Estonian passport for a child

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.

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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 passport can be claimed only at Tallinn service offices.

Providing fingerprints

Children 12 years of age and up 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.

If a parent of child more than 15 years of age wishes to claim their child’s passport, the child must authorize their parent to do so on the spot at the service office.

Applying for a passport for the first time

When applying for a passport for a child for the first time, an Estonian document proving citizenship must be submitted.

Citizenship may be proved upon first-time applications for documents using one of the following documents:

• the child’s parent’s Estonian citizen’s passport or ID card
• original document stating that one of the document applicant’s parents or grandparents has Estonian citizenship. A certificate proving the blood relationship (such as a birth certificate) must be submitted in conjunction. To obtain the certificate, make a query about your parents or grandparents' Estonian citizenship to the National Archive

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.

When applying for a document for a young child, we advise taking the photo yourself or at a photographer’s studio. Photographing a very young child in the booth may not be a practical option as the height of the camera cannot be adjusted.

State fee

Estonian citizen’s passport

The state fee for a passport for a child under the age of 15 is €20.

The state fee for a passport for those 15 and over is €45.

Persons with a moderate, severe or profound disability have the right to a discount and the state fee for the passport is €20. 

The state fee if you are applying for the passport under expedited procedure is €58.

Estonian citizen’s passport and ID card

The state fee for Estonian citizen’s passport and ID card for a child under the age of 15 is €25.

The state fee for Estonian citizen’s passport and ID card for those 15 and over is €55.

Persons with a moderate, severe or profound disability have the right to a discount and the state fee for the Estonian citizen’s passport and ID card is €25. 

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.

Child’s name change abroad

If the change in the child’s personal data occurred abroad and is not entered into the Estonian Population Register, a document substantiating the change in the child’s personal data must be submitted.

If your personal data changed in Finland after 1 July 2010, this can be certified by an English-language extract from the Finnish Population Register.

If your personal data changed in Finland before 1 July 2010, check whether the information has reached the Finnish Population Register and if so, this can be substantiated with an English-language extract.

If the document that certifies the change in personal data was issued in Finland before 1 July 2010, it must be translated by a sworn translator or the authenticity of the translation must be notarized and the document must be certified by an apostille certificate or legalized.

Upon presenting a document issued in a foreign country, check whether it must be translated and certified with an apostille certificate or legalized.

If the document is not in Estonian, Russian or English, it will have to be translated and the translation must be done by a sworn translator or notarized.

Documents issued in these countries do not have to be certified by an apostille certificate or legalized.

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However, documents issued in other countries do have to be certified by an apostille certificate or legalized.

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.

Children 12 years of age and up will have to give fingerprints when applying for a passport.