Recently an e-Services Portal has been introduced by the Interior Ministry of Finance which will enable overseas Pakistanis to renew their national passports within 16 minutes rather than an entire day, and the renewed documents are to be delivered at their doorsteps.
Phase I of the new system launched went live last week, according to the reports of the local media. This portal is to be utilized only for Machine Readable Passports. Officials also stated that the establishment of this new system will lead to alleviation in the misuse of passports and extortion by ‘agents’.
According to the website, the Online Application Process will take approximately 16.5 minutes. The renewed passports will be delivered to the location provided by the applicants within 10 days. Moreover, an urgent renewal will take 4 days to process.
“UAE-based Pakistanis can avail of this 24-hour service as of now,” Acting Consul General of Pakistan Rana Samar Javed told Khaleej Times.
Individuals with a passport validity of 7 months are also applicable to apply for an online renewal. After filing of the application, the documents will be processed in Islamabad and delivered to the location provided by the applicant.
He further said, “This also means that people can save time by applying online instead of personally visiting the embassy in Abu Dhabi or consulate in Dubai,”
“This facility benefits overseas Pakistanis the most since they all have these travel documents and have to visit missions to renew their documents,” added Samar.
However, currently the e-Service portal cannot be used for the application of new passports and can also be utilized for existing documents.
People will have to Visit The Consulate in cases where they are applying for a new passport such as for a newborn, since there are no previous records,” explained Samar.
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