Passports to be issued in 10 days

KARACHI:

The Directorate General of Immigration and Passport has recently taken steps to improve the passport processing. One such measure includes the issuance of passports with normal fees in 10 days instead of the usual one-month period.  Additionally, the DG has instructed officials to restore the old system to eliminate any further delays in the passport process.

Under the new system, the department on receipt of urgent fees will process a passport—from application to delivery—in four working days, while in case of ‘fast track’ the process will take two days, instead of five days.  People had witnessed delays in passport processing due to a surge in passport applications over the last few months.