Renew your Afghan passport online

Who can use it

• Adults (18 and over) who already have an electronic, machine-readable Afghan passport, valid or expired. The old handwritten paper passports do not qualify.
• Children under 18 and newborns, even with no previous passport. A parent applies for them.
• Replacing a lost passport, with a police report that gives the holder's full name and passport details.
• Business passports, if you already hold a passport and have an active business licence.

An adult applying for a first passport cannot do it online: fingerprints are taken in person, at the consulate or another mission.

Where you live matters. The consulate's own page (June 2026) says online applications are for residents of Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia. The portal's pages do not repeat that limit. If you live in the UAE or anywhere else, ask the consulate before you pay.

What it costs

Online fees, as published by the consulate in August 2026, including delivery:

• Standard, 5 years: about $201 (AED 736)
• Standard, 10 years: about $306 (AED 1,123)
• Urgent, 5 years: about $263 (AED 967)
• Urgent, 10 years: about $369 (AED 1,354)

You pay in two parts: a small first fee when you apply ($16.50 standard, $26.81 urgent), which is not refunded, and the rest once the application is approved. Cards accepted are Visa, Mastercard and American Express, charged in dirhams. Each part must be paid within 30 days or the application is cancelled. You cannot switch from standard to urgent later; you would have to cancel and start again.

For comparison, applying in person at the consulate costs $120 for 5 years and $220 for 10 years, without delivery.

How long it takes

Standard: 4 to 8 weeks. Urgent: about 15 working days. Delivery by courier comes on top of that.

What you need

• Your tazkira, front and back. A paper tazkira used for your details must be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tazkiras issued in someone's absence without a consulate letter are no longer accepted. If you have no tazkira at all, you must get one in Kabul first.
• Your current or expired passport.
• Your residence permit or ID in the country you live in, or a university registration.
• A photo (see below).
• For a child: copies of both parents' passports, and a birth certificate for a newborn.

Step by step

1. Go to eafghans.com and create an account. Each family member needs their own email address.
2. Open Passport Services and choose Apply Now. For children choose "Dependents (Less than 18)", or "Dependents (Newborn)" for babies under two.
3. Complete the face check: the site shows a QR code that you scan with your phone.
4. Fill in the form. In "Remarks", say exactly which spelling of your name and which date of birth to use.
5. Upload your documents and photo.
6. Pay the first fee.
7. Wait for review. If the status says Pending, more documents are needed: add them with "Submit Document".
8. Once approved, pay the rest. The passport is printed and sent by courier to the address on your form.

Getting the photo right

Most rejections are about the photo. For the online application it must be square (2 by 2 inches, at least 600 by 600 pixels) on a plain light background, evenly lit and sharp, with your whole face visible and nobody else in the frame. No glasses, hats or masks. Use your phone's front camera facing a window. The portal checks the photo itself and will not let you skip the check.

Mistakes that cost time

• Your name. Choose one document as the source of your details and stick to it. Complaints about spelling are not accepted once the passport is printed.
• Your signature. The one you give on the form is the one printed in the passport.
• Your address. It cannot be changed after the passport is sent, so check it before you submit.

Before you apply

• Use only the official sites: afghanconsulate.ae and eafghans.com. They link to each other, and the consulate's phone number, +971 4 398 8229, is the one the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists. Never pay an agent or a lookalike site.
• The consulate answers to the authorities in Kabul. Since July 2024 Kabul has said it no longer honours documents from fourteen missions still run by the former government's diplomats, including those in the UK, Germany, Australia and Canada. A passport from Dubai comes from the Kabul system.
• If you have refugee or protection status, speak to a lawyer or a refugee advice service before applying. In some countries, asking your country's authorities for a passport can affect that status.

Inside Afghanistan the process is different: the Ministry of Interior's passport department has an online form at passport.moi.gov.af, but you still pay at a bank and go in person. See the passport guide.