Alright, so you wanna get yourself a Lebanese passport, huh? Well, listen up, ’cause I’m gonna tell ya what I know, no fancy talk, just straight to the point. It ain’t as easy as buyin’ a loaf of bread, that’s for sure.
First off, you gotta understand this “passport” thing. It’s like a little book that says who you are and where you’re from. Think of it like your ID card, but it lets you travel to other countries. And Lebanon, well, that’s a country over there, kinda far from here.
Now, if you’re thinkin’ you can just walk in and buy a Lebanese passport like it’s a candy bar, you’re wrong. It ain’t like that. You gotta go through some hoops, do things the right way.

- First thing’s first, you need papers. Lots of ’em. They want your birth certificate, that’s the paper sayin’ when you were born. They wanna see your Lebanese ID card, if you got one. If not, you might need something called a “civil status extract,” sounds fancy, but it’s just another paper about who you are and your family.
- Then you gotta fill out this form. A big ol’ paper, askin’ all sorts of questions. Where you live, your mama’s name, your papa’s name, all that stuff. Make sure you write neat, they don’t like messy writin’. And get the right form, they got different ones for how long you want the passport to last – one year, three years, five years, or ten years. Ten year one costs the most, somethin’ like 10 million somethin’. Can you believe it? For the young’uns under 18, they only get five year ones.
And listen to this, if you want your passport fast, like real fast, you gotta pay extra. They call it “express service.” Costs more, but you get it quicker. It’s like payin’ extra to get your groceries delivered to your door instead of carryin’ ’em yourself, you understand?
Now, if you’re between sixteen and fifty-nine years old, and you already got one of them older passports, the blue ones, it might be a little easier. But you still gotta go through the process, fill out the forms, and pay the money.
They also got this new thing, an online platform. You go on the computer, make an appointment, so you don’t have to wait in line all day. Sounds fancy, but I heard it can be a pain too. Computers, they ain’t always reliable, you know? Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t.
And where do you go to do all this? Well, you gotta go to a General Security center, that’s what they call it. They got ’em all over the place, or you can go to the big one in Beirut, that’s the big city in Lebanon. And if you’re livin’ somewhere else, like Poland or Lithuania, you gotta show ’em your residence card from there too. See, it ain’t simple.
Some folks talk about “citizenship by investment,” sounds like you can just pay a bunch of money and get a passport. But that’s for rich folks, not for the likes of us. And even then, it ain’t easy, there’s all kinds of rules and regulations. It’s not like buying something, it’s more like joining a club, and they get to decide who gets in.
Now, I ain’t gonna lie to ya, getting a Lebanese passport ain’t cheap. And it ain’t quick. But if you really need one, you gotta follow the rules, do things the right way. Don’t try to cut corners, it’ll just get you in trouble. And remember, the Lebanon passport, it ain’t the strongest in the world, they say it’s ranked somewhere around 71st. But if it’s what you need, it’s what you need.
So there you have it. That’s what I know about gettin’ yourself a Lebanese passport. It ain’t easy, but it ain’t impossible either. Just gotta be patient, follow the rules, and have a little bit of luck. And don’t forget to bring all them papers they ask for. Good luck to ya!