Increase is Passport fee from March 7 2024

Director General, Immigration and Passports with approval of the government has increased fee for Machine Readable Passports effective 07 Mar 2024.

 

All such applications where fee was paid before 7 March 2024 but application is made on 7 March 2024 or onward will need to pay the difference in fee.

 

This revision in fee  is applicable for Normal (21 working days) and Urgent (5 working days)  does not include fast track passports (2 working days). It is worth mentioning that in January last year there were rumors of price hike, however the government waited 15 months before finally making the decision.

 

Below is the official circular.