No More Address Restrictions for Passport Issuance

ISLAMABAD: Passport applications no longer need to be submitted at the district office matching the address on the CNIC, according to the latest guidance from the Director General of Immigration and Passport.

Passport applications can now be submitted at any of the country’s post offices. Citizens are now able to receive their passports from any location in the country, according to an adjustment made by the federal government to the passport requirements.

In order to make things easier for citizens, officials have notified the passport regional offices of the rule changes.

Mustafa Jamal Qazi, director general of immigration and passports, stated that the federal government’s new decision was deliberated in response to the challenges citizens were experiencing.

According to a government announcement, residents would not have their passport applications denied just because their CNIC residence address differs from the place where they are requesting the travel document.

Earlier in August, dealing with long delays in issuing visas that were causing more and more complaints.