All foreigners coming to Pakistan need a valid passport. Tourists from the following countries do not need visa to enter Pakistan for the period specified as under:
1. Iceland, Maldives, Singapore, South Korea, Zambia and Mauritius for 3 months
2. Hong Kong, Nepal and Western Samoa for 1 month
3. Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago for unlimited period

Landing permit/transit visa for 30 days shall be given at entry points/airports, by Pakistan Immigration, free of cost, to genuine tourists after satisfying about their bonafied, if they possess return air ticket and sufficient amount of foreign currency. Such landing permit/transit visa should be regularized from the nearest Regional Passport & Immigration Office, within its validity. However, it is always better to obtain visa from Pakistan embassies abroad, before entering.

Landing permit facility is not available for the nationals of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Serbia, Tanzania and Uganda.

Nationals of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are allowed to enter Pakistan with valid Pakistani visa and passport either of their own country or of the former Soviet Union.

Israeli passport holders are not allowed entry into Pakistan.

Application Requirement for Visa

• Valid passport

• 02 Passport-size photographs

• Completed application form

• Confirmed return/onward air-ticket (if travelling by air) and proof of sufficient amount of foreign currency.

• Visa fee varies from country to country and type of visa.

For further details please contact Pakistan High Commission or Embassy / Consulate in your city / country.

Validity of Visa and Other Information

• Visa once issued, can be utilized within 6 months from the date of issue or as provided for.

• A single journey entry visa is valid for a stay upto 3 months unless other wise provided.

• Multiple journey visa is valid for a stay of 5 months at one time. Any number of journeys (normally six) during a specified period not exceeding one year, are allowed on such visas.

• Double entry visa can be issued to genuine tourists by Pakistani embassies abroad, if they possess return air tickets and sufficient amount of foreign currency.

• Visa extension (maximum upto 3 months) is granted by Regional Passport & Immigration Offices in major cities of Pakistan (Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Quetta etc.).

• Foreign tourists entering Pakistan through regular check posts do not need any road permit. There is no fresh visa required to travel from one province to another province of Pakistan; however, permission is needed for visit to some restricted areas. Please contact any PTDC Tourist Information Center for details in this regard.

• Tourists not staying over 30 days in Pakistan, do not require any Police Registration.

• Visitors staying over 30 days need to register themselves with the District Foreigners Registration Office within 30 days of their arrival in Pakistan. They should get a resident permit from the Registration Office in exchange to the temporary registration (form ‘C’) issued to them by Immigration authorities at the time of entry Indian and Afghan visitors are required to obtain Police Registration within 24 hours of their arrival in Pakistan.

For travelers to the region, CDC Recommends the Following Vaccines (as appropriate for age):

• Hepatitis A or immune globulin (IG).

• Hepatitis B, if you might be exposed to blood (for example, health-care workers), stay longer than 6 months, or be exposed through medical treatment.

• Japanese encephalitis, only if you plan to visit rural areas for 4 weeks or more.

• Rabies, if you might be exposed to wild or domestic animals through your work or recreation. Typhoid vaccination

• As needed, booster doses for tetanus-diphtheria and measles, and a one-time dose of polio for adults

• Hepatitis B vaccine is now recommended for all infants and for children ages 11–12 years that did not receive the series as infants.

For more information about immunization, and other health precautions visit Travel Health Online. And to find out how to protect yourself against diseases once you are in the Indian Subcontinent visit CDC Travel information.

Click here to see a listing of Pakistan's embassies and consulates in other countries. Or here to see information about foriegn embassies in Pakistan.

Security Concerns

Personal safety and security is the single most important concern in mind of traveler coming to Pakistan. It remains the most commonly asked question to our staff. Certainly, political climate of Pakistan and its neighbors and statements made by their politicians, mostly for personal gains, are a constant source of concern to everyone. Some of these threats maybe real but most of these are perceived.

Political tussle over Kashmir is a source of on going hostilities between India and Pakistan, at times seemingly becomes a threat of war between two nuclear states. However, no one in these two country really believes that there is going to be a full scale war between these two nations. Neither country can afford a war. Even during recent war in the mountains of Kashmir, life away from war border remained normal.

Sympathizers of Taliban government in Afganistan perceive western powers as hostile nations and their way of life as threat to their religious beliefs, prompting them to routinely issue decrees against foreigners. These threats are issued by leaders of small factions and mostly have limited following. The followers of such groups are concentrated in areas, usually near the border of Afganistan, that are away from popular destinations for most foreigners. Even those who travel in these areas have not encountered any hostilities. Nevertheless, it is advisable to avoid going into these areas. Such recommendation is true even in western countries where racial, ethnic or economic differences have created areas hostile to members of other groups.

Mountains, Gilgit, Skardu and all major cities remain safe for foreigners. General hazards of traveling in a foreign land and culture also apply to Pakistan. Try to learn and respect local customs. Normally, foreigners are given the benefit of doubt if they do something that may not be fully in accordance with norms of the society, however, we advise you to look at Do’s and Don’t to help you better understand Pakistani culture.

We also encourage you to read advisories put out by foreign services of the US, UK and other countries before you travel to Pakistan. However, these advisories, like most government policies, take the safest extreme and will usually advise you to stay home. If you have any safety concerns regarding your travel to Pakistan, we strongly recommend to contact us for latest travel conditions.

If you are a citizen of UK, US or Australia you can look at the sites of your country government for travel advisory regarding travel to Pakistan. Please be advised that these advisories are usually very conservative.

US State Department Advisory provides information about entry requirements, crime in Pakistan and health insurance etc.

UK Advisory

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade