The Pakistani government has announced an increase in Machine Readable Passport (MRP) fees, which will take effect March 7, 2024.
The Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGI&P) has announced that all passport applications received on or after March 7, 2024, would be subject to the new charge.
“In case where the fee was deposited before 07-03-2024 at old rates and passport application is made on or after 07-03-2024, the difference will invariably be realised and passport application be entertained only on realisation of the passport fee on the enhanced rate,” the Department of Geographical Information and Protection stated.
The following are the increasing passport fees.
Recently, the issuance of new passports was temporarily suspended.
An official from the Passport Office stated that the suspension was due to a ‘link-down’ problem affecting data entry operations that originated at the Passport and Immigration headquarters.
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