Online ID card; resetting the PIN and activating the online ID card function
You can have the PIN of your ID card or eID card reset or activate the online ID function of your ID card.
Stand: 17.03.2025. Link zum BayernPortal
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Since 15.07.2017, the ID card has been issued as standard with an activated online ID function (also known as the eID function) to persons aged 16 and over; since 01.01.2021, EU citizens and nationals of the European Economic Area aged 16 and over can receive eID cards with an electronic proof of identity function. An activated eID function and PIN are required to be able to identify yourself online to companies and authorities.
If you have set your own PIN but have forgotten it or misplaced the PIN letter, or if the online ID function has not yet been activated, you can contact your ID card or eID card authority.
The following requirements apply to the applicant:
- You are the holder of an ID card or an eID card.
Please contact your identity card or eID card authority.
Activation of the online ID card or setting a new PIN is only possible at the ID card or eID card authority.
The PIN reset and activation service as an additional offer was suspended on 29.12.2023.
As a rule, directly at your local ID card or eID card authority.
- Identity card or eID card
Passport and identification
You can carry out passport and ID matters at the on-site citizen service on the first floor of the town hall. Here you can obtain passports, identity cards, children's passports, temporary documents, etc.
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Telephone availability:
Monday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 15:30
Tuesday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 15:30
Wednesday: 08:00 - 12:00
Thursday: 08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 15:30
Friday: 08:00 - 12:00 a.m.