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Foreigners; obtaining home travel documents and related identity clarification measures

The immigration authorities initiate a passport replacement procedure via the Bavarian State Office for Asylum and Returns if no valid travel documents are available.

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One of the requirements for the termination of residence is the existence of a valid travel document. Obtaining national passports and passport replacement documents is a highly demanding and very specialized task.

As soon as the obligation to leave the country is enforceable, the obligations to cooperate set out in Sections 48, 48a, 49 and 82 of the Act on the Residence, Employment and Integration of Foreign Nationals in the Federal Territory (Residence Act - AufenthG) apply in full. A foreigner who is required to leave the country is therefore generally obliged to obtain a valid travel document themselves.

If no valid travel documents are available, the Bavarian State Office for Asylum and Returns (LfAR), which is responsible for the procurement of home travel documents and contact with the diplomatic representations of other countries of origin throughout Bavaria, will initiate the passport replacement document procedure immediately ex officio once the obligation to leave the country is enforceable.

In order to obtain home travel documents, the LfAR, in coordination with the Federal Passport Procurement Office (PEB Bund) and the Federal Police, also organizes collective presentations at diplomatic missions or before experts of the suspected home country invited for this purpose.

The costs incurred in obtaining a replacement passport must be borne by the foreign national concerned.

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Status: 07.08.2025
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