Pakistanis in UAE get 10-year validity passports

Dubai: Pakistanis in the UAE can now apply for a passport with 10-year validity, which costs around 80 per cent more than the standard five-year passport, a senior diplomat said.

Previously only five-year passports were issued by the Pakistani embassy and consulate in the UAE.

On Sunday, Javed Khattak, Pakistan’s consul general in Dubai, announced that the 10-year passports represented “a means of convenience offered by the [Pakistan] government to its people”.

He told a press briefing the development means applicants “won’t have to visit the consulate for 10 years”. And, with a 100-pages option, “you’ll have space for all the visas. It’ll be easier for you to travel”.