Malawi new passport fees roll out: Minister Dausi directs 100 percent increment
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services is finally moving from the machine readable zone (MRZ) passports to electronic passports (e-passports) along with new fees effective next week Tuesday, January 14 2019, it has been confirmed.
Immigration Department spokesperson Joseph Chauwa said the e-passport is aimed at meeting International Civil Aviation Organisation security requirements which seek to enhance security.
He said the department has suspended recipient of passport applications which will resume on the 13th of January.
“The department is tirelessly working on the changes. We are only implementers, so the new fees you have seen on the gazette is what we are going to implement you can find out more details to treasury,” he said.
In a Government gazette dated December 27 2019, Homeland Security Minister Nicholas Dausi has directed that issuance and renewal of an ordinary passport be pegged at K90 000 from the current K48 500 – almost 100 percent increment.
Replacement of an ordinary passport with 36 pages, according to the gazette, is now at K150 0000 while issuance of an express passport is pegged at K180 000 from K68 500, representing 262 percent increase.
Reads the Government Gazette: “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of the Immigration Act, I, Nicholas Dausi, Minister of Homeland Security, make the following Regulations; These regulations may be cited as the Immigration [Amendment] Citation Regulations, 2019.
“The Immigration Regulations are amended by repealing the Fourth Schedule and replacing it with the new Schedule—Ordinary Passport, 32 paged booklet [a] Issuance of an ordinary passport K90 000; [b] Renewal of an ordinary passport K90 000; [c] Replacement of an ordinary passport K150 000; [d] Issuance of an express passport K180 000.”
Issuance and renewal of an ordinary passport with 46-pages will now cost K130 000; while replacement of an ordinary passport with 46 pages, and the express ordinary passport will cost K180 000. A certificate of identity travel document has moved from K10 000to K20 000.
Issuance and renewal of a 36 paged booklet- Passport for children under 10 years is now at K80 000 while replacement will cost K100 000.
An electronic passport, or e-passport, is the same as a traditional passport with the addition of a small integrated circuit (or “chip”) embedded in one of the covers or pages.
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Even a dausi adali ndani galimoto yawo yokankha ndipo angakhale ku embassy mwana wao samaiwako. koma ndi ndiziku ili
Agalu a DPP mwatikwana kwambiri. Stupid motherfuckers
Eish… 90pin its too much… mufuna tisamapite kunja kodi?
Agalu kwabasi … DPP is useless fotseck go back kumene munachoka mwatikwana
It means ministers in Malawi they don’t have humanity and common sense and they’re educated to killing people, Malawi it be poor ever and ever people they don’t have freedom and government they don’t listen to his people
All along the Government has been telling us that the price of a passport would be USD100. This amount of money is equivalent to MK72.000. I am so shocked that the price has been raised further to MK90,000. Is Dausi telling us that MK90,000 equal to USD100? The moment I heard the price of passports quoted in US dollars, I knew something was fishy because the law, does not allow us to trade in foreign currency. It is the same Government which discourages businesses to trade in foreign currency within the Malawi borders.
Apa boma ndiye siridaganizire anthu.Anthu ndalama zonsezi akazitenga kuti.Poti anthu ambiri ku south africa amalandira R400 or R500 per week which K20,000 and K25,000 respectively.How are they going to pay for these passports like this.Politicians must find out and think before they do things.I think this was done without proper research and consultations with the stakeholders involved in this matter.Kupita kunja doesnt mean someone is going to make money.
Ndalota passport ili pa 20000 koma yogwira ntchito usiku basi
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A chataika ndinu mlomwe opusatu
Amene safuna kutuluka kuja azikalima kumudzi . shit zanu. Osatinyasa ife amene sitinalotepo zotuluka kunja.
DPP ndalama akungoba. Why is this election case taking this long to resolve?? When DPP goes, we will reverse the prices.
Zitsiru, mbava. Ndi anthu angati angakwanitse kulipira? Ndiye munthu wina ozungulira mutu kumasapotabe chipani cha anthu akuba
uona azako akulipila aise,
Simukuti muli ndi Timothy Ntembo ndiye akuti chiyani paziimenezi.Koma ufulu wama gay ndikumawanamiza anthu omwe ali wophusa kudzela mzipani.CHILANGO KWAMULUNGU
Why cant you just fix the chip on the old passport
What about those who are outside Malawi, not just is SA but all over the world? i heard that the old passports will be useless on 31st december 2020. For those who are doing well in the diaspora, that’s enough time to make money to book a ticket to go back home and do the needful, but what about those who are less fortunate? Malawi has lots of students in european countries and america, some of whom just started their school in the past few months. It will be tough for them to go back home to get a new passport within a year using their stipends. Government should really learn to consider all people when making decisions. At least a two year grace period is enough and people can plan effectively, not 11 months. I know they may probably end up extending the grace period after public outcry, but they need to just give ample time NOW so that people can make good saving plans.
Even those who are doing well, most don’t have national IDs yet because the same govt refused to register its citizens overseas. So most people will need at least two months holiday from their respective jobs because they first have to go back home and register for the ID, wait for it to come out then go register for the passport and wait for it to come out. With the way things go in Malawi, this will take time especially when so many people want to register at the same time. Most diasporans will now be saving money to go home in december to do this passport thing, so there will be a tsunami of citizen ID registrations and passport registrations. which means many people will go over their annual leave days waiting for these processes. Some may be fired and there may be visa implications for some. A government shouldn’t only listen to people after they cry, it should also foresee things and plan properly. If people were given two years grace period, they would save money this whole year then get a holiday and come home to get the citizen ID. Then they will go back and save again for a few more months, get another holiday and come home to get the passport. No stress on both sides and a smooth transition would take place. But why is all this dictatorial deadline tendency necessary when government introduces new things? It’s unfair.
U give sense to the audience and Malawians as a whole ..Thanks
Welcome development …Kodi ma licence akwera liti kufuna apangidwe integrate ndi National ID ….Anthu tiri ndi makobiri ochuluka mmanyumbamu …Tikupase Basi Mutibere …Mulemere ndinu Basi …
Mukamachoka mukhale mutanenepadi….mbuzi za anthu zobera amphawi
DPP mafias at work. Can’t wait for the court ruling. Bye Felicia!
my brother boma siliyima so dont think dpp ndi boma. Boma its a system. Immigration is government entity not party entity mudzitha kusiyanitsa zinthuzi. Boma silichoka and silidzachoka mpaka kutha kwa dziko koma zipani zimabwera mboma muja kudzagwira ntchito ndi system ya bomalo and eventually it goes out once it looses elections. Ndithutu mbale wanga aphunzitse enawo amene sadziwa izi. You can imagine ndinamva chisoni kuti a ma demo went and chased away employees at capital hill that was total foolishness and ignorance because civil servants are employeed by civil service commission and not a party which means whatever president comes into power will work with the same civil servants. For instance ine Bakili found me working in govt he left, came late Bingu(MHSRIP) left me in govt, JB the same thing, came APM twice now so its parties and their leaders who joins govt system and not otherwise.
Mbava izi osazisekelela …….akuti akufuna kuti passport yathu ikhale yotetezedwa…itetezedwa bwanji iwo womwewo ndi omwe akupanga ziphuphu kumipandoko DPP MUST FALL
Yes….but the same govt is headed by DPP rough necks and thieves thats why DPP cannot be spared……utha kukanena kulikonse….
This is sh**t,were are we going with this country,first was I’d that expire,now e passport,price, please Mr think of us poor people who dont have same fance education,we depends in this passports that the price have to up ,most Malawi are outside the country to look for something that the can support there family, the poor continue to be poor and you guys are using the country as USIPA business, please think of us poor and uneducated
What is the rationale for the increase? Otherwise this is just another ponzi scheme to milk the citizens.
Malawi of TODAY let us go in this way, more than 200 USD for a passport Malawi is very rich than any other country in the World.
Koma ndiye mwatipezerera mpakana more than 100% increase mmmhhhh kaya.
Foseki
DPP Woye
You voted for the shit party. A Malawi Muzalila Koko
e-Passport should be cheaper.
We just heard about increasing of 100% on passport what will happen to the peaple who payed there passport on last year they have not used it? Some of them they just used one’s do you think about your peaple how difficult to put together the amount of money to get there passport, they tied there stomach to fight for there goel, your country is developing because of the people who goes out of the country to see new things and bring to there country, in that case how can they travel if they can’t afford to pay there own passport shame on you with your selfishness you never think about other people’s lights.