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Pakistani passport: DGIP lists normal at 21 working days, urgent at 5 and fast track at 2, counted after biometrics in working days only; missions abroad publish their own slower schedules
Last checked August 18, 2026.
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Pakistani passport: DGIP lists normal at 21 working days, urgent at 5 and fast track at 2, counted after biometrics in working days only; missions abroad publish their own slower schedules
Updated Aug 18, 2026, 8:29 PM
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Pakistani passport: DGIP lists normal at 21 working days, urgent at 5 and fast track at 2, counted after biometrics in working days; missions abroad run slower, with the London High Commission publishing about a month for normal and 7 working days for urgent
Updated Aug 18, 2026, 7:48 PM
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One visit, several counters
A Pakistani passport application at a DGIP office is an assembly line compressed into one visit: a token on arrival, then photograph, fingerprints, data entry, and an interview counter, each called by token number. The visit ends with a receipt and a tracking number, and everything after it happens out of sight, which is why the office queue people plan around is usually the shortest wait in the whole process.
Every passport is printed in Islamabad
Whichever office takes the application, printing happens centrally at DGIP headquarters in Islamabad, and the finished booklet then travels back to the issuing office for collection. That single national print queue is why waits move together across the whole country when volumes surge, and why the collection message can lag days behind the moment the passport was actually printed.
Normal, urgent, and the conversion nobody mentions
The fee schedule separates normal and urgent handling, with fast-track options at some offices, and the tracks differ in queue position rather than in checks. An application already submitted as normal can be converted to urgent by paying the fee difference, which DGIP supports online for overseas applicants, and that conversion is usually cheaper than the panic it replaces. Online renewal exists for straightforward renewals, with first-time applicants and changed particulars still routed through the office visit.
Complete timeline guide
Pakistani passport renewal in the UK: appointments, the online route, and what takes how long
Renewing a Pakistani passport from Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham, Glasgow, or London runs on two clocks: getting a consulate appointment, and DGIP's printing queue in Pakistan. Why Manchester slots vanish on Saturday mornings, who can skip the consulate entirely with the online renewal e-service, the NICOP requirement that blocks people at the door, and the delivery changes rolling out.
Read the full stage-by-stage guide