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Apply for a new passport or ID card by post directly from the Estonian Police and Boarder Guard Board or online at Iseteeninduskeskus (in Estonian).

You will need to give fingerprints if you have not given fingerprints within the last 6 years. Validity of fingerprints can be checked at the website of PBGB.
It is possible to give fingerprints at the Embassy free of charge if you submit the application thereafter to the Estonian Police and Boarder Guard Board or online at Iseteeninduskeskus (in Estonian).

To apply for a passport / ID card at the Embassy, you will need to take an appointment. 

Applying at the Embassy

You will need following documents to apply for a passport / ID card at the Embassy:

• Standard application form
• A digital photo (photo requirements) is to be sent directly to the address [email protected]. Please add to the email the applicants name and the personal ID code/date of birth.
• Payment of the state fee
• Additional documents (birth certificate or proof of name change)

Applying for the first ever passport/ ID card for your child you will also need:

• International birth certificate
• Written agreement of the other parent and a copy of his or her passport or ID card
• Additional form

Children under 12 years do not have to come to the Embassy in person, one of the parents can submit the application on behalf of the child. Children who are 12 years old or older will have to give fingerprints.

Children over 15 years will have to come personally to the Embassy to pick up the passport or ID card.

When applying for the first ever Estonian passport for an adult you will need documents proving that an applicant is an Estonian citizen.

If you have acquired Estonian citizenship by birth:

• An original of a document proving that you are an Estonian citizen
• A original of a document indicating that at least one of your parents is an Estonian citizen, and verification documents to prove that you are descended from a parent who is an Estonian citizen.

If you have acquired Estonian citizenship by naturalisation:

• A certificate of citizenship.

Documents referring to Estonian citizenship for the period from 1918 to 1940 can be obtained from:

• Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages (birth certificates, certificates of marriage and divorce, certificates on changing names, etc.);
• National Archives (certificates of Defense Forces, option certificates, school- leaving certificates, documents verifying the possession of real estate or working in the public service, etc.).

Claiming your identity documents

It is possible to claim your document in Estonia or abroad. All honorary consuls are able to issue passports. ID cards can only be issued by certain honorary consuls in Belgium (honorary consul in Antwerp) and in Luxembourg (honorary consul in Luxembourg).

If you are abroad, you may also choose the courier option when applying for a passport. If a positive decision is made on the issue of your passport, you will be e mailed detailed instructions on how to proceed with the courier service. Please see more information on the website of Police and Border Guard Board.

New PIN and PUK codes for ID card

It is possible to order new PIN and PUK codes for ID card at the Embassy. To receive new codes you would need:

• To take an appointment (please choose Renewal of Passport/ID card as the service)
• Bring along your ID card
• Pay the state fee of 20 euros.

NB! It is not possible to order new PIN and PUK codes to ID cards that have been given out between 2014 and 2018 if the certificates of those ID cards were not renewed before 31 March 2018.