Pakistan

Visa
Nationals of the following countries holding ordinary passports may enter Pakistan without a visa for a maximum stay of 3 months:
Iceland
Maldives
Zambia
Nationals of the following countries holding ordinary passports may enter Pakistan without a visa for a maximum stay of 1 month:
Nepal
Western Samoa
Nationals of the following countries holding ordinary passports may enter Pakistan without a visa for stay unspecified period:
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago


VISA ON ARRIVAL

Visa On Arrival (VOA) for 30 days validity and stay will be given ONLY to the businessmen of 69 countries of Business Friendly List (BVL) on production of any of the following documents:
- recommendation letter from CC&I of the respective country of the foreigner,
- invitation letter from Business organization duly recommended by the concerned Trade Organization/ Association in Pakistan,
- recommendatory letter by Honorary Investment Counselor of BOI / Commercial Attach posted at Missions abroad.


VISA IN MISSION ABROAD

Tourist visa:
Pakistan Missions abroad are authorized to grant visit / tourist visa for three months validity and stay with double entry to foreigners of 175 countries:
1. Albania
2. Algeria
3. Andorra
4. Angola
5. Antigua and Barbuda
6. Argentina
7. Armenia
8. Australia
9. Austria
10. Azerbaijan
11. Bahamas
12. Bahrain
13. Barbados
14. Belarus
15. Belgium
16. Belize
17. Benin
18. Bolivia
19. Bosnia and Herzegovina
20. Botswana
21. Brazil
22. Brunei Darussalam
23. Bulgaria
24. Burkina Faso
25. Burundi
26. Cambodia
27. Cameroon
28. Canada
29. Cape Verde
30. Central African Republic
31. Chad
32. Chile
33. China
34. Colombia
35. Comoros
36. Congo
37. Costa Rica
38. Cote'd Ivoire
39. Croatia
40. Cuba
41. Cyprus
42. Czech Republic
43. Denmark
44. Djibouti
45. Dominica
46. Dominican Republic
47. Ecuador
48. Egypt
49. El Salvador
50. Equatorial Guinea
51. Eritrea
52. Estonia
53. Ethiopia
54. Fiji
55. Finland
56. France
57. Gabon
58. Gambia
59. Georgia
60. Germany
61. Ghana
62. Greece
63. Grenada
64. Guatemala
65. Guinea
66. Guinea-Bissau
67. Guyana
68. Haiti
69. Honduras
70. Hungary
71. Iceland
72. Indonesia
73. Iran
74. Ireland
75. Italy
76. Jamaica
77. Japan
78. Jordan
79. Kazakhstan
80. Kenya
81. Kiribati
82. Kuwait
83. Kyrgyzstan
84. Laos
85. Latvia
86. Lebanon
87. Lesotho
88. Liberia
89. Liechtenstein
90. Lithuania
91. Luxembourg
92. Macedonia
93. Madagascar
94. Malawi
95. Malaysia
96. Maldives
97. Mali
98. Malta
99. Marshall Islands
100. Mauritania
101. Mauritius
102. Mexico
103. Micronesia
104. Moldova
105. Monaco
106. Mongolia
107. Morocco
108. Mozambique
109. Myanmar
110. Namibia
111. North Korea
112. Nauru
113. Nepal
114. Netherlands
115. New Zealand
116. Nicaragua
117. Niger
118. Norway
119. Oman
120. Palau
121. Panama
122. Papua New Guinea
123. Paraguay
124. Peru
125. Philippines
126. Poland
127. Portugal
128. Qatar
129. Republic of Congo(Zaire)
130. Romania
131. Russian Federation
132. Rwanda
133. Saint Kitts and Nevis
134. Saint Lucia
135. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
136. Samoa
137. San Marino
138. Sao Tome and Principe
139. Saudi Arabia
140. Senegal
141. Seychelles
142. Sierra Leone
143. Singapore
144. South Korea
145. Slovakia
146. Slovenia
147. Solomon Islands
148. South Africa
149. Spain
150. Sri Lanka
151. Suriname
152. Swaziland
153. Sweden
154. Switzerland
155. Tajikistan
156. Thailand
157. Timor-Leste
158. Togo
159. Tonga
160. Trinidad and Tobago
161. Tunisia
162. Turkey
163. Turkmenistan
164. Tuvalu
165. Ukraine
166. United Arab Emirates
167. UK
168. USA
169. Uruguay
170. Uzbekistan
171. Vanuatu
172. Venezuela
173. Vietnam
174. Zambia
175. Zimbabwe
Visa fees: European counries about 50USD(or Euro), USA and Russia about 120-130USD.
RPOs have been authorized to extend tourist visa upto a maximum period of six months including the initial visa period and condone overstay upto 15 days on payment of visa fee subject to payment of a minimum of US $ 10 only.
For Northern Areas, the Deputy Commissioners Gilgit & Skardu have been authorized to allow extension in visa for three months and one re-entry to the tourists in Northern Areas, charging visa fee as per policy.
Student visa:
Request of the students is received by the MOI and Ministry of Education. Student visa is granted after obtaining NOC from Ministry of Education /Economics Affairs Division/Ministry of Health (as the case may be) and foreign Mission in Pakistan of the respective country and security clearance. NOC is granted of the security cleared students for entry visa to the Mission abroad for three months with single entry.
Foreign Students studying in Pakistan on proper student visa are granted visa/visa extension for one year with one re-entry. The same procedure is applied to foreign teachers of International Islamic University, Islamabad.
Pilgrimage visa:
Sikhs of foreign passport holders (other than the Indian passports ) are granted entry visa by the Missions for a fortnight for the following places:
Lahore,
Sheikhupura(Nankana Sahib),
Rawalpindi/Hasan Abdal(Punja Sahib).

Missions abroad can grant one month validity and stay (Multiple) entry visa to the businessmen of remaining 120 countries (except Israel) subject to the production of afore-mentioned requisite documents from applicants own country or place of legal residence by Ambassador / High Commissioner / Head of Mission.

All foreigners are exempted from registration with the Police except the nationals of following countries:
1. ALGERIA
2. BANGLADEDSH
3. BHUTAN
4. INDIA
5. IRAQ
6. ISRAEL
7. LIBYA
8. NIGERIA
9. P.L.O.
10. SOMALIA
11. SRI LANKA
12. SUDAN
13. SERBIA
14. TANZANIA
15. UGANDA
16. YEMEN



VISA EXTENSION

The Regional Passport Offices at Islamabad as well as at Provincial capitals, have been empowered to allow one year extension in business visa on submission of the following requisite business related documents.

The Ministry of Interior has imposed overstay charges on foreigners and Pak origin foreigners as under:
1. Upto 2 weeks no fee,
2. Above 2 weeks to 1 month - USD20,
3. Above 1 month to 3 months - USD50,
4. Above 3 months to 1 year - USD100.
Border check point
From China:
Tashkurgan-Sost - only one check point across Khunjerab Pass ONLY by means of costly government bus.
From India:
Only point Atari-Wagha between Lahore and Amritsar.
From Iran:
Only point Zahidan-Taftan, railway and auto check point.
From Afganistan:
1. Torkham-Landi Kotal - across Khyber Pass road Kabul-Peshawar,
2. Spin Boldak-Chaman - to Quetta.


Embassies and Consulates
License plates
Road distance
Photo from Pakistan
© Goryushin Andrey, 2007 .


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