E-Passport Fees Revised
E-Passport Fees Revised
Following heavy criticism from the general populace, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister, Kazembe Kazembe has with immediate effect revised the electronically readable passport (E-passports) fees.
Minister, Kazembe Kazembe has scrapped the US$20 application fee that was supposed to be collected by CBZ bank.
iHarare is publishing the Statutory Instrument 3 gazetted on the 7th of January 2022:
Statutory Instrument 3 of 2022.
[CAP. 4:01 Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations. 2022
IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has, in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01]. made the following regulations:—
1. These regulations may be cited as the Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2022.
2. For the purposes of these regulations—”passport” means a machine-readable passport or an electronically-readable passport.
3. The Minister has fixed passport fees as specified in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE
FEES
The fees payable for obtaining one’s passport shall be—
(a) passport issued on a non-emergency basis……………………USD$100,00
(b) emergency passport ……………………………………………………….USDS200.00.
4. The Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2021, published in Statutory Instrument 273 of 2021, are repealed.
The electronically readable passports (e-Passports) were introduced last year to replace the current passports in line with global trends.
Unlike the ordinary passport, e-passports have more security features than current passports to guard against identity theft and counterfeiting of travel documents.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Affairs said the old passports will remain valid. However, on renewal, all applicants will be issued with an e-passport. The current passports will cease to be acceptable internationally by 31st December 2023 and will need to be replaced by the e-passport.
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