I am pleased to note that the Directorate General, Immigration & Passports, under the patronage of the Ministry of Interior has successfully completed the system installation and deployment for the issuance of Machine Readable Passport within the country and in ten foreign missions.

The computerization of passports and their linkage with the Citizen Registration Database provides efficient checks against duplicity and fraudulent issuance.

The new system is also being expanded within the country for better coverage, and all foreign missions of Pakistan would be upgraded to provide a uniform facility through the second phase of the Machine Readable Passport Project.

I appreciate the efforts of the Directorate General, Immigration & Passports, in providing information regarding the new system through this website. I am confident that the team of the DG I & P with the support of the Government, will Inshallah achieve the target of providing fully secure travel documents to Pakistani nationals.

Launching of the web-portal by the Director General, Immigration & Passports is a commendable stride towards dissemination of information regarding the historic change in the passport issuing system in Pakistan.

The introduction and successful establishment of the computerized system is a landmark achievement. This change has been achieved as a result of high performance management and true commitment by the dedicated team of officers and workers.

DG I&P looks forward to playing an even more significant role to meet the challenges in the coming years through continuous modernization and improvement of the Machine Readable system of Passport and Visa issuance.