Maldives - Apply for New Passport If Lost or Stolen

Advertisement

Procedure

1. Apply to Maldives Police Service for a police report or submit a letter to DIE stating that the Passport has been lost if in Male.
2. Call and check whether the DIE has received the Police report from the Maldives Police Service.
3. If DIE has received the police report, go to the service counter at the DIE and obtain a token from the token machine and once your token number is displayed, submit the filled application form (IM01) with the necessary documents.
4. Make the payment and obtain the payment receipt (the date and time to collect the passport will be included).
5. Go to the service counter on the informed date, (after taking a token number) and provide your National Identity Card and the Passport payment receipt.
6. The Staff at the counter will request you to give your finger prints twice, once for capturing fingerprint data and secondly to verify the captured image for Electronic passport applications.
7. You will also be required to sign the application form for signature verification and as a record that passport has been issued to the rightful owner.

Advertisement

Required Documents

• Filled IM01 form (Dhivehi Passport ah edhey form)
• 01 passport photo (taken not less than 1 month) photo must confirm passport photo standards issued by the DIE. (All registered photo studios are informed of these standards).
• Valid National Identity card (original) or a document issued by the DNR with a photo, and an identity card Number.
• Revenue stamp (worth Rf 10).
• Payment receipt (to collect the passport).
• Police report (original) obtained from Maldives Police Service.

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE),

Ground Floor, Huravee Building,

Ameer Ahmed Magu, Male',

Phone: (960) 333 0444

Eligibility

Should have already obtained a passport from the Department of Immigration and Emigration.

Fees

• The amount to be paid for issuing passport is:
  • Rf 450 for Ordinary Passport (32 pages).
  • Rf 650 for Ordinary Passport (64 pages).
  • Rf 300 for Non-Electronic (Ordinary) passport.
  • Rf 250 for Temporary Travel Document
• To replace a lost or stolen passport a police report is necessary, and depending on the police report Controller of the DIE has the right to fine the individual with a fee Rf 2000 to Rf 20000 (if the Passport was lost from your negligence).

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Sample Documents

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Processing Time

• Average time for service: 1 (one) day
• No. of visits required: 2 (two)

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Instructions

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the Document

Maldivian citizens can obtain a new passport if the passport is lost or stolen from the Department of Immigration and Emigration.

Information which might help

Enter other informations which might help

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Place some external links which might help

Others

More information which might help people.