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Important
Notification concerning
Lebanese
Passports
The
Lebanese
Directorate-General of General Security
is calling on Lebanese citizens who
still possess valid
passports (RED
PASSPORTS)
to apply for a the current
machine-readable passport type (NAVY
BLUE)
before the due date of 24/11/2015
since
those red passports are non-machine
readable and
the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) has decided the date
of
24/11/2015
as the deadline for the exclusive use of
machine-readable
passports only in navigation and travel
through airports.
You can apply for the machine readable
passport type (NAVY
BLUE)
either directly in Lebanon at the
Directorate-General of General Security
or at the
Embassy of Lebanon in the USA, or the
affiliated Consulates General in
Detroit, Los Angeles and New York
depending on your residing
jurisdiction.
For more information on applying for a
new
NAVY BLUE
Passport, please visit the following
websites:
The Directorate-General of General
Security’s website:
www.general-security.gov.lb
The Embassy of Lebanon’s passport page:
www.lebanonembassyus.org/consular_affairs/passports.html
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