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Visa Prior to Arrival — Tourist

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?

Under the policy, 'visa on arrival' is renamed 'Visa in your Inbox': the applicant applies online from the home country and receives an electronic authorisation to travel. Eligible nationalities are in the official 'Countries eligible for Visa On Arrival' list, numbered up to 50.

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What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The route covers individual tourist and group-tourist visits.

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    50 countries will be granted Visa-on-arrival for individual tourist / group tourists

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

No single maximum stay is stated for all VOA countries; the page states 30 days with multiple entries for Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and UAE nationals.

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  • Stay length for the other VOA countries is not stated.

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

Answer not available

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Limits of the record
  • Current Visa Prior to Arrival — Tourist border/documentary requirements are not established. The live DGI&P homepage says 120 countries can apply for VPA tourism, while the Republic of Korea Embassy in Pakistan notice dated 2026-01-16 says the tourism/business VPA scheme was abolished effective 2026-01-01; the specific NADRA VPA Tourist URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-24. See PK1-VPA-EVIDENCE-PACKET.json for literal quotes and response hashes.
  • The 2025 NADRA VPA mobile guide documents application capture of a passport biographic page and live photograph, but does not establish current border evidence after the 2026 conflict. Qatar-specific VOA passport/return-ticket/funds conditions and ordinary Tourist Visa document lists are not transferable to this route.

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

Visa on arrival is augmented with an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), 'subject to 48-72 hours prior to application/intimation'; the policy renames it 'Visa in your Inbox': the applicant applies online from the home country, receives an electronic travel authorisation and shows it at immigration on arrival for stamping in the passport. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • Extension/change circumstances for VOA tourists are not stated in these citations.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    Visa on Arrival will be augmented with Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) subject to 48-72 hours prior to application/ intimation.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    “Visa on arrival” phrase in previous letter/policy as mentioned above shall be rephrased as “Visa in your Inbox” as the applicant will apply online from his/her home country and will get electronic authorization to travel. On arrival, he/she will show this electronic authorization at immigration for stamping in the passport.

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

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