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Business Visa — Extension

PakistanStarting a business

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

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business profile this route is for.

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  • The 'Visa Extension in Pakistan' section only refers to extension in business visa and a hotel-business document; no founder/self-employed/company-owner profile is defined.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

Business documents for the extension: valid passport/business visa; registration letter from the Tourism Division in case of hotel business; and other business documents such as a letter from the Chamber of Commerce & Industry or Registrar of Company, partnership deed and articles of association.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The source requires evidence of substantial investment, export, or import during the last year, but does not state a numeric investment minimum, income minimum, or revenue threshold.

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What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business activity the holder may carry out, its restrictions and the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the Business Visa and 'Visa Extension in Pakistan' sections: no permitted activities, restrictions or dependants rule.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

Regional Passport Offices at Islamabad and provincial capitals may allow a one-year extension of the business visa on submission of the requisite business documents; extension beyond one year is granted by the Ministry of Interior on production of the requisite business documents. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction for this route.

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  • No longer-term or permanent residence direction is stated.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    The Regional Passport Offices at Islamabad as well as at Provincial capitals, have been empowered to allow one year extension in business visa on submission of the following requisite business related documents.
  • https://dgip.gov.pk/visa/categories.php
    Extension in visa beyond one year will be granted by the Ministry of Interior on production of the requisite business documents.

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