Renew Passport from Doha or Pakistan ??

rzk, no one is putting Allegations...... If someone from my Family can get PP in a weeks time, with out taking Appointment is it my mistake... if you are in a Hurry to get your PP, why not get a Manual One, it will take a Day...

Dear FLying Ace you have to be careful before putting allegations on anyone..I have very good connections in the embassy but could not get my daughters MRP renewed even in 6 weeks! Doha Embassy has no role except for taking your finger prints and photo after that every thing depends on Islamabad where it is printed and sent over.

I would recommend if you are going to Pakistan get it renewed there.

You can get Hand Written Passport in a Day, that is valid for 6 months, you can travel to Pakistan and then Come back with out Any Issues....

Regarding the Computerized Passports, You can get it in a Weeks time, you just need a contact inside the Embassy, like the Military Attache.... :)

My appointment is this month only, but if it takes more then a week, will get a Hand Written passport... :)

I heard the renewal of passport is free, if someone shows-up remittance card worth Rs.10, 000/=

Finally i went to Pakistan embassy today at 1:30 PM. Got an appointment for 8th August 9:00 AM to come again and submit the application for passport renewal.

Today is 15th Jun - Appointment 8th Aug :( almost 2 months

and processing time is 2 months therefore 8th October Passport would come to me :( four months time is long

This topic now is going nowhere folks:)

and AdeelIjaz49..If you want it urgent get it from Pakistan.My friend got his in 1,2 weeks(from Pindi).

@Tahir..belonging to a specific part of the world can NEVER be a mistake.

NO ! Allhumdullilah i am blessed that i am a Pakistan. But yes Pakistan is unfortunate to have people like you (Tahir Siddiqui).

You are made by Pakistan and that is the reason why you are in Qatar. Let me say where you go when Qatar throws you out of your job

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NO ! Allhumdullilah i am blessed that i am a Pakistan. But yes Pakistan is unfortunate to have people like you (Tahir Siddiqui).

You are made by Pakistan and that is the reason why you are in Qatar. Let me say where you go when Qatar throws you out of your job

This is your big mistake that you r Pakistani...

from doha ???

You wil get URGENT passport within one week, I got mine and family passports all done within one week.

Well some people here took it wrong. My current passport is also computerized :P

Secondly i went to Pakistan in April 2011 and i went to Passport office for making my niece's passport.

I applied for normal passport which is suppose to come in 40 days. But they dont actually give it in 40 days, they take around 2 to 3 months.

BUT !!

I heard from a very reliable source that the local passport office get your passport in 15 days, but they keep it with themselves and they say that "Janab, Islamabad se passports nahi aa rahay." And if you give them money (bribe), you would get your passport easily within 40 days.

And this proved to be correct when my cousin came from Dubai to renew his passport in Karachi. He got his passport back in 1 week. I am talking about April-May 2011. AND THIS IS REAL FOLKS.

Here the process is too long...

i know some people who paid the fees of urgent passport and they are still waiting 1 month over already

actually its not in embassy hand's after they send to pakistan to make it computerize.

also am not sure where they have machines here yet or not.

Its computerized everywhere, either in pakistan or here in Doha, renewing it anywhere would be the same. Problem here is long queue for getting an appointment, appointment would be after a month and then passport will take another month, so it gonna take about 2 months from now when u get ur renewed passport in hand. I dunno how long it gonna take in Pakistan.......

I asked Pakistan Embassy and they said that urgent Passport would take 15 to 20 days

there is no issues in making a new computerized passport in pakistani embassy in qatar..but i will take about 2-3 months.

if you are travelling to pakistan on vacations then u may do it there in 15 days only.

theres no such thing, its only a renewal. Pakistan Embassy is working here for us. Now they are making new computerized passports, u can have a passport with a new look now.

There would be no issues in renewing your Passport here from Doha as we are renewing ours since 25 years. So, you should renew it from Doha...