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Federal Interior Ministry plans new ID card without address

The Interior Ministry is working on a new ID card that may no longer display an address and will include a larger photo.

8 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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According to information from the magazine DER SPIEGEL, the Federal Interior Ministry is planning to introduce a new ID card. The proposed card will not include a printed residential address and will instead feature a larger photo.

According to a report from Deutschlandfunk, the new ID card is being developed as part of a bureaucratic reduction initiative. The exact details are not yet final, as the project is still in the planning phase.

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