How does the legitimation process work?

Depending on your nationality and passport, different legitimation alternatives are available.

For all nationalities in “Country Group 1”, depending on the issue date of the passport, video legitimation is available. Please check the article below to see if your nationality and passport is eligible.

Country Groups - Which legitimation alternatives are available for which nationalities?

For all other nationalities, alternative legitimation options are automatically provided, either manually or via PostIdent, depending on which is the easiest for you. More information on the PostIdent process can be found in the following article.

• How does the PostIdent legitimation process in Germany work?