Talk:German identity card

Authentification?
The term "online authentification" is used throughout the article. I believe it should be replaced by "authentication" or "identification" depending on what the process really tries to achieve. Can someone familiar with the process please fix this? Apapadop (talk) 12:57, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Flag usage in "valid in" section
It might be confusing to some to use the flag of the EU representing Europe as a general geographical entity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fancsali (talk • contribs) 15:52, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

"Driving licences are not replaced in Germany"
They didn't use to be, but now they have a "valid until" date (see Führerschein_und_Fahrerlaubnis_(Deutschland)), although they are replaced less frequently (every 15 years) than identity cards (10 years). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.58.137 (talk) 15:17, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Are they valid as identity documents if the police demands documents from some suspected person?--BIL (talk) 18:11, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Officially, drivers licenses are not considered to be identificaton documents. In practise, they are widely accepted.--MB-one (talk) 21:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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Compulsory ID
The article says "it is compulsory for all German citizens age 16 or older to possess either an identity card or a passport". Does this apply to German citizens living outside Germany? Peking Duck (talk) 01:24, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Should be residents. German law applies in Germany, to all who is there.--BIL (talk) 05:29, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Services
It would be useful to list which governmental and commercial services are available to holders of this ID card. Danellicus (talk) 21:22, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Uses outside Germany
This edit war is becoming silly. Here are some facts: - the German ID cannot be used in Montserrat, it was never possible, even before Brexit. Now it's definitely not possible. Do not believe references such as from VisaHQ or VisaDos. If you can't back it up with a government website then don't write it. - overseas French territories are NOT part of the EU. Even the Wikipedia article for French overseas territories states so. Reunion is a French province, and some territories do accept it, mainly in the Caribbean, but French Polynesia definitely does not. The immigration specifically askes for a passport, says they are "special" and will not like anyone arguing "it says so on Wikipedia". - if the German article doesn't state it possible then that's there is a high chance that it's not 151.253.161.116 (talk) 01:59, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
Am Dülmen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Rexofinance (talk) 05:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)