§ 57 AufenthV: Obligation to present documents when holding multiple identity documents
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If you possess more than one passport, passport substitute, or substitute identity document, you must present all of these documents to the foreigners authority (Ausländerbehörde) immediately.
Besitzt ein Ausländer mehr als einen Pass, Passersatz oder deutschen Ausweisersatz, so hat er der zuständigen Ausländerbehörde jedes dieser Papiere unverzüglich vorzulegen.
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