Latest update on Urgent Passport delivery time for overseas Pakistanis

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has announced a major relief for overseas Pakistanis suffering from mental agony over delay in issuance of passports.

Naqvi visited the Pakistani Embassy in Rome along Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Chaudhry Salik Hussain.

Pakistani Ambassador to Italy, Ali Javed, welcomed the federal ministers and introduced them to the embassy officials. The ministers visited the passport section of the embassy, met overseas Pakistanis present there and listened their issues.

Federal Minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain also met with citizens from Mandi Bahauddin and Gujrat and discussed their concerns.

On the occasion, the interior minister revealed that a robust and swift system would be established to facilitate the police verification process from the provinces for the facilitation of overseas Pakistanis.

Update on Passport Delivery Time

The interior minister also issued directives for the timely issuance of passports, stating that urgent passports would now be issued within seven days, while normal passports would be issued within thirty days.

He added that a monitoring cell, headed by ASP Sher Bano, has been established to ensure the timely delivery of passports to overseas Pakistanis.

Earlier, applicants of urgent category had to wait for over one month to get the passport while normal category applicants had to wait for over four months due to technical issues.