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Afghan Visa — Afghan passport holder arriving from Afghanistan

PakistanShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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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, granted by the Pakistan Mission in Afghanistan.

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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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Limits of the record
  • Searched the Afghan Visa section (afghan-visa/categories captures) for a purpose statement for Afghans arriving from Afghanistan; it states only duration/re-entry and issuing mission, no purposes.

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

The Afghanistan visa policy allows multiple-entry visas valid up to one year with 60 days per stay for ordinary Afghan nationals.

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Limits of the record
  • DGI&P Visa Categories page states instead that Afghans coming from Afghanistan are granted six months visa with one re-entry; the two official DGI&P pages diverge.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/afghan-visa.php
    B. Visa to Afghan nationals by Pakistan Mission in Afghanistan: Pakistan Mission in Afghanistan may allow multiple entry visas valid up to one year with a duration of 60 days in each stay, to ordinary Afghan nationals.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel and passport evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • Independent literal and semantic review is pending.

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

The visa is obtained from the Pakistan Mission in Afghanistan; the per-stay duration may be changed or exempted on request with proper justification, and the Ministry of Interior may change stay duration or grant further entries on justified request. No visa category can be changed while in Pakistan.

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Limits of the record
  • Source does not describe the application steps beyond the issuing mission.

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