The cost is in the area upwards of 100 €, but the issue goes that people were paying around 60 € until late 2005 for a 5 year passport only to expire on December 31 2006.
It is even worst because lines are long and since the passports are issued by the police, they use the opportunity to run a background check in case there is a pending sentence for traffic violations or debts to the government etc. And it takes ages to have the passport deliver if the paperwork is ok..
At least in the UK you have a much more "decent" goverment w/o dirty little trick to dishonestly increase revenue.
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