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Domestic Aide Visa

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is designed for work as a housemaid/domestic servant in Pakistan.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify the exact occupation beyond housemaid/domestic servant, nor does it describe the employment situation or professional activity in detail.
  • House-Maid Visa section
    Entry visa to work as housemaid/domestic servant in Pakistan will be granted by Missions abroad only with prior approval of the Ministry of Interior.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant needs an employer in Pakistan who forwards the application to the Ministry of Interior. The employer must provide an employment contract and other documents.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not explicitly state that a job offer is required, but the employer's involvement is necessary for the application process.
  • The document does not describe the employer relationship beyond the application requirements.
  • House-Maid Visa section
    Applications for grant of fresh visa as housemaid/domestic servant etc., to a foreigner will be forwarded by the employers in Pakistan to Ministry of Interior with following documents:-
  • House-Maid Visa section
    Employment Contract on stamp paper, duly signed by the employee and employer and two witnesses.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The pathway is for foreign domestic workers (formerly the 'House Maid Work Visa', renamed Domestic-Aide Visa) sponsored by a specific employer in Pakistan. The employer forwards the application to the Ministry of Interior, whose prior approval is required. The application needs an employment contract on stamp paper signed by the employee, the employer and two witnesses, and an NOC and acknowledgement from the worker's own country's mission in Pakistan about the proposed employment. The visa is granted for one year with two re-entries. No qualification, experience, salary, skill-level or shortage condition is stated.

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Limits of the record
  • No official source found stating minimum wage, qualification or experience conditions for Domestic-Aide visas.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the work allowed, any tie to employer or sector and family accompaniment.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched House-Maid Visa section and MOI approval table: documents mention proposed employment by 'the said employer' but no explicit work-rights, employer-change or family rule.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The visa is granted for one year with two re-entries; extension is granted by the Ministry of Interior on a year-to-year basis, subject to passport validity, with one or two re-entries per year. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No longer-term residence direction is stated.

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

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