Prepare to pay higher passport fees

The federal government has announced revised rates for passport fees to be applicable across the country.

Geo News reported authorities have fixed separate fees for issuance of e-passport, machine readable passport (MRP) and lost passports.

E-passport, which constitutes 36 pages and is valid for five years, will be available for Rs 3000 with a normal fee and Rs.15 thousand if applied with an urgent fee.

The fee for a normal passport of 75 pages will be 15 thousand 500 rupees but for urgent passport that is valid for 10 years, it will be 27000 rupees.

36 pager e-passport will be for Rs 13,500 while it will cost for a Rs 24, 750 for the urgent passport.

75 pager normal e-passport will now cost Rs.16,500 while it will cost Rs. 27,000 for an urgent one.

Passports of ten year duration will cost Rs 24, 750 but for the urgent one, it will be Rs 40, 500.

36 pager Machine Readable Passport (MRP) will be valid for five years will cost Rs. 4500 normally while the urgent will be for Rs. 7500. 

Fast track passport fee is Rs. 13, 500. 

MRP normal 72 pager for 10 years validity will be Rs. 6700. Meanwhile, the urgent fee for that is Rs. 11,200.  

However, the fast track fee is Rs 16,200. 

72 pager MRP passport for 5 years will normally cost Rs 8200 and the urgent will be for Rs 13, 500.

The fast track fee for that will be Rs 19 500.

A 100-pager MRP fee will normally cost Rs. 9000. The urgent will be Rs 18,000. 
Fast track fee is Rs 23,000.

The same MRP valid for 10 years will normally cost 13, 500 rupees while the urgent fee is Rs. 17,000. 

Fast track fee is fixed at Rs 32,000.

The government has also set a separate fee for the first, second and third time lost passports.

Previously, the passport department announced to amend the rules governing the issuance of passports as citizens will now be able to get their passport made from any city across the country regardless of the address mentioned in their computerised national identity card (CNIC).