For Biometric Passports:

We recommend all Lebanese citizens who wish to obtain new Biometric passports, to present their applications at least three months before the expiry date of their passports. These applications are regularly sent to Lebanon by the diplomatic pouch. The process via diplomatic pouch takes between two and four months, if the applicant choses the express service the process takes between three and seven weeks.

The presence of the applicant for a new passport at the Embassy is mandatory.

Book an appointment via phone (00 44 207 229 7265).

The requirements to obtain a new Biometric passport:

  • Fill out a Passport Application

  •  In case of loss/theft of the Lebanese passport, the holder should provide a police report and a copy of the lost/stolen passport, if available. And fill out the following form: Lebanese Lost Passport

  • ​Two copies of:

    • The current Lebanese Passport (Applicant must bring the original passport).

    • An Individual Extract of Civil Status (بيان قيد افرادي) which date of issuance does not exceed 10 years, or the original Lebanese ID card (new version).

    • The UK/Irish Residence Permit or Passport.

  • One recent colour passport-photo with a white background (size length 4.3cm x width 3.5cm) showing full details of the face.

  • Printed DHL file (Only in case of express service: https://fasttracklb.dhl.com)

  • Official card issued by a professional syndicate or by a Lebanese official institute if the applicant wishes to add the profession on the passport .

  • Consular fees: (Cash payment or postal order only)

    • Five years: £215.00 (Minors only)

    • Ten years: £429.00 (Adults only)

​Notes:

  • Both parents should be present in person at the Embassy and sign a consent letter, authorizing the minor (under eighteen years old) to obtain a passport. In case of divorce, dissolution of marriage, abandonment or death, the legal guardian should present the valid tutelage in Lebanon in order to apply for a passport for a minor.

  • The Embassy informs the applicant the arrival of his passport from Lebanon.

  • If the passport is not collected within a year, the Embassy will return the passport to the General Directorate of the General Security in Lebanon

For Electronic Passports:

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT AS OF JUNE 1st, 2023

The General Directorate of General Security informed us that they are out of stock of machine readable passports (2003 type), and therefore it is not possible to continue accepting applications for granting or replacing the machine readable passports at Lebanese missions abroad.

  • Accepting applications for replacement and obtaining biometric passports (number is preceded by LR and has a chip) is technically available only to those who have previously obtained a biometric passport, as their fingerprints and photo are electronically archived in the database of the general security in Lebanon, but this is not available to those who have not previously obtained it, with the exception of Lebanese citizens under the age of sixteen (16) and those over the age of fifty nine (59) who are excluded from this restriction, that is, in terms of the possibility of accepting applications for biometric passports at the embassy, even if they had never obtained them before, and without having to travel personally to Lebanon to apply.

  • Lebanese citizens aged between sixteen (16) and fifty nine (59) years old, holding a Lebanese machine readable passport (number is preceded by RL and cover colour is navy blue), may get an exceptional  one year renewal under the condition of signing the following pledge affirming that they are fully aware and commit to the following:

    1. They must apply and obtain a new biometric passport within one year from the application date, from the Directorate of General Security during their travel to Lebanon.

    2. The current one-year renewal of their machine-readable passport by the Embassy of Lebanon in London, is a one-time exceptional renewal and  their passport can’t be renewed furthermore after this date.

    Note:

  • Biometric passports have a chip and their numbers are preceded by LR.

  • Machine readable passports (navy Blue) numbers are preceded by RL.