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How to Apply for an E-passport Application

This service allows all Rwandans (adults and minors) to apply for an E-passport to facilitate their travels outside the country. The Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) issues three types of passports: Ordinary, Service, and Diplomatic passports.

E-passport processing time is 4 working days and the price depends on the passport type as shown below. 

Prerequisites:

  • Applicants with or without an Irembo account can apply for this service. 

  • Adult citizens should have a national ID number.

  • Minors between 16 years and 18 years should have a national ID number.

  • Minors below 16 years should have the Citizen Application Number. 

  • Minors below 16 years without the child application number can still apply for the service.

  • Applicants should have a valid phone number, email address, or both.

  • Attachments should fulfill the following:

  • Scanned in their appropriate formats.

  • Copy of National ID has to be 500kb, format pdf.

  • Passport photo has to be 200kb, format jpg.

  • Signature has to be 50kb, format jpg.

  • Other certificates/letters have to be 500kb and pdf format only.

Applicant: 27 years and above

Passport Type

Passport Validity 

Fees (Rwf)

Attachments

Service

5 years 

15,000

  • Copy of National ID 

  • Passport Photo 

  • Signature

  • A recommendation letter issued by a government institution

Ordinary 

5 years

75,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo

  • Signature

10 years

100,000

Diplomatic

5 years

50,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo

  • Signature

  • A recommendation letter issued by MOFA or Cabinet resolutions

  • Appointment letter of the parent

 

Applicant: Between 18 and 26 years

Passport Type

Passport Validity 

Fees (Rwf)

Attachments

Service

5 years 

15,000

  • Copy of National ID 

  • Passport Photo 

  • Signature

  • A recommendation letter issued by a government institution

Ordinary 

5 years

75,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo

  • Signature

Diplomatic

5 years

50,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo

  • Signature

  • A recommendation letter issued by MOFA or Cabinet resolutions

  • Appointment letter of the parent

Applicant: Below 18 years

Passport Type

Passport Validity 

Fees (Rwf)

Attachments

Service

5 years 

15,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo 

  • Signature (Write names of the child)

  • A recommendation letter issued by a government institution

  • Other attachments depending on the selected “Minor Category” 

Ordinary

2 or 5 years

25,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo 

  • Signature (Write names of the child)

  • Other attachments depending on the selected “Minor Category”

Diplomatic

5 years

50,000

  • Copy of National ID

  • Passport Photo 

  • Signature (Write names of the child)

  • A recommendation letter issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Cabinet resolutions

  • Appointment letter of the parent

  • Other attachments depending on the selected “Minor Category”

 

Follow these simple steps to apply for an e-Passport: 

1. Visit www.irembo.gov.rw and under Immigration and Emigration, click on e-Passport Application.


2Select the Request Type you want; e-Passport Application, and click on Apply. 

3. Choose who needs this service; whether the applicant is above 18 or below 18. 

  • If an applicant is above 18, he/she enters their national ID.

  • If an applicant is below 18, he/she enters the Citizen Application Number.

  • If the applicant is below 18 and doesn’t have a Citizen Application Number he/she enters their information as well as their guardian’s information.

 

4. Fill in the Applicant Details, by clicking in the blank space to input the required details (*: means mandatory information). 

5. Fill in the Passport & Travel Details for the applicant. 

6. Attach all the required documents in the right format and size.

7. Click on Next to proceed.

Note: Click [Here] to view the tips and requirements for submitting a compliant passport photo.

8. Verify that the information is true, enter a phone number and/or email address, check the verification box, and click on Submit.

 

9. A billing Number/ID (88…) will be generated for payment, Click Pay

10. Applicants choose the mode of payment. For more information about payment modes, click here.

NOTE: After applying and paying successfully via IremboGov, the applicant receives a feedback notification from the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration informing them when to take the biometric tests at the DGIE office or a Rwandan embassy.



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