VISA ON ARRIVAL RESUMED: NEW POLICY ANNOUNCED

Dear friends,

Greetings from CEP.

It gives us much pleasure to inform our friends and associates and give them this best tiding of the year that our efforts to liberalize the post 9/11 visa regime have at last succeeded and government has acceded to request for resuming the visa on arrival facility as part of a wide-ranging policy facilitating travel to Pakistan.

Tourist from 23 Tourism generating countries will be provided visas on arrival in Pakistan when traveling through designated tour operators.

The new policy empowers Pakistan embassies to issue tourist/business visas on their own without referring the applications to Islamabad for clearance. Under this policy 23 states have been given the status of tourists-friendly countries.

This wide ranging liberalization will go a long way in attracting tourists and other visitors to Pakistan. The list of the countries granted tourists-friendly status will be made available for information of our friends as soon as government releases the details but we hope your country is amongst those covered under this new visa regime and you.

Once again I want to congratulate business associates and mountaineering friends on this important step forward and hope this makes Pakistan a preeminent destination for tourists in South Asia and you will benefit from this new opening in the years ahead.

With regards

Fazal Karim

CEO CEP

Last updated: 2006-08-15 TOURIST / VISIT VISA 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 175 countries . 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.   LIST- A (FOR GRANT OF VISA)             S. No. Name of Country S. No. Name of Country S. No. Name of Country 1 Albania 60 Georgia 119 Palau 2 Algeria 61 Germany 120 Panama 3 Andorra 62 Ghana 121 Papua New Guinea 4 Angola 63 Greece 122 Paraguay 5 Antigua and Barbuda 64 Grenada 123 Peru 6 Argentina 65 Guatemala 124 Philippines 7 Armenia 66 Guinea 125 Poland 8 Australia 67 Guinea-Bissau 126 Portugal 9 Austria 68 Guyana 127 Qatar 10 Azerbaijan 69 Haiti 128 Republic of Moldova 11 Bahamas 70 Honduras 129 Romania 12 Bahrain 71 Hungary 130 Russian Federation 13 Barbados 72 Iceland 131 Rwanda 14 Belarus 73 Indonesia 132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 Belgium 74 Iran 133 Saint Lucia 16 Belize 75 Ireland 134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17 Benin 76 Italy 135 Samoa 18 Bolivia 77 Jamaica 136 San Marino 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 Japan 137 Sao Tome and Principe 20 Botswana 79 Jordan 138 Saudi Arabia 21 Brazil 80 Kazakhstan 139 Senegal 22 Brunei Darussalam 81 Kenya 140 Seychelles 23 Bulgaria 82 Kiribati 141 Sierra Leone 24 Burkina Faso 83 Kuwait 142 Singapore 25 Burundi 84 Kyrgyzstan 143 South Korea 26 Cambodia 85 Lao Republic 144 Slovakia 27 Cameroon 86 Latvia 145 Slovenia 28 Canada 87 Lebanon 146 Solomon Islands 29 Cape Verde 88 Lesotho 147 South Africa 30 Central African Republic 89 Liberia 148 Spain 31 Chad 90 Liechtenstein 149 Sri Lanka 32 Chile 91 Lithuania 150 Suriname 33 China 92 Luxembourg 151 Swaziland 34 Colombia 93 Madagascar 152 Sweden 35 Comoros 94 Malawi 153 Switzerland 36 Congo 95 Malaysia 154 Tajikistan 37 Costa Rica 96 Maldives 155 Thailand 38 C te d Ivoire 97 Mali 156 Republic of Macedonia 39 Croatia 98 Malta 157 Timor-Leste 40 Cuba 99 Marshall Islands 158 Togo 41 Cyprus 100 Mauritania 159 Tonga 42 Czech Republic 101 Mauritius 160 Trinidad and Tobago 43 Republic of Congo 102 Mexico 161 Tunisia 44 Denmark 103 Micronesia 162 Turkey 45 Djibouti 104 Monaco 163 Turkmenistan 46 Dominica 105 Mongolia 164 Tuvalu 47 Dominican Republic 106 Morocco 165 Ukraine 48 Ecuador 107 Mozambique 166 United Arab Emirates 49 Egypt 108 Myanmar 167 Uk 50 El Salvador 109 Namibia 168 USA 51 Equatorial Guinea 110 North Korea 169 Uruguay 52 Eritrea 111 Nauru 170 Uzbekistan 53 Estonia 112 Nepal 171 Vanuatu 54 Ethiopia 113 Netherlands 172 Venezuela 55 Fiji 114 New Zealand 173 Viet Nam 56 Finland 115 Nicaragua 174 Zambia 57 France 116 Niger 175 Zimbabwe 58 Gabon 117 Norway     59 Gambia 118 Oman       ENTRY INTO PAKISTAN WITHOUT VISA Last updated: 2006-08-15 Pakistan has visa abolition Agreements with following 36 countries. The foreigners holding diplomatic, official and ordinary passport holders of the following countries can enter in Pakistan without visa for the period mentioned against each. After expiry of the period, extension of visa would be required through Ministry of Interior.   S.No Country Period for which visa not required Remarks 1. Brazil Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 2. Germany Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders 3. Hellenic Republic Three months Diplomatic passport holders 4. Mexico Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 5. Philippines Three Months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 6. Tajikistan Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 7. Algeria Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 8. Argentina Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 9. Austria Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 10. Azerbaijan One month Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 11. Belgium Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 12 China (Including Hong Kong) One month (**15 Days for Hong Kong) Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 13. Czech Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 14. Denmark Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 15. Finland Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 16. Iran Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 17. Kazakhstan One month Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 18. Kyrgyz One month Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 19. Luxemburg Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 20. Morocco Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 21. Netherlands Three months Diplomatic Passport Holders. 22. Norway Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 23. Romania One month Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 24. Russian Federation Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 25. South Korea Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 26. Tunisia Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 27. Turkey Three months Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders. 28. Yugoslavia One month Diplomatic & Official Passport Holders 29. Ice Land Three months All nationals of the country 30. Maldives Three months All nationals of the country 31. Nepal One month All nationals of the country 32. Tobago Un-specified period All nationals of the country 33. Tonga Un-specified period All nationals of the country 34. Trinidad Un-specified period All nationals of the country 35. Western Samoa One month All nationals of the country 36. Zambia Three months All nationals of the country ** Pakistan has Visa Abolition Agreement with Hong Kong prior to reunification with China in 1997.   Find the updated information about Visa Policy directly from the website of Government of Pakistan .