The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports issues passport to its bonafide citizens to facilitate their journey and provide them protection while travelling in foreign countries through the good offices of Pakistan Diplomatic Missions.

Accordingly, the holder of a valid Pakistan passport, when in a foreign country, is entitled to the protection of diplomatic and consular representative of Pakistan in that country.

Pakistani nationals, who are acquiring the passport first time, are required to visit the relevant passport office or foreign mission to submit application.

The department offers three categories for passport applications – Normal, Urgent and Fast Track. In this story, information about urgent category has been included for Pakistan citizens.

New Pakistani Passport Fee for Urgent Category

The government has recently increases the fee for normal and urgent categories. As of May 2024, the new urgent fee for standard 36-page passport for 5 years now stands at Rs7,500 from previous Rs5,000.

For 10-year validity period, the urgent fee for 36-page passport has been increased to Rs11,200.

For 72-page passport for 5 years, the urgent fee stands at Rs 13,500. For 100-page passport valid for 10 years, the new urgent fee has been jacked up to Rs20,200.

Urgent Passport Delivery Time

Details available on official website of the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports say the urgent fee passport will be issued in five working days.

However, the on ground situation is altogether changed as the notices pasted at the regional office say the issuances of urgent passport will take 15 days. The Applicants claim it took more than 21 days for the delivery of the urgent passport.