(1) The Department shall issue an Ordinary passport to the Nepali citizen upon investigation of the application received for the ordinary passport pursuant to Rule 4 or 5.
(2) Upon the investigation conducted pursuant to sub-rule (1), if the Ordinary Passport is not possible to issue by the reason of non compliance with the requirements or non-submission of necessary documents, the Department shall indicate the details in the application and inform the applicant of the same. If the Ordinary Passport is not possible to issue as such, the fee deposited along with the application shall not be refunded.
(3) The concerned person shall have to collect the Ordinary Passport from the Department within one year from the date of its issuance. If it is not collected within one year, the Department shall cancel such an Ordinary Passport.
(4) The fee for the Ordinary Passport shall be charged as referred to in Schedule-4.
(5) The Department shall, generally, issue the Ordinary Passport within seven days of the receipt of the application.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (5), if any person willing to issue the Passport earlier than the seven days submits the application enclosing the fee as referred to in Schedule-4, the Department shall issue the Passport within the following period: -
(a) speedy if any, in three days,
(b) expedited if any, in two days,
(c) urgent if any, in one day.