1. Go to Service Points of Citizenship and Migration Bureau to apply for Temporary Travel Document.
2. Pay the necessary state fee.
3. Submit photograph along with proof of payment of the state fee.
4. Once the document is ready, you'll have to present an identity document to be able to received the Temporary Travel Document.

• Follow link to view Service Points of Citizenship and Migration Bureau of the Prefecture: https://www.politsei.ee/en/kontakt/kmb/index.dot
• If you wish to make a reservation in the service point follow link: https://broneering.politsei.ee/

• Coloured photograph with dimensions of 40x50 mm;
• Document certifying that the state fee have been paid.
• Identity document

Additional documents:

• if application is submitted by a guardian or authorised representative of the guardianship authority, please submit identity document of the legal representative;
• if application is submitted by a guardian or authorised representative of the guardianship authority and the right of representation of the guardian is not entered to the Estonian population register, please submit a document proving right of representation;
• if you are applying for a document for a child of under 15 years of age and he/she has not been issued an identity document earlier or if he/she does not hold a valid travel document and his/her personal data have not been entered to the Estonian population register, please submit hi/her birth certificate;

Requirements for the photograph

It must be possible to identify a person on the basis of a photo unequivocally.

• A person must be depicted at a photo:
  • en face,
  • having neutral expression and closed mouth,
  • without headgear,
  • with eyes open and look has to be directed towards camera lens.
• It has to be a colour photo, by size of 40 x 50 mm.
• Area between chin and top of head must form 70-80% of the vertical height of the photo.
• Glasses are allowed, if eyes are not covered by spectacle frames and there are no gleams of light from reflection of glasses.
• Photo has to be taken within 6 months before submitting an application.
• Hair may not cover face nor cause shades on face.
• Photo may not have fingerprints, scratches or any other defects on it.
• Colour gamma of the photo must have natural spectre (may not be overexposed nor underexposed).
• Background of the photo must be flat, mono-colour, of bright colour (commendatory colours are light blue, beige, light brown, light grey or white) and in contrast with colour of face and hair.
• Red-eye effect on the photo is not allowed are also its removal by means of the software is forbidden.

More detailed requirements set to the photo can be found in Government of the Republic of Estonia regulation.

Proportions of the taken photos can be compared by means of a template that can be found here. By printing of the template, we ask not to change the scale. The document photo can be taken in the majority of Service Offices with the exception of Otep and Elva.

Photo taken in a photo booth is digital and it can be used in all Service Offices, by applications sent by post or by e-mail within 14 days.

Photo can be taken in photo booth of the Service Office free of charge.

By applying for a document for a child being below the age of three years it is easier to take a photo by a photographer than in photo booth. If necessary, ask for additional information or assistance from customer service official.

Emergency call number - 110 (24 hours a day)

Client information telephone - +372 612 3000 (M-F 8.00-18.00)

Police and Border Guard Board

Prnu mnt 139

15060 TALLINN

telephone 612 3300

fax +372 612 3009

ppa@politsei.ee

North Prefecture

Prnu mnt 139

15028 TALLINN

telephone +372 612 4000

fax 612 4009

pohja@politsei.ee

South Prefecture

Riia 132

50096 TARTU

telephone +372 730 8800

fax 730 8809

louna@politsei.ee

East Prefecture

Rahu 38

41588 JHVI

telephone +372 337 2200

fax 337 2209

ida@politsei.ee

West Prefecture

Pikk 18

80089 PRNU

telephone +372 444 6400

fax 444 6409

laane@politsei.ee

Follow link to view Service Points of Citizenship and Migration Bureau of the Prefecture: https://www.politsei.ee/en/kontakt/kmb/index.dot

Calling police from a foreign country

The emergency telephone number 110 of the police is not accessible when making a call from a foreign country. When needed the police can be contacted around the clock on the phones of the Control and Command Centres of the Prefectures:

• North prefecture +372 612 4100
• South prefecture +372 730 8888
• East prefecture +372 629 2310
• West prefecture +372 629 2510

The client information phone (+372 612 3000) of Police and Border Guard Board operates from Monday to Friday from 08:00 until 18:00.

Foreign representations of the Republic of Estonia: http://www.vm.ee/?q=taxonomy/term/38

Provide eligibility criteria's for going through this procedure.

• Follow link to view details about State Fee: https://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/isikut-toendavad-dokumendid/ajutine-reisidokument/oluline-info-ajutise-reisidokumendi-taotlejale.dot#varvifoto

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Temporary travel document is issued within 30 days (after acceptance of the application for the proceeding) to an applicant in person in the Service Office marked in the application form.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
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sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
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By applying for the temporary travel document, the applicant is required to give the fingerprints that will be entered to the temporary travel document.

Temporary travel document can be applied for can be applied for in the Service Offices.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Temporary travel document is a travel document issued to an alien staying in Estonia and used for departure from and return to Estonia.

Enter other informations which might help

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Police and Border Guard Board Website: https://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/isikut-toendavad-dokumendid/ajutine-reisidokument/

Legal representative is:

• a parent with guardianship right for a child of under 15 years;
• an authorised representative of a local government for a child of under 15 years of age, if parents are not able to represent the child with good reason;
• a guardian nominated by the court for a person under guardianship (person with restricted active legal capacity).
• legal representative has to submit his or her identity document (identity card or passport)* and document proving representation (for example, birth certificate of a child, court order)*.

Note: * The named document shall not be submitted, if the data of such document has been entered into the population register of Estonia.

Authorised representative

An adult person may submit an application for repeated identity card via his or her authorised representative.

The authorisation document must contain the following data:

• authorising persons name and personal identification code;
• name and personal identification code of a person to be authorised;
• number and issuer of identity document of the person to be authorised;
• exact name of the act that the authorised person will be authorised to perform;
• validity period of authorisation;
• signature of the authorising person.

In addition to application documents, the authorised person has to submit his or her identity document (ID-card or passport) and authorisation document signed by the person authorising. An ID-card will be not released to the person authorised.

An employee authorised by the local government or guardianship authority may apply to the Police and Border Guard Board (PBGB) in order to deliver the application and to receive an ID-card on the following occasions:

• if the applicant is unable to apply to the PBGB personally due to his or her permanent state of health and fingerprinting is not required by applying for the document.
• if the document is being applied for a minor under age 15, whose parents are unable to represent him or her due to reasonable excuse and the guardians tasks of such minor are performed by rural municipality government or city government.

The authorised employee is required to submit:

• authorisation document of a local government of guardianship authority (general authorisation document is sufficient, if, in addition, a court ruling regarding the guardianship of the specific person is submitted);
• identity document of the person authorised;
• document proving state of health of the applicant (medial cert