📰 7 sources 7 articles · 11 Nov 2026, 11:34 → 2 days ago

Lebanese General Security begins receiving biometric passport applications at the Lebanese embassy in Berlin

Lebanon's General Security Directorate announced the start of receiving applications for biometric passports at the Lebanese embassy in Berlin as of 11 November 2026. The step is part of expanding its services and facilitating transactions for Lebanese abroad, with a commitment to extending the service to more Lebanese diplomatic missions.

📍 Where things stand: The service is in effect at the Lebanese embassy in Berlin as of 11 November 2026, with General Security continuing to extend it to other diplomatic missions.

⏱️ Timeline

11 Nov 2026, 11:34 Lebanon's General Security Directorate announced the start of receiving applications for biometric passports at the Lebanese embassy in Berlin as of 11 November 2026.
11 Nov 2026, 11:48 General Security said the step comes within its drive to expand services, facilitate transactions for Lebanese abroad, ease burdens on citizens and bring services closer to them, stressing continued efforts to extend the service to more Lebanese diplomatic missions.
11 Nov 2026, 11:53 Lebanese media reports said General Security has effectively begun receiving biometric passport applications at the Lebanese embassy in Berlin, with some reports offering no further details on procedures or timings.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Coverage ranged from outlets that carried the announcement in full with the start date and the goals of expansion and easing burdens on citizens, to others that limited themselves to noting the start of receiving applications at the embassy, one of which explicitly noted the absence of details on procedures and timings.

MTV Lebanon It gave the start date as 11 November 2026 and highlighted extending the service to more missions, easing burdens on citizens and bringing services closer to them.
المركزية It focused on the start date written as 11/11/2026 and on the affirmation that efforts continue to extend the service to more Lebanese diplomatic missions.
https://www.akhbaralyawm.com/ It cited the start date and stressed continued efforts to extend the service to more missions, mentioning facilitation of transactions for Lebanese abroad without procedural details.
LBCI Lebanon It limited itself to noting that General Security began receiving applications at the Lebanese embassy in Berlin, without the start date or the expansion goals.
Lebanon24 It confined itself to the start of receiving applications at the embassy and explicitly noted that the announcement included no further details on procedures or timings.
جنوبية It linked the step to passport issuance services for Lebanese in Germany, without elaborating on plans to extend the service to other missions.