Passport fee in Pakistan 2026: e-passport rates from Rs 9,000, and how payment now works
A 36-page e-passport costs Rs 9,000 on normal processing in Pakistan in 2026. The same booklet costs Rs 15,000 if you need it urgently. The most expensive ordinary e-passport, 72 pages for ten years on urgent processing, costs Rs 40,500. Those three numbers decide most applications before a single form is filled in.
Pakistan's passports are now e-passports. The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports, or DGIP, has replaced the ordinary machine readable passport with a chip-based booklet, issued with 36 or 72 pages and five or ten years of validity. The fee depends on three choices: pages, years, and speed. Every figure below comes from the DGIP fee schedule on dgip.gov.pk, as reproduced by the sources listed at the end; the comparisons are arithmetic from that table. Confirm the amount before you pay, because the fee, once paid, is non-refundable.
Eight prices, three choices
Here is the full ordinary e-passport fee table for applications inside Pakistan:
| Pages | Validity | Normal fee | Urgent fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 pages | 5 years | Rs 9,000 | Rs 15,000 |
| 36 pages | 10 years | Rs 13,500 | Rs 22,500 |
| 72 pages | 5 years | Rs 16,500 | Rs 27,000 |
| 72 pages | 10 years | Rs 24,750 | Rs 40,500 |
Read the table across a row and the urgent premium is plain. For a 36-page passport it adds Rs 6,000 on five years and Rs 9,000 on ten years. For a 72-page passport it adds Rs 10,500 on five years and Rs 15,750 on ten years. That's about two-thirds more on the 36-page tiers and about 64% more on the 72-page tiers. Speed is not a small extra. It is the single biggest lever on the price.
Read it down a column and the page choice costs real money too. Moving from 36 pages to 72 pages adds Rs 7,500 on a five-year normal passport and Rs 11,250 on a ten-year normal passport. Most applicants will never fill 36 pages, but a passport with no blank pages left means a new application and a new fee.
Children under 15 cannot be issued a ten-year passport, so only the five-year fee applies to them. The DGIP fee table lists no separate children's rate, and every applicant, including a child, needs a separate passport. Children cannot be added to a parent's passport.
The old machine readable passport, or MRP, cost half as much at the bottom of the table. A normal five-year, 36-page MRP was Rs 4,500. The e-passport equivalent is Rs 9,000. That doubling catches people who budgeted from an old fee chart. New applications and renewals are now issued as e-passports and charged at the e-passport rates above, while a machine readable passport already in your hands stays valid until the expiry date printed on it. You don't need to replace it early. Press reports differ on the cutover date in October 2026: DGIP first announced 15 October, ARY News then reported 23 October, with machine readable passports issued until 22 October. The 100-page option is not on the current table.
The chip stores the holder's biometric data, the details printed on the data page, and a digital signature. DGIP says the booklet meets ICAO standards and lets holders use e-gates where airports offer them. The schedule lists normal and urgent fees only, so ask your office about any faster service before planning around one.
Ten years costs less than two fives
The cheapest choice on the day is not always the cheapest over time. Divide each normal fee by its validity and the ten-year booklet wins in both page sizes:
| Booklet | Two five-year renewals (normal) | One ten-year passport (normal) | Saving at today's fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 pages, normal | Rs 18,000 | Rs 13,500 | Rs 4,500 |
| 36 pages, urgent | Rs 30,000 | Rs 22,500 | Rs 7,500 |
| 72 pages, normal | Rs 33,000 | Rs 24,750 | Rs 8,250 |
| 72 pages, urgent | Rs 54,000 | Rs 40,500 | Rs 13,500 |
Per year, a 36-page normal passport costs Rs 1,800 on five years and Rs 1,350 on ten years; a 72-page normal passport costs Rs 3,300 and Rs 2,475. Fees may change before the second renewal, so the saving is arithmetic at today's fees. Even so, if you are over 15 and travel regularly, the ten-year booklet is the better value.
Normal processing takes around 21 working days and urgent processing about 5, according to DGIP, with courier time excluded for remote areas and missions abroad. Those are typical times, not guarantees. If you gave a mobile number or email at data entry, DGIP sends status updates by SMS or email from 9988.
Losing a passport changes the arithmetic completely. DGIP charges double the fee for a first loss and four times the fee for a second loss. On the cheapest tier, a normal five-year, 36-page passport, that means Rs 18,000 for a first loss and Rs 36,000 for a second. At the top of the table, a 72-page ten-year urgent passport would cost Rs 81,000 on a first loss and Rs 162,000 on a second, by the same multipliers. A police report mentioning the previous passport number is needed for a lost passport. Renewal before expiry is allowed, though DGIP may ask why a new passport is needed early.
The paper trail still matters
The passport system pulls your data straight from NADRA, so your identity document must be valid and current before anything else happens. Adults need a valid original CNIC or NICOP, with a photocopy, plus the previous passport in original, with a photocopy, if one was issued. Government employees, and staff of semi-government and autonomous bodies, need a No Objection Certificate from their department. Dual nationals need the foreign passport, with a photocopy.
Children's documents run on the Child Registration Certificate. Aged 10 and above, a child needs an original updated certificate with fingerprints and photograph, or a NADRA Juvenile Card, with one photocopy. Under 10, the original certificate, Form B, or a Family Registration Certificate will do, with one photocopy. Both parents' original valid CNICs or passports, with photocopies, are also needed, and the child must be accompanied by a parent or a court-appointed guardian. Separated or divorced parents need custody papers and the other parent's consent; if a parent has died, the original death certificate, with a photocopy, is needed.
One rule saves a wasted journey. You can apply at any passport office, whatever address is on your CNIC, NICOP, or Child Registration Certificate, under Passport Rules 2021, Rule 6. Inland citizens can also renew an existing passport through the DGIP online passport portal, linked from dgip.gov.pk, with the finished passport delivered to the chosen passport office. Overseas Pakistanis can apply online, with home delivery available in many countries.
At the office, staff take the photograph and issue a token with a QR code. Fingerprints follow, staff enter the data, and this is the moment to check the name and details carefully. The record is checked against the Exit Control List and the Black List, an Assistant Director interviews the applicant, the fee is paid using the QR code, and the passport is collected or received by courier.
Most delays start with the identity document: an expired or blocked CNIC or NICOP stops the application, so renew the NADRA document first, and correct any name mismatch between NADRA and the old passport at NADRA before applying. Readers sorting out a passport application often need a second government check at the same time, and the site's guide to checking FBR filer status covers the filer side, including what non-filers pay extra, while the account of the filing deadline moving to 15 October shows how quickly a government date can move once it is announced.
Most offices are open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, with a 1:00 to 1:30 pm break, and closed on public holidays. Selected offices — RPO G-10/4 Islamabad, RPO Garden Town Lahore, RPO Awami Markaz Karachi — run round the clock. The helpline is 051-111-344-777, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Freelancers, the group most likely to need 72 pages, can find the wider picture in the site's 2026 freelancing roadmap for Pakistan.
Pay by QR code, and don't wait for a cut
How you pay changed in 2026, and the old routes no longer work. DGIP's notice, published as a graphic on dgip.gov.pk, says passport fee payments will be accepted exclusively through scanning the Raast QR code, and that payments made through IBFT using an IBAN, or through PSID via the Passport Fee Asaan app, will not be accepted. The notice carries no date. ProPakistani reported it on 11 September 2026, the same day the National Bank of Pakistan said it had enabled passport fee collection through Raast person-to-merchant QR. Scan the designated QR code and pay from a banking app or digital wallet, and keep the confirmation. Do not send an IBFT transfer to an IBAN or generate a PSID expecting it to be honoured, and do not pay agents or unofficial websites. The official site is dgip.gov.pk.
No fee cut is coming to rescue anyone who waits. The Ministry of Interior told the Senate on 30 October 2026 that no proposal to reduce passport fees is currently under consideration, in a written reply to Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood. The same reply disclosed Rs 219.931 billion collected over five years, 2021-22 through 2025-26: Rs 21.618 billion, Rs 34.495 billion, Rs 50.906 billion, Rs 64.392 billion, and Rs 48.52 billion. The five figures add to the total. Nothing in the response rules out a future change, but budget on the published table, not on a rumour of a cut.
Choose 36 or 72 pages on the travel you actually do, five or ten years on the per-year cost if you are over 15, and normal or urgent on the date you need the booklet, knowing urgent adds roughly two-thirds. Check the CNIC or NICOP first, check the name against NADRA, and confirm the fee on dgip.gov.pk before scanning the QR code. Readers checking one government figure often check another in the same week, and the site's worked salary tax slabs for 2026-27 show the same habit applied to monthly pay: find the table, find your band, and work only the slice that applies to you.
Fees and processing times follow DGIP notifications and can change. Confirm the amount, payment method, and processing time on dgip.gov.pk before you pay. A fee once paid is non-refundable.
Sources
- LegalPK — Passport Fee in Pakistan 2026: New E-Passport Fees (DGIP)
- Insight Pakistan — E-Passport Fee in Pakistan 2026: Rs 9,000 to Rs 40,500
- PakEra — Pay Passport Fee by Raast QR: DGIP Drops IBFT, PSID
- The Pakistan Daily — Passport Fee Collections Reach Rs 220 Billion
- Trending Pakistan — Pakistan Passport Fees 2026: No Fee Reduction Planned
