Passports
Please read this important message before continuing
The Embassy of Lebanon informs the Lebanese community in Canada that as of October 31, 2006 twenty seven countries will not issue visas to holders of Lebanese passports with the burgundy coloured covers. Therefore, the Embassy encourages all members of the Lebanese community who are traveling to Lebanon, to acquire the new blue Lebanese passport during their stay in Lebanon from the Directorate General of Sûreté Générale. This blue passport can be issued in just a couple of days in Lebanon.
The Embassy renews the burgundy passport for one year only, and it can issue a new burgundy passport valid for one year only upon receipt of the approval from the Lebanese authorities. The blue Lebanese passport can be renewed for one year or five years at the Embassy, and it is issued only in Lebanon.
N.B.: All Lebanese citizens who left Lebanon, during the evacuation of July 2006, and do not have the exit stamp on their passport, need the approval of the Lebanese authorities in order for the Embassy to renew their Passport.
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Passport: Renewal or New Passport
I - Fill out and stamp your right thumb on 2 identification cards at the Embassy in front of the Consular Officer.
In case you reside outside of Ottawa you need to send a self-addressed stamped envelope and the Embassy will mail you 2 identification cards. You should stamp your right thumb in front of a Notary Public and attach the following statement:
"Before me, a notary public, in and for County of ________________, personally appeared Mr./Mrs.____________________________________, holder of Lebanese Passport or Lebanese ID (Tazkarat Al-Hawiya or Ikhraj Kayd) No._____________________, issued Date:________________________, Place:__________________, who signed and affixed his/her right hand thumb on the annexed identification cards. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at (County) ______________________________, (date)__________________(Seal)"
II - Fill out a Passport Application Form and present it to the Embassy with the following documents:
1- Actual passport with 1 photocopy of the first three pages.
2- Recent Personal civil registration (Ikhraj Kayd Fardy) or Lebanese ID (Hawiya) with 2 photocopies.
3- Recent Family civil registration (Ikhraj Kayd Aely) with 2 photocopies.
4- The 2 fingerprinted identification cards.
5- 4 photos (Passport size).
6- For minors under 15, a Consent Letter signed by both parents authorizing the child to obtain a passport:
In person: at the Embassy in front of the Consular Officer.
By mail: in front of a notary public.
7- The amount of:
$40.00 for one year
$200.00 for five years
In person: Cash
By mail: Money order payable to the Embassy of Lebanon.
8- Self-addressed stamped, Express Post, envelope with phone number.
* The amount of $10.00 must also be included to open a family file at the Embassy.
Replacing a lost Passport:
- The loss of a passport should be reported immediately to the local police that will issue a police report.
- A notice about the loss of the passport should be published in a local newspaper for 3 consecutive days.
- The Embassy can issue a new passport replacing the lost one only after authorization from the Directorate General of Sûreté Générale.
I - Fill out and stamp your right thumb on 2 identification cards at the Embassy in front of the Consular Officer.
In case you reside outside of Ottawa you need to send a self-addressed stamped envelope and the Embassy will mail you 2 identification cards. You should stamp your right thumb in front of a Notary Public and attach the following statement:
"Before me, a notary public, in and for County of ________________, personally appeared Mr./Mrs.____________________________________, holder of Lebanese Passport or Lebanese ID (Tazkarat Al-Hawiya or Ikhraj Kayd) No._____________________, issued Date:________________________, Place:__________________, who signed and affixed his/her right hand thumb on the annexed identification cards. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at (County) ______________________________, (date)__________________(Seal)"
II - Fill out a Passport Application Form and present it to the Embassy with the following documents:
1- Photocopy of the lost passport if available.
2- Police report.
3- Copy of the newspaper's notice.
4- Recent Personal civil registration (Ikhraj Kayd Fardy) or Lebanese ID (Hawiya) with 2 photocopies.
5- Recent Family civil registration (Ikhraj Kayd Aely) with 2 photocopies.
6- The 2 fingerprinted identification cards.
7- 4 photos (Passport size).
8- The amount of:
$40.00 for one year
$200.00 for five years
In person: Cash.
By mail: Money order payable to the Embassy of Lebanon.
9- Self-addressed stamped, Express Post, envelope with phone number.
* The amount of $10.00 must also be included to open a family file at the Embassy.
Adding child/children’s name(s) to Passport:
According to the new international regulations, the Embassy is no longer authorized to add children to either parent's passport. You should apply for a new passport for your children, and the Embassy will issue the passport after approval from the Lebanese authorities.
New or renewal of travel documents for Palestinian:
I - Fill out and stamp your right thumb on 2 Palestinian identification cards at the Embassy in front of the Consular Officer.
In case you reside outside of Ottawa you should send a self-addressed stamped envelope and the Embassy will mail you 2 Palestinian identification cards. You should stamp your right thumb in front of a Notary Public and attach the following statement:
"Before me, a notary public, in and for County of ________________, personally appeared Mr./Mrs.____________________________________, holder of holder of travel document or Palestinian I.D. (Tazkarat Al-Hawiya) No._____________________, issued Date:________________________, Place:__________________, who signed and affixed his/her right hand thumb on the annexed identification cards . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at (County) ______________________________, (date)__________________(Seal)"
II - Fill out a Travel Document Form and present it to the Embassy with the following document:
1. Palestinian blue ID card with 2 photocopies.
2. UNRWA refugee card with 2 photocopies.
3. Actual travel document with 1 photocopy.
4- The 2 fingerprinted Palestinian identification cards.
5. 4 photos (Passport size).
6. Canadian Landed Immigrant paper.
7- The amount of:
$40.00 for one year
$120.00 for three years
$200.00 for five years
In person: Cash.
By mail: Money order payable to the Embassy of Lebanon.
8- Self-addressed stamped, Express Post, envelope with phone number.
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