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Visa Prior to Arrival — eligible Gulf and Malaysian nationals

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?

For the specified Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and UAE scope, a visa on arrival is available; the official source also states a 30-day multiple-entry visa on arrival for those nationals.

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    Nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and UAE will be granted 30 days multiple entries visa on arrival.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The source covers individual tourist and group-tourist visits.

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  • Independent literal and semantic review is pending.
  • The captured source does not establish every material condition for this answer.
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    for individual tourist / group tourists as per following details: -

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

For Qatari passport holders, the visa on arrival is for 30 days, extendable by another 30 days, with single or multiple entries. The official source also states a 30-day multiple-entry visa on arrival for Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and UAE nationals.

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Limits of the record
  • A separate stay or extension rule for Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and UAE nationals is not given outside the entry-rule sentence.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    Visa on Arrival facility to all Qatari Passport holders including Diplomatic. Special and Ordinary Passports, free of charge, with single or multiple entries, without the requirement of Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) at any port of entry for a period of 30 days extendable by another 30 days subject to the following conditions:-
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    Nationals of Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and UAE will be granted 30 days multiple entries visa on arrival.

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

For Qatari passport holders, the conditions are: passport valid for at least 6 months, a confirmed return ticket, and cash equivalent to US$ 1500 or a valid credit card. The official source does not state the evidence list for the other listed nationalities, nor accommodation or insurance evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not state the same evidence list for the other listed nationalities.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where to apply and when a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_SUSTENTA: The ETA sentence is the general rule for the 50-country VOA; applying it to this whole group contradicts the same source, where Qatari holders get VOA 'without the requirement of ETA at any port of entry'; that exception is neither in the value nor in the residuals.)

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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