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GOVERMENT has set new passport fees, as the new e-passport is being launched today.
The new passport fees are as follows: US$100 for an ordinary e-passport, and US$200 for an emergency e-passport.
Physical passports will be phased out by December 2023.
According to Statutory Instrument 273 of 2021 (Citizenship (Passport fees) Regulation, 2021, which was published in the Government Gazette:
“1. The fees payable for obtaining one passport shall be: (a) ordinary USD$100 (b) emergency or express e-passport US$200.
“2. A normal fee of US$$20, shall be charged for every passport application fee processed at any CBZ branch countrywide.”
Government has said it will no longer be issuing the current passports with immediate effect.
“The Minister (of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage) hereby notifies that henceforth the Government will cease the issuance of the current passports and in place thereof will be issuing electronically readable passports (e-passports) whose charges are specified in the Schedule.
“The current type of passports, issued before the date of operation of these regulations , will cease to be acceptable internationally by 31st December 2023, and will therefore need to be replaced by e-passports in terms of these regulations,” reads SI-273.
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