Electronic residence title (eAT) – Loss or theft
elektronischer Aufenthaltstitel (eAT) - Verlust oder Diebstahl
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Your electronic residence title (eAT) has been lost or stolen.
Documents you need
• Your passport
• You no longer have the blocking password? Then you must take your passport to your foreigners authority so that the eAT can be blocked.
• If you live in Berlin: Please make an appointment with the Berlin Immigration Office using the contact form.
Fees
No fee is charged for blocking the electronic identity function.
The fee charged for unblocking the electronic identity function amounts to EUR 6.00 for adults and EUR 3.00 for minors.
Legal basis
• Aufenthaltsverordnung (AufenthG) (Residence Ordinance) § 57a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__57a.html
Processing time
Blockage is effected immediately, when you call using the hotline for blocking or come to the Berlin Immigration Office.
Further information
• Transfer of a residence permit to a new passport service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121874/en/
• Transfer of a permanent settlement permit or an EU long-term residence permit to a new passport service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324280/en/
• Transfer of a EU Blue Card to a new passport service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326798/en/
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Landesamt für Einwanderung (LEA)
- LEA, Business Immigration Service (BIS)
- LEA, Friedrich-Krause-Ufer
- LEA, Keplerstr.
Original
German originalOfficial English page
Service number 326802 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326802/