wirtschaftsverwaltung (WKostV)