The government has gazetted passport fees in United States Dollars (USD) although there is an option to pay in local currency.

The gazetted prices are as follows ordinary passports will be going for USD$60, USD$200 for three-day passports and $318 for emergency 24hr passport.

This development comes after the government reviewed passport fees earlier this month to clear backlog.

Below is the Statutory Instrument 201 of 2021:

[CAP. 4:01 Citizenship (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2021
IT is hereby notified that the Minister has, in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01], made the following regulations:-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Citizenship Act (Passport Fees) Regulations, 2021.
2. The Minister has fixed passport fees as specified in the Schedule—

SCHEDULE: PASSPORT FEES

1. The fees payable for obtaining passport shall be for:—
(a) ordinary passport USD$60,00
(b) three-day passport USD$200,00
(c) emergency 24hr passport USD$318,00
2. Passport fees above shall have an option of paying in local currency at the prevailing rate.