I once needed a new ID card as I lost my old one and the passport wasn't valid anymore. I also moved to a new city just before.
In order to get a new ID card, usually you hand in your old one, all I needed was a copy of my birth certificate and the registration in tje new city. The latter was easy, as in Germany registration and passports / IDs are done by the same office. The latter one was 10 Euro in stamps, 3 days later I had the copy in my postbox. Out of experience, your name on the box is enough.
So, theoretically you could get a new ID, with your picture and prints, but a different name, by ordering a birth certificate and have it mailed to you. No idea what kind of checks where built in in the background, but I hadn't the impression there were a lot. Germany, like 8 years ago.
Wouldn't work on scale, so. And way to risky for a one-off.
In order to get a new ID card, usually you hand in your old one, all I needed was a copy of my birth certificate and the registration in tje new city. The latter was easy, as in Germany registration and passports / IDs are done by the same office. The latter one was 10 Euro in stamps, 3 days later I had the copy in my postbox. Out of experience, your name on the box is enough.
So, theoretically you could get a new ID, with your picture and prints, but a different name, by ordering a birth certificate and have it mailed to you. No idea what kind of checks where built in in the background, but I hadn't the impression there were a lot. Germany, like 8 years ago.
Wouldn't work on scale, so. And way to risky for a one-off.