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ORDINARY Ordinary
PASSPORT Requirement for MRP Passport

Policy Computerised National Identity Card

Process
(CNIC)/NICOP/Smart-Card or
Children Registration Certificate
Validity
(Form"B")>
Documents
Diplomatic
Original Bank Challan of Rs.3000/- Passport
Category
for Normal & Rs.5000/- for Urgent
Duration
processing for 5 years validity
Fee passport & Rs.5400/- for Normal &
Renewal Rs.9000/- for Urgent processing of
Jurisdiction
10 years validity passport Official
Passport
Lost
Passport
Children under 15 years of age will
Contact be issued 05 years validity Passport
Black List
Form Old Passport (if any)
MRP
TRACKING
OFFICES
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Policy
Ordinary Machine Readable Passport is issued to all citizens of Pakistan.

Validity
The Directorate General of Immigration & Passports will issue the Machine
Readable Passport (MRP) valid for five years & Ten years subject to fee
deposit.

NOTE:
Passoprt having validity of 05 years cannot be converted into validity for
10 years.
Children under 15 years of age will be issued Passport having 05 years
validity.

Process
After submitting Prescribed Passport Fee for acquiring the relevant Passport
Category, the applicant will go through the following stages at Regional
Passport Office (RPO) for obtaining Machine Readalbe Passport (MRP): read more...
NOTE: Before arrival at the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Original Bank
Challan receipt must be acquired from the relevant branches of the National
Bank, by depositing an prescribed Passport Fee.
Process Flow In Pakistan & Foreign Missions Abroad
Arrival of Applicant at Customer Service Counter.
Token Counter + Photograph Capturing.
Biometric Data Capturing. i.e.(Finger Print)
Data Entry.
Verification as per Office Record (ECL/BL).
Interview and Decision by Assistant Director.
Passport Delivery Counter.

Documents
Following are the mandatory requirements for applying Machine Readable
Passport (MRP).

Category Age Pre-Requsite Documents Required

Original Bank Challan (receipt) with prescribed fee

deposits.
Original Computerised National Identity Card
(CNIC)/NICOP/Smart-Card issued by NADRA with its 2-
Normal/Urgent 18 & Above photocopies.
OLD Passport with its photocopy, if issued.
NOC in case of a Government Servant.
Foreign Passport along with its photocopy, for Dual-
Nationality holders only.
Original Bank Challan (receipt) with prescribed fee
deposits.
Original Computerized Registration Certificate (CRC)
issued by NADRA with its 2-photocopies.
Normal/Urgent Under 18 Copies of Parents Computerised National Identity Card
(CNIC), accompanied with either of them
(Father/Mother).
Foreign Passport along with its photocopy, for Dual -
Nationality holders only.

Passport Categories
Their are two categories of Ordinary Machine Readable Passport, only for
variation among application type/procedure of obtaining passport.
Normal
Urgent

Duration
Machine Readable Passport (MRP) shall require not less than following time
duration, to be made available for its delivery after being successfully
processed.

Category Time Duration

Normal 10 days

Urgent 4 days

NOTE: Passports dispatched from the Headquarters for delievery to the

applicants within prescribed processing period could be tracked through SMS &
Online Passport Tracking System, but to reach their destination i.e. respective
Regional Passport Office (RPO) or Foreign Mission (FM), they may take some
additional shipment time.

Fee
Fee for 05 YEARS Validity

Category Fee

Normal (36-Pages) Rs.3,000/-

Urgent (36-Pages) Rs.5,000/-

Normal (72-Pages) Rs.55,00/-

Urgent (72-Pages) Rs.9,000/-

Normal (100-Pages) Rs.6,000/-

Urgent (100-Pages) Rs.12,000/-

Fee for 10 YEARS Validity

Category Fee

Normal (36-Pages) Rs.5,400/-

Urgent (36-Pages) Rs.9,000/-

Normal (72-Pages) Rs.9,900/-

Urgent (72-Pages) Rs.16,200/-

Normal (100-Pages) Rs.10,800/-

Urgent (100-Pages) Rs.21,600/-

Renewal of Passport
Under Passport & Visa Manual 2006, there is no restriction for renewal of
passport before its expiry. Passport having full validity of 5/10 years can be
issued to the applicants even if existing passport has not completed its
validity. However, a statement mentioning the reason for obtaining a new
passport before its expiry may be obtained from the applicant. The existing
passport may be cancelled and returned to the applicant. All other formalities
may also be completed.

Jurisdiction of Regional Passport Offices

According to the existing passport policy the first ever passport will be
issued only from the Regional Passport Office in whose jurisdiction the
permanent or temporary address of the applicant as recorded in CNIC
falls.
Applicants of subsequent passports can be entertained by the Regional
passport Offices in Pakistan on the basis of temporary address (not given
in CNIC) of the area which falls within the jurisdiction of those offices.
However, such present addresses must be complete and attested by a
Gazetted Officer bearing the CNIC & Telephone number of attester below
his by name stamp.
The Government servants / Armed Forces personnel / Employees of
autonomous / Semi Government bodies / Corporations and their family
members are exempted from the restriction of jurisdiction (family
members include wife, children & dependents parents).
Passport to the Spouse & family members may also be issued from the
Regional Passport Office in whose jurisdiction the address of the Spouse is
not recorded on CNIC/NICOP, but address of the husband recorded on his
CNIC falls within the jurisdiction.
Student may be extended passport facilities on production of proof of the
institution where he is studying.
All zonal heads are empowered to condone the condition of jurisdiction on
merit of each case subject to production of proof of residence of the
applicant.

Offices
Regional Passport Offices (RPOs) of various Zones & Foreign Missions.
o Islamabad.
o FATA.
o Sindh.
o Punjab.
o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
o Balouchistan.
o Azad Jammu Kashmir.
o Gilgit Baltistan.
o Foreign Missions.

Passport, when reported Lost

In case of the loss of passport following formalities will be completed:

Police report to be lodged with the concerned police station.

Requisite fee as per nature of loss i.e. 1st loss, 2nd loss, 3rd loss to be
deposited in the Bank.

Fee
No. of Times Lost
Normal Urgent

First Time Lost Rs.6,000/- Rs.10,000/-

Second Time Lost Rs.12,000/- Rs.20,000/-

Rs.24,000/- Rs.40,000/-

Pakistan’s Mission Abroad will issue emergency

Third Time Lost
(i) passport for return to Pakistan with an intimation to
Dte. Gen. I&P.
(ii)
In Pakistan, the case will be referred to Dte. Gen. I&P
for further action.

Contact
Kindly provide the following information while making any query specifically for
matters related to PASSPORT POLICY.

Applicant Name with Father/Guardian Name.

Case No. (if initiated)
Place of Birth (City/District).
Country.
CNIC/NICOP Number
Passport No. (if applicable).

[email protected]

Kindly provide the following information while making any query specifically for
BLACK-LIST Cases.

Applicant Name with Father Name.

Case No.
Place of Birth (City/District).
Country.
CNIC/NICOP Number
Passport No. (if applicable).

[email protected]

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