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New Booklet / Renewal

 New Booklet Renewal:
Extension of Validity
Renewal :
New Passport

 

Issue of NEW PASSPORT/ Free Renewal

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               Description

Fees*

i)

Issue of new booklet (36 pages) : On expiry of validity/exhaustion of pages/change of appearance or any change in material information on first or last page of the passport.

SR.155

ii)

Issue  of new booklet  (60 pages)

SR.190

iii)

Renewal / Extension of the validity of passport to its full term of 10 years

Gratis

 

 

 

  New Booklet
(Time required : In normal course, on the 4th working day from the date of submission of application or on date of delivery as printed in the acknowledgement receipt)

 
1)

Requirements for submitting an Application for a New Booklet :-

·     Original Passport (including subsequent additional booklets if any)

·     New Passport form (Form 1.pdf)

·     3 latest passport size photographs. Please See Photograph Requirements Document)

·     Copy of iqama

.     In case passport is renewed after one-year on its normal expiry, an affidavit (AFF7.pdf) to be submitted along with a letter from the  sponsor with a fine of SAR40/-.

 

 

 

 

 

Form 1.doc

  

 

 

AFF7.doc

2)

A New passport can also be issued in case appearance of the passport holder has gone considerable change with the passage of time.  In such cases, an application (Form 6.pdf) may be submitted along with the above-listed requirements.

 

 

Form 6.doc

3)

An applicant has the option to apply for a normal new booklet of 36 pages (SR 155 Riyals) or the jumbo new booklet of 60 pages (SR.190 Riyals).

 

4)

The applicant should submit the application in person for identification or through authorized representative

 

5)

Recent photographs showing frontal view of full face in civilian clothes taken in a studio (Polaroid photographs and photographs with dark glasses or uniforms are not accepted) should be submitted along with the application
Please See Photograph Requirements Document)

 

6)

Applicants are advised to ensure that their application in the prescribed format is complete in all respects; that all columns are correctly and legibly filled up and no column left blank, unfilled/unresponded to or vaguely filled with a dash, tick, etc. All signatures in the application should be with ballpoint pen.

 

7)

It is an offence under the Passport Act 1967 to furnish false information in the application. Passport facilities could be denied on grounds of suppression of material information, submission of incorrect particulars, willful damage/loss of passport or for unauthorized change/tampering. The Passport can be impounded or revoked for violation of one or more of the provisions of the Passport Act

 

 


 
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Renewal / Extension of Validity of the Passport

 

Gratis

 8)

The validity of the passport, in case issued for a short-validity initially by Embassy of India, Riyadh, may be extended to its full ten-year validity on application in the Miscellaneous Services Form (Form 2.pdf)along with PP forms in triplicate with photograph, free of charge. 

 

Form 2.doc 

 

PP forms

9)

If the short-term validity passport was not issued at Riyadh, the application (Form 1.pdf) should be filled and submitted along with three photographs and copy of iqama. In such cases, passport will be issued initially for a year and its remaining validity will be extended only on receipt of confirmation from the concerned passport office.- 

 

 

Form 1.doc 

 

10)

For renewal of passport after ten years (final validity) or five years in case of minor's passport, application for issue of new passport should be made as per details in New Passport.

 

 

11) 

In the case of Passport issued by PIA (Mission/Post/Passport Offices in India) other than Embassy of India, Riyadh, if the records are available in the computer system, the time required is 4 working days in normal course or as per the date printed in the acknowledgement receipt in respect of E/I, Riyadh; and in case, records are not available in the computer system, in normal course, one-year SVP will be issued and the remaining validity of the passport will be extended to its full term on receipt of confirmation from the Passport Issuing Authority concerned.

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 *Note :  An additional Fee of SR 2 (Saudi Riyal Two) is levied on each Service as contribution towards the Indian Workers Welfare Fund (IWWF).   All fees are to be paid in Saudi Riyals in Cash at the Counter along with application.  Fees once paid are not refunded, even if the application is withdrawn or the service refused for whatsoever reason.

 
     

*Note : An additional Fee of SR 8 (Saudi Riyal Eight) is levied on each Service as contribution towards the Indian Workers Welfare Fund (IWWF). All fees are to be paid in Saudi Riyals in Cash at the Counter along with application. Fees once paid are not refunded, even if the application is withdrawn or the service refused for whatsoever reason.