New passport fees announced

Islamabad: The federal government has announced new passport fees across the country.

The government has fixed separate fees for the issuance of e-passports, Machine-Readable Passports (MRP), and lost passports.

An e-passport of 36 pages for five years will cost Rs3,000 for the normal fee and Rs1,5000 for the urgent fee.

The fee for a normal passport of 75 pages will be Rs15,500 and for an urgent passport, it will be Rs27,000 for 10 years.

Rs13,500 will be the fee for a normal 36-page e-passport, and Rs24,750 for urgent. Rs16,500 for a normal e-passport of 75 pages, Rs27,000 rupees for urgent. Rs24,750 for a normal fee for 10 years and Rs40,500 will be charged for an urgent passport.

Normal MRP of 36 pages for five years fee is Rs4,500, urgent Rs7,500, and fast track passport fee is Rs13,500.

72 pages for 10 years MRP normal fee is Rs6,700, the urgent fee is Rs11,200 and the fast track fee is Rs16,200. 72 pages for five years Normal MRP fee is Rs8,200, urgent Rs13,500, and fast track fee is Rs19,500, 100 pages normal MRP fee is Rs9,000, urgent Rs18,000, and the fast track fee has been fixed at Rs23,000.

For 10 years MRP 100 pages normal fee is Rs13,500, the urgent fee is Rs17,000, fast track fee is fixed at Rs32,000.

Separate fees have been set for the first, second, and third time lost passports. Rs54,000 will be charged for the first lost passport and Rs3,56,000 for the third lost passport.