Alien’s passport for an adult
Applying for a passport at a service office
To apply for a passport, find a suitable service office and bring an identity document with you.
If desired, reserve a slot at the service office for your passport application.
Applying for passport under ordinary procedure
After your application has been accepted, it will take a maximum of 30 days to prepare your passport under ordinary procedure.
Applying for passport under expedited procedure
It will take a maximum of 2 working days to prepare a passport applied for under expedited procedure. The time until the passport is issued starts on the working day after the application is submitted.
All service offices accept applications for passports under expedited procedure, but the card can be claimed only at Tallinn service offices.
Providing fingerprints
You will have to give fingerprints when applying for a passport.
Authorization for claiming passport
You may authorize someone else to claim your passport only if the authorization is submitted together with the application at the service office.
The person authorized must present a valid Estonian identity document when claiming the passport. They must also have the applicant’s old passport with them.
Letter of explanation for applying for an alien’s passport
Submit the written consent for the issuing of the alien’s passport, provided by the competent authority of your country of citizenship, or, if it is not possible to obtain the consent, a letter of explanation in your own hand.
Document photo
You can send your document photograph in digital format by email to ....
See requirements and recommendations for document photos.
Taking a document photo at the service office
All client service offices (except for Keila) are equipped with photo booths where you can take a document photograph free of charge.
State fee
Alien’s passport
The state fee for a passport is €45.
The state fee for a passport for those who have reached retirement age in Estonia is €20.
Persons with a moderate, severe or profound disability have the right to a discount and the state fee for the passport is €20. In order to obtain the discount, you must present a document to the service office substantiating the disability.
The state fee if you are applying for the passport under expedited procedure is €58.
Alien’s passport and residence permit card
The state fee for the passport and residence permit card is €70.
Under general conditions, the state fee for a passport and residence card for those who have reached retirement age in Estonia is €25.
Persons with a moderate, severe or profound disability have the right to a discount and the state fee for the passport and residence permit card is €25. In order to obtain the discount, you must present a document to the service office substantiating the disability.
Payment of state fee at the service office
The state fee may be paid at the service office:
- in cash
- by card payment
- over the customer computer terminal
American Express is not accepted for the state fee.
Marriage, divorce or name change abroad
If there is a change in personal data while you are abroad, you will have to present a document substantiating the change when applying for a document.
Document translation
If the document is not in Estonian, Russian or English, it must be translated and the translation must be made by a sworn translator or notarised.
Some foreign documents do not need to be legalised
If the country that issued the document is a party to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, it does not need to be legalised. In this case, the public document must be certified by an apostille in accordance with the requirements.
Documents issued in these countries do not have to be legalised.
Information on legalisation of documents and apostils
For more information on legalization of documents and apostils, visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Applying for a passport for person in your guardianship
The application for a person in the care of a guardian may be submitted only by their legal guardian.
If the data on the guardianship have not been entered into the Estonian Population Register, bring with you to the service office a document substantiating the guardianship.
The person in the care of the guardian will be asked to give fingerprints when applying for a passport.