The Directorate Normal of Immigration and Passports has revised the implementation date for the necessary issuance of digital passports throughout Pakistan, setting October 23, 2026, as the brand new deadline.
Beneath the revised coverage, all passport workplaces throughout the nation and Pakistani diplomatic missions overseas will subject solely e-passports to new candidates from October 23, changing the prevailing machine-readable passport (MRP) system.
In accordance with the revised schedule, the issuance and renewal of machine-readable passports will proceed till October 22. The transition was beforehand scheduled to take impact on October 15.
Officers clarified that machine-readable passports issued earlier than October 23 would stay legitimate till their expiry dates and will proceed for use for worldwide journey.
They mentioned holders of legitimate MRPs wouldn’t be required to exchange their passports earlier than expiry beneath the brand new coverage.
The transition to e-passports is geared toward modernising passport companies and bettering the safety and effectivity of journey paperwork according to worldwide requirements.
