New passports to be issued within 2 working days
The department has received new 396,000 passport booklets to be distributed those who need them urgently.
KATHMANDU: The Department of Passport will now issue passports within two working days.
The department has received new 396,000 passport booklets to be distributed those who need them urgently.
The department is now supplying passports at full capacity.
With the supply of the passport booklets, the department will personalize the passports at full capacity and provide them to those who have applied from the district, area administration offices and Nepali missions abroad.
Those who applied by last Dec 1 will be provided with new passports by Dec 30, and the rest will be provided gradually following it, the department has stated.
The department has clarified that the distribution of new passports will now be smooth, as the new passport booklets have been available for the interim period.
The government had decided to procure 700,000 booklets for the interim period.
