New
Passport
Important
Notification concerning Lebanese Passports
The Lebanese
Directorate-General of General Security is calling on Lebanese citizens who
still possess Red Passports or renewed Navy Blue passports (even not
expired) to apply
for the current machine-readable passport since those passports are
non-machine readable, and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
has decided the date of 24/11/2015 as the deadline for the exclusive use
of machine-readable passports only in navigation and travel through airports. If
your Navy Blue Passport was never renewed and didn't expire yet, it's
machine-readable and you don't need to replace it.
Please note that the biometric passports
can only be obtained directly from the General Directorate of General Security
in Lebanon, while the Embassies and Consulates are still delivering the machine
readable passports which remain valid.
You can apply for the machine readable
passport either directly in Lebanon at the Directorate-General of General
Security or at the Embassy of Lebanon in Nur-Sultan.
The Embassy can
renew the Navy Blue passports only, and for one year, in exceptional cases provided that the applicant submit at the
same time a
request for a new Passport or sign an affidavit if he's traveling to Lebanon
in the next two months, stating that he will apply for a new passport upon
arrival.
Please note that once you apply for a new
Passport at the Embassy, you can keep your current passport with you, and once
we receive the new Passport from Beirut, we will call you to cancel it without
canceling the visas, and we can add the old passport to the new one.
Usually it takes between 5 to 10 weeks from the date of submission of the
request of a new passport to get the new one.
Please note that DHL provides
a “Fast Track Service” in order to get your passport in few days for an additional
fee paid online through DHL website (https://fasttracklb.dhl.com/Default.aspx). It will take around
2 weeks to get the passport.
Here are the steps:
1 Go to http://fasttracklb.dhl.com
2 Enter Country Kazakhstan and choose the embassy
3 Then under Main Menu there is Lebanese and Palestinian. Make sure you
choose the correct one then click NEW passport request for Lebanese OR travel
document request for Palestinian
4 Click Next and follow step by step until payment By Visa or Master card.
5 Once payment is done, you will receive a PDF file and you can email
it to Nur-Sultan.leb@foreign.gov.lb
DHL is the last step after you sign all documents needed. Once your
documents are approved, you can proceed with DHL
For more information related to the readable Navy Blue Passport, please visit the Directorate General of General Security’s website: www.general-security.gov.lb
Requested documents
1) Duly filled New Passport Application Form (supplied by the Embassy)
-In case the applicant lives in Nur-Sultan, personal attendance is a must to ensure live signature and fingerprint.
-In case the applicant lives in other city than Nur-Sultan, he must request a New Passport application form from the Embassy (forwarded at the expense of the applicant), put his signature and his fingerprint on the designated spaces IN FRONT OF A NOTARY who will take a copy of the application form (recto-verso) and attach his attestation to it.
PLEASE NOTE:
The passport form has a computer generated serial number and cannot be photocopied or even printed. It must be filled and signed with a blue ballpoint pen. No corrections are allowed on the application form. It is forbidden to fold the form and attach with staples to other papers; other documents can be enclosed with a paper clip.
2) 2 photos of the applicant should be size 3.5 cm x 4.3 cm white background, looking directly to the camera (both ears equally visible). Sticking of the photos to the application would be processed by the Embassy.
3) A copy of the Lebanese ID (double size and in color) or Recent extract of individual registration "Ikhraj Kayd Fardy" (date of issuance does not exceed 5 years).
4) A copy of the passport in hand.
5) Consular fee in the amount of 40 USD for one (1) year, 200 USD for five (5) years, 334 USD for ten (10) years passport should be forwarded to the Embassy (contact the Embassy to decide on optimum transfer method).
6) For minor under 18 years of age, a consent letter to issue a passport or a visa is required from both parents, authorizing the child to obtain a passport (at the Embassy in front of the Consular Officer or in front of a notary public).
7) In case the applicant lost the passport, a police report clearly mentioning the lost Lebanese Passport should be sent as well.
Travel document
Important Notification concerning Machine
Readable (Non Biometric)
Starting 1 February 2017, the Lebanese Directorate
General of General Security will start issuing machine readable (Non biometric)
Travel Document for Palestinian refugees residing abroad.
Please note that the biometric travel document for
Palestinian refugees can only be obtained directly from the General Directorate
of General Security in Lebanon, while the Embassies and Consulates will deliver
the machine readable non biometric travel documents for Palestinian refugees.
You can apply for the machine readable non biometric travel
document for Palestinian refugees at the Embassy of Lebanon in Nur-Sultan.
The Embassy can still renew your travel document for
one year, in exceptional cases provided that the applicant submit at the same
time a request for a new machine readable travel document or sign an affidavit
if he/she is traveling to Lebanon in the next 3 months, stating that he/she
will apply for a new biometric machine readable travel document upon arrival.
Please note that once you apply for a new travel
document at the Embassy, you can keep your current travel document with you,
and once we receive the new travel document from Beirut, we will call you to
cancel it without canceling the visas, and we can add the old passport to the
new one.
Usually it takes
around 3 months from the date of submission of the request of a new travel
document to get the new one.
Please note that DHL provides a “Fast Track Service” in order to get your travel document in few
days for an additional fee paid online through DHL website (https://fasttracklb.dhl.com/Default.aspx). It will take around
2 weeks to get the passport.
Here are the steps:
1. Go to http://fasttracklb.dhl.com
2. Enter Country Kazakhstan and choose the embassy
3. Then under Main Menu there is Lebanese and Palestinian. Make sure you choose the correct one then click NEW passport request for Lebanese OR travel document request for Palestinian.
4. Click Next and follow step by step until payment by Visa or Master
card.
5. Once payment is done, you will receive a PDF file and you can email
it to Nur-Sultan.leb@foreign.gov.lb
DHL is the last step after you sign all documents needed. Once your
documents are approved, you can proceed with DHL
Requested documents
1) Duly filled New Travel Document Application Form (supplied by the Embassy)
-In case the applicant lives in Nur-Sultan, personal attendance is a must to ensure live signature and fingerprint.
-In case the applicant lives in other city than Nur-Sultan, he must request a New Passport application form from the Embassy (forwarded at the expense of the applicant), put his signature and his fingerprint on the designated spaces IN FRONT OF A NOTARY who will take a copy of the application form (recto-verso) and attach his attestation to it.
PLEASE NOTE:
The travel document form has a computer generated serial number and cannot be photocopied or even printed. It must be filled and signed with a blue ballpoint pen. No corrections are allowed on the application form. It is forbidden to fold the form and attach with staples to other papers; other documents can be enclosed with a paper clip.
2) 2 photos of the applicant should be size 3.5 cm x 4.3 cm white background, looking directly to the camera (both ears equally visible). Sticking of the photos to the application would be processed by the Embassy.
3) Applicant's original Individual
Civil ID (بيان قيد إفرادي)
whose date of issuance does not exceed 3 years or blue card for Palestinian
refugees (بطاقة خاصة باللاجئين الفلسطينيين).
4) Copy of UNRWA Card ((بطاقة تسجيل العائلة/ بطاقة
الإعشاة.
5) Copy of the first 3 pages of your current travel document you want to
replace.
6) Consular fees payable to the Embassy
of Lebanon in the amount of 40 USD for one (1) year, 200 USD for five (5) years.