New Pakistan passport fee for Normal, urgent categories in Aug 2024

ISLAMABAD – The Government of Pakistan issues passport to its bonafide citizens through the Directorate of Immigration and Passports to to facilitate their journey and provide them protection abroad.

The holder of a valid Pakistan passport, when in a foreign country, is entitled to the protection of diplomatic and consular representative of Pakistan in that country.

The passport is the only document that confirms the identity of the citizen abroad of Pakistan, as well as, realizes his/her right to exit from the country and entry into the country.

There are different types of passport but ordinary type of travel document is issued to all citizens of Pakistan for travel abroad, subject to completion of all codal formalities.

Those who are acquiring passport for 1st time, they are required to visit the relevant Passport Office / Foreign Mission along with the required documents.

Duration for Issuance of Passport

As per the official website, the normal category passports are issued within 21 working days while it took five working days in urgent category.

However, people are facing extra ordinary delay in getting their passports as it takes over four months for issuance of passport in normal category.

Normal and Urgent Category Passport Fee

The Government of Pakistan has revised the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) fee effective from 07-03-2024.

The new fee for 36-page ordinary passport for 5 years now stands at Rs 4,500, while the urgent processing fee has increased from Rs5,000 to Rs7,500.

For 10-year validity period, the fee for 36-page passport has been increased to Rs 6,700 , with the urgent fee rising to Rs 11,200.

For 72-page passport for 5 years, people will have to pay Rs 8,200 for normal processing and Rs 13,500 for urgent processing.

For 100-page passport valid for 10 years, the new fee surged to Rs12,400 for regular processing and Rs20,200 for urgent processing.