End of photo strips: New ID card? Digital passport image becomes mandatory

With the biometric passport picture in hand on to the civil office? At least for the application for an ID document this soon belongs to the past. In the future it needs a digital passport picture.

The Civil Status Agency has established, through its official platform, the precise conditions for the adoption of personal photographs when national identity is renewed, as part of its ongoing efforts to control the visual identity and improve the quality of official documentation of citizens and citizens. Conditions have confirmed that the picture adopted must comply with six basic requirements, beginning with a mandatory white background, fol…

In order to make biometric passport pictures for ID documents, one could for a long time resort to practical mobile phone apps. However, a new law in Germany makes these from 1 May worthless for these purposes.

With the biometric passport picture in hand on to the civil office? At least for the application for an ID document this soon belongs to the past. In the future it needs a digital passport picture.

Whether identity card, passport or driver's license: From 1 May, digital images must be presented when applying for so-called "holy" documents. A few municipalities in the Bergisches are now drawing attention to this.