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Procedure For Replacing Lebanese Passport Lebanon : General Security

Name of the Organization : General Directorate of General Security
Type of Facility : Procedure For Replacing Lebanese Passport
Country : Lebanon

Website : https://www.general-security.gov.lb/ar

Replacing Lebanese Passport :

A) Cases of Passport replacement:
1) Ordinary cases :
The passport replacement is approved without any investigation in the following cases:
** A passport stamped by an embassy seal rejecting a visa request.

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** A passport stamped by the seal of Arabic or Foreign authorities indicating a violation of their residence laws.
** A passport stamped with the indication of a modification of the employer or the guarantor outside Lebanon.
** A passport stamped with the seal of any immigration department in a foreign country.
** The alterations in the features of the personal photograph.
** A request for changing some letters provided that a document is presented.
** A request for changing the career provided that a document is presented.
** A request for a passport of the new type.
** Changes concerning the personal status (marriage, becoming a widower, divorce, …)
** The passports pages are filled, or they are about to be filled.

2) Exceptional cases:
It is approved to replace the passport upon an investigation and after approval of the General Director of General Security in the following cases:
** A Passport lacking some pages.
** A Passport stamped by a counterfeit seal.
** A passport stamped with Israeli seal.
** Manipulation of the stamps attached on the passports.
** A Passport with scratches, modifications, rectifications, distortions or illegal extensions.
** A Passport subjected to damages or wear out.
** A Passport that is not stamped by the last entry stamp to Lebanon.
** Upon the request of the concerned individual.

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Note:
The minutes of the interrogation performed at the regional General Security office is attached to the request.

B) In case of replacement of a passport of the old type with one of the new type, the following documents are required:
The old passport to be replaced with the documents previously mentioned to obtain a passport for adults, obtain a passport for a minor below seven years old, and obtain a passport for a minor who has completed seven years old but has not exceeded eighteen years of age.

C) To replace a new passport (2003 type) in both the ordinary and exceptional cases, the following documents must be presented:
** The old passport to be replaced.
** The passport replacement application form specifying the reason of replacement.
** A new Lebanese identification Card with a photograph as well as a photocopy of it on a paper size A4, or an extract of Civil Registration with a photograph not older than three months and a photocopy of it on a paper size A4, only in the case of alteration in the family status.
** One recent, colored photograph, showing all the face, on a white background, not a copy of a previous photo, which dimensions should be 4.3 x 3.5cm certified by the JP’s seal and signature and bearing the name of the person, his registry number and address.

D) Fees:
60000 L.L. for one year – 300000 L.L for 5 years.

Replacing an old passport or a new passport:
The old passport and the new Passport (2003 type) is replaced by the Lebanese delegations abroad with a new passport, according to the new instructions.

* JP:
Justice of the peace or commissioner of declarations , it is the judicial officer elected in each district authorized to witness and sign statutory declarations and provide various application forms for official procedures.

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