Citizenship (Passport Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 1)
Passport fees are now US$150 for an ordinary passport and US$250 for an emergency passport, plus US$20 for the QR code on every electronically readable application.
The Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has repealed the fee Schedule to the Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2022 (S.I. 16 of 2022) and substituted a new one, using section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01].
The fees for obtaining one passport are now US$150 for an ordinary passport and US$250 for an emergency passport. In addition, an extra US$20 is charged on every electronically readable passport application to obtain a quick response (QR) code — so an applicant for the e-passport should budget US$170 for an ordinary passport and US$270 for an emergency one.
The regulations were published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary of 2 January 2024 and state no separate commencement date. The Schedule as printed carries stray closing quotation marks after paragraphs (a) and (b), a typesetting slip that does not affect the amounts.
What changed
- Ordinary passport fee set at US$150
- Emergency passport fee set at US$250
- Additional US$20 charged on every electronically readable passport application for the QR code
- Replaces the fee Schedule to S.I. 16 of 2022
Who this affects
- Anyone applying for or renewing a Zimbabwean passport
- Applicants needing an emergency passport for urgent travel
- Zimbabweans in the diaspora applying through missions
- Registrar-General's passport offices and their cashiers
- Travel agents and immigration consultants
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