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Tourist / Visit Visa

PakistanShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A visa is required for this route: applicants from 175 countries may apply for an e-Visa, augmented with Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). List B has 2 countries (India and Somalia), and Armenia, Israel and Taiwan are not part of any list.

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  • Visa-abolition or other visa-free arrangements for particular nationalities are not detailed in the cited text.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

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  • Searched the tourist visa sections (DGI&P and Paris mission) for a stated list of permitted purposes; only the visa title 'Tourist / Visit' appears, which is not a purpose statement.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Pakistan missions abroad grant the Visit/Tourist Visa for three months validity and stay with double entry to List-A foreigners (190 countries). In the Northern Areas, the Deputy Commissioners Gilgit & Skardu may extend the visa for three months with one re-entry.

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  • No rolling-period rule is stated.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    Pakistan Missions abroad are authorized to grant Visit/Tourist Visa for three months validity and stay with double entry to foreigners of List-A consisting of following 190 countries.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    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.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Passport valid at least 6 months; invitation letter from the sponsor or hotel booking details (individual tourists); some missions also ask for the last three months' bank statement. The official source does not state insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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  • Requirements are published by the Embassy of Pakistan in Paris for applicants in its jurisdiction; other missions may differ.
  • Requirements are published by the Consulate General of Pakistan in Los Angeles for its applicants; other missions may differ.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applications are made through a Pakistan mission abroad, with 7–10 working days for applications at Pakistan missions abroad; RPO extension is permitted up to six months including the initial visa period, and a 15-day overstay condonation is available subject to fee.

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    Processing time for applications shall be 7-10 working days at Pakistan missions abroad.
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    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

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