Overview
- Since 1 March, the Bundesdruckerei invoices €29.61 per ID card for under‑24 applicants while municipalities may charge only €27.60, and Leipzig says it will continue remitting €27.23.
- Leipzig calculates a €2.01 shortfall per under‑24 ID that would add up to roughly €170,000 a year if borne by the city budget.
- The Federal Interior Ministry confirmed the higher invoices and argues the fee regime is a mixed calculation, with €46 charged to applicants aged 24 and over offsetting lower youth fees.
- Germany’s national and Saxon municipal associations back Leipzig’s stance and urge either fee adjustments or a shift of passport and ID administration to the federal level.
- Leipzig’s finance chief said cities such as Stuttgart and Dortmund share its legal view, though those municipalities have not confirmed any change in their payment practices.