We have all experienced the long queues and incessant chatter of agents outside passport offices. This post will help you circumvent most queues and allow you to get a passport with ease. Be sure to follow these guidelines:
1. Payment: You are required to pay a fee for getting your passport printed. You have the option of getting an urgent or normal delivery passport. (Normal passport arrives in whereas Urgent arrives in 4 days).
In addition, you can get a passport for 5 or 10 years validity and have the option of 36, 72 or 100 pages. The payment structure as follows:
Price correct as of September 2015
Decide on what you need and deposit this amount in National Bank. There is an NBP booth at Lahore Garden Town Passport office, but I recommend depositing this fee a day before going to the passport office.
You will need to print and fill this slip: https://www.nbp.com.pk/Forms-Applications/PassportChallanForm.pdf
And here are the branches of NBP that accept this payment: http://www.dgip.gov.pk/Files/Banks.aspx
Remember, you SHOULD deposit this fee a DAY before going to the office.
2. Documents needed:
For a citizen's passport you need:
A. Your original CNIC and 2 copies of your CNIC (for children less than 18, Form B and need a guardian to accompany them)
B. Your previous passport and 1 copy of it (if available)
C. Challan copy showing you have paid the passport fee
Get this done before going to the passport office.
3. Which office:
Here's a list of passport offices in Pakistan: http://www.dgip.gov.pk/files/Offices.aspx
1. Payment: You are required to pay a fee for getting your passport printed. You have the option of getting an urgent or normal delivery passport. (Normal passport arrives in whereas Urgent arrives in 4 days).
In addition, you can get a passport for 5 or 10 years validity and have the option of 36, 72 or 100 pages. The payment structure as follows:
|
Payment
in Rs.
|
Normal
(10 days delivery)
|
Urgent
(4 days delivery)
|
||
|
Pages
/ Validity
|
5
YEAR
|
10
YEAR
|
5
YEAR
|
10
YEAR
|
|
36
pages
|
3,000
|
5,400
|
5,000
|
9,000
|
|
72
pages
|
5,500
|
9,900
|
9,000
|
16,200
|
|
100
pages
|
6,000
|
10,800
|
12,000
|
21,600
|
Price correct as of September 2015
Decide on what you need and deposit this amount in National Bank. There is an NBP booth at Lahore Garden Town Passport office, but I recommend depositing this fee a day before going to the passport office.
You will need to print and fill this slip: https://www.nbp.com.pk/Forms-Applications/PassportChallanForm.pdf
And here are the branches of NBP that accept this payment: http://www.dgip.gov.pk/Files/Banks.aspx
Remember, you SHOULD deposit this fee a DAY before going to the office.
2. Documents needed:
For a citizen's passport you need:
A. Your original CNIC and 2 copies of your CNIC (for children less than 18, Form B and need a guardian to accompany them)
B. Your previous passport and 1 copy of it (if available)
C. Challan copy showing you have paid the passport fee
Get this done before going to the passport office.
3. Which office:
Here's a list of passport offices in Pakistan: http://www.dgip.gov.pk/files/Offices.aspx
