Passports Affairs Directorate

Peace be upon you Peace be upon you In order to provide you with the best services when you wish to obtain a machine-readable passport, we have worked on making the application for the machine-readable passport available through the internet; and we are pleased to inform you of the instructions and guidance required while filling out the mentioned application:

    1. When selecting the passport page from the above website, and pressing on the sample form, you can fill out your own form, which includes:

      a. Personal information
      b. Complete address
      c. Identification documents
      d. You will fill out the form in the (Arabic and English) language or in the (Kurdish and English) Language.
      e. The form must be filled out according to the information appearing on the ID (Civil Status Identification) literally;                 otherwise the application will be rejected.
      f. In case there is no surname in the ID, the name of the third grandfather will be taken instead of the surname.
      g. You must fill out the financial data fields represented by the number of the cheque, its date, the branch,
          the name of the bank, and the number of the branch.
      h. After you verify the information, you must print out the form.

    2. Go to the subsidiary directorate of passports within the area of your residence according to the official list prepared for this purpose by the above department or the Iraqi consulate, regarding Iraqis who are residing abroad in order to provide live fingerprint and the identification documents mentioned below : (the original copy of the applicant and his guardian, with another colored copy of them)

      a. ID (civil status identification)
      b. Certificate of the Iraqi nationality
      c. A housing card for Iraqis residing inside Iraq; as for those residing abroad, their residence ID is required instead of the
          housing and supply card.
      d. New supply card
      e. Photos x 2 with a white background and measurements of (45x35) mm, as instructed by the photos board found in
          when you click here .
      f. Certified cheque of 25000, twenty five thousand Iraqi Dinars or what is equivalent to that from the local currency of the
          foreign country, addressed to the accounts of the Iraqi consulate abroad regarding Iraqis residing out side the country.
      g. Payment will be by cash amounted by 25000 twenty five thousand Iraqi Dinars or what is equivalent to that from the
          local currency of the foreign country, addressed to the accounts of the Iraqi consulate abroad regarding Iraqis residing
          out side the country.
      h. We will provide you with a check-up form in order for you to receive the passport from the office of the passport affairs
          directorate in Baghdad for those residing in Baghdad or from the office of the governorates passports for those residing
          in the governorates or from the Iraqi consulate abroad for those residing out side the country.

     3. A non married Iraqi woman must obtain the approval of her guardian on granting her a passport noting that the guardian must submit his identification documents and must be present in person in the subsidiary passports department in order to provide his live fingerprint.

     4. A married Iraqi woman must obtain the approval of her husband on granting her a passport noting that her husband must submit his identification documents and must be present in person in the subsidiary passports department in order to provide his live fingerprint.

    5. An Iraqi woman who is under puberty must obtain the approval of her guardian on granting her a passport noting that the guardian must submit his identification documents and must be present in person in the subsidiary passports department in order to provide his live fingerprint.

     6. A widowed or divorced Iraqi woman must obtain the approval of her guardian on granting her a passport noting that the guardian must submit his identification documents and must be present in person in the subsidiary passports department in order to provide his live fingerprint.

    7. Submitting the above mentioned identification documents must be done by the guardian of a child under sixteen years old; the guardian must also be present in person in front of the passport officer at the subsidiary passport department in order to provide his live fingerprint.

    8. The certificate of the Iraqi nationality of a father will be approved for his minor children who are under 12 twelve years old and who have not obtained an Iraqi passport certificate.

    9. Civil Status IDs issued 10 years before the date of submitting the application will not be approved; Civil Status IDs that do not carry a photo or that are damaged should not be relied on as well.

    10. The Guardian who is residing out side of Iraq must send his approval on issuing passports for his wife and children who are residing inside Iraq through the Iraqi Embassy at his country of residence for the purpose of sending the approval to the directorate of passport affairs after certifying it by the Foreign Ministry/ department of ratification.

     11. If you had previously obtained a machine-readable passport type (G) before this passport, you may not apply for obtaining another passport if the validity period has not yet ended or if your passport pages have not yet finished.

     12. In case the passport was subject to any state of damage, loss, or theft, you must inform the police center of the place where the loss took place (place of the accident) for the purpose of obtaining legal approvals and a judicial decision to issue a transit passport.

    13. The period of validity of the passport is (8) years.

We highly appreciate your cooperation with us