German identity card | |
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![]() Specimen of the credit-card sized German identity card issued since 2 August 2021 | |
Type | Compulsory identity document |
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Valid in | ![]() ![]() ![]() Rest of Europe (except Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The German Identity Card (German: Personalausweis, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯s] ) is issued to German citizens by local registration offices in Germany and diplomatic missions abroad, while it is produced at the Bundesdruckerei in Berlin.