e-Passport Fee Pakistan

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What is Pakistan e-Passport?

The e-Passport is a highly secure travel document, having an electronic chip embedded in one of the passport pages which will be used to store biometric information about the holder.

The electronic chip contains data that will verify the passport holder’s identity and will include the biometrics of the passport holder, the personal data found on the data page of the passport, a unique identification number and a digital signature.

An e-passport has a contactless (NFC) chip on it which means that those passports can be read electronically.

The newly launched e-Passports in Pakistan are in compliance with the United Nations’ ICAO standards.e-Passport Fee Pakistan

Salient Features of e-Passport

  • Chip based data storage with laser engraving
  • Multiple security feature including IR & UV
  • e-Gate facility for immigration
  • ICAO compliant standards
  • Real time match of personalized data at airports

Benefits of Pakistan e-Passport

E-Passports are already in use in more than 150 Countries worldwide. Several Countries have switched to the e-Passport due to the increasing need for efficient and better border security.

Pakistan e-Passport holders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and elsewhere in the world can benefit from the e-gate facility at all airports around the world. It will also help eliminate all the hurdles in the ongoing manual system and will aid Pakistani applicants to process online applications conveniently.

Since the e-Passport carries out various forms of security checks, extending benefits to Overseas Pakistanis including those in the UAE will ultimately benefit the Country.e-Passport Fee Pakistan

e-Passport facility through all Passport Offices in Pakistan

The Directorate General Immigration & Passports (DGI&P) started issuance of e-Passports in 2022 for the Diplomatic and Official Categories as a soft launch. Later on, June 10, 2023, e-Passport issuance was started for the residents of Islamabad only.

However now from August 16, 2023, the e-Passport issuance facility has been made available from all Field Offices across the Country.

Fee structure for e-Passport Pakistan

Recently, the DGI&P issued the fee schedule for e-passport which come into effect on August 16, 2023.

The fee structure regarding processing of e-Passport is as under;

Passport
Fee for 05 years validity
Fee for 10 years validity
Normal
Urgent
Normal
Urgent
E-Passport (36 pages)Rs 9,000Rs 15,000Rs 13,500Rs 22,500
E-Passport (72 pages)Rs 16,500Rs 27,000Rs 24,750Rs 40,500

However, the fee structure of Machine-Readable Passport will remain the same.

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