Embassy of Pakistan
stockholm - Sweden
stockholm - Sweden
Please share your queries to the Embassy through email at consularservice@pakistanembassy.se
Un-married certificate/single marital status certificate can be obtained from the Union Council or Marriage Registrar Office where you are a permanent resident in Pakistan. This certificate should be attested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and then from the Embassy of Pakistan in the country where you want to present it. Keep in mind that the certificate should be in English language or in the language of the country where you want to present it.
You need to write your authority letter and come to the Embassy of Pakistan with original valid CNIC/POC/NICOP or Pakistani Passport, sign it in front of the officer and get it attested after payment of a prescribed fee. If you are unable to visit the Embassy, you may send the Authority Letter by post after getting it attested from the Notary Public. If you are sending your documents by post, please do not forget to send a self-addressed envelope with 120 SEK worth of postage stamps and also mention your contact number.
Power of Attorney is a very sensitive and legal document and should be given to the most trusted and reliable person like father, brother, son, daughter or sister etc. By power of attorney, you are handing over your complete ownership of your movable or immovable property to the next person to handle it in whatever manner you want to authorize that person. You have to write the power of attorney yourself or through a lawyer/advocate and must come in person to the Embassy of Pakistan with valid Pakistani CNIC/NICOP/POC or Passport along with two recent colour pictures and sign the power of attorney before the officer after payment of prescribed fee.
In case someone is unable to visit the Embassy in person, particularly from Finland or far-flung cities, the alternative is to get the Power of Attorney attested by the Notary Public and from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland or Sweden and then send it by post with the required fee. The applicant must also send a self-addressed return envelope with 133 SEK postage stamps (for Sweden) OR 10 International coupons (for Finland). Please make sure that the recipients complete name, as written on his/her ID, must be written on the return envelope.
Kindly check our website on Attestations page for fees and other requirements. The Power of attorney must be clearly typed without any error. It must be then attested within 90 days from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and then must be registered in the Registrar Office within 120 days.
Power of Attorney and Special Power of Attorney is meant for giving someone the legal rights with regards to valuable movable and immovable property or legal rights.
If an applicant is unable to come in person due to any reason or if the applicant is living far from Stockholm, he or she can send Power of Attorney or Special Power of Attorney by post subject to the following conditions: -
Authority letter is just giving somebody the authority to receive your documents and certificate or submit your documents on your behalf. Power of Attorney is a legal document whereby you are giving absolute ownership of your property to someone. That person is given authority to exercise your authority on your behalf which is considered legal as if you have done it yourself. Power of Attorney is normally given for valuables like selling /transferring property etc.
Authority letter only gives someone the authority to collect or submit documents on behalf of the applicant.
If an applicant is unable to come in person due to any reason or if the applicant is living far from Stockholm, he or she can send an Authority Letter or Affidavit by post subject to the following conditions: -
You should get it yourself or through a family member from District Police Officer (DPO) of your home town where you are permanent resident in Pakistan. Then you have to get that Police Character Certificate attested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and then from the Embassy of Pakistan in the country where you want to present it.
Yes, you can and we encourage guardians to send their children’s/applicants’ documents by post for registration of new born baby. The form which is called S-1 Form can be found on our website. Further details regarding requirements for registration can be found on our website.
CNIC/NICOP and POC can be directly obtained online on the NADRA’s website: id.nadra.gov.pk. If you have any question about it, kindly contact NADRA directly.
Yes. However, the Police Character Certificate issued by the Swedish Authority must be attested by Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Keep in mind that any document, that is, Birth certificate, Marriage Certificate, divorce certificate, death certificate, Personbevis or familybevis issued either by Finland or Sweden must be first attested by the concerned Ministry of Foreign Affairs of issuing country of that document. For example, a birth certificate issued by the Swedish Authority must be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. This principle applies to all documents.
No, unfortunately the Embassy doesn't have biometric facility. In such cases the Embassy can only attest the authority letters if the concerned authority accepts it.
Kindly visit NADRA website: visa.nadra.gov.pk and see the help section and follow the instructions. If there is any technical problem, kindly directly contact NADRA by clicking on their Contact Us option.
No, online visa is issued online and you will get a Visa Grant Notice by email that you have to print out. The Visa Grant Notice is your visa. You do not need to send any documents to the Embassy.
Please follow the instructions in the e-visa application platform for fee payment. You will pay online by credit card while applying for online visa.
For each child irrespective of age, a separate application must be submitted.
Guardians must submit No Object Certificate (NoC) for each child/applicant below the age of 18 years. The NoC must be signed by both parents and must also have contact phone numbers of both parents. The NOC can be downloaded from this link: https://pakistanembassy.se/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/NOC.pdf
Do not upload irrelevant documents.
Please make sure that before submitting your application, your name and Passport number is the same as written on your Passport as you only have once chance of application. If the application comes back to you for review in case your application is incomplete and some more additional documents or requirements need to be fulfilled, then you have the chance to carefully again check your particulars, that is, name and Passport number etc. Once the visa is issued, it cannot be corrected later on and the applicant has to re-apply for a fresh visa.
You can apply for both categories that is tourist and family if you fulfill the requirements. Every Afghan national or Afghan origin having Swedish or Finnish or another country’s Passport, must submit a proper invitation letter from Pakistan duly attested by Notary Public along with colour copies of both sides of CNIC/NICOP of the person who sent the invitation letter (inviter). The signature of the sponsor on the CNIC must be clearly visible. The invitation must have contact phone number of the sponsor/inviter in Pakistan. The application must be complete having address in Sweden or Finland, whatever the case may be, and the address in Pakistan where the person is going. Incomplete application will not be accepted. You can also get a sponsor letter from approved tourist operator in Pakistan who can sponsor your visit.
Please note that incomplete application, fake or unverifiable invitation letter will not be accepted.
Providing fake invitation letter will not only lead to rejection of visa but may also lead to blacklisting of the applicant for future visa.
In case an Afghan national or Afghan origin applicant has a Pakistani spouse, he or she can apply for family visa. In order to apply, he or she must provide admissible proof i.e. the wife must have the Afghan national name on her CNIC as spouse or must present a Family Registration Certificate (FRC) issued by NADRA Pakistan duly attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. Irrelevant documents will not be accepted.
Similarly marriage with a Pakistani spouse in Sweden like cohabitant and partner is not acceptable in Pakistan Family Law. Only lawful and legal marriage duly registered in Pakistan NADRA system or in Swedish Population Register is considered a legal marriage acceding to Pakistan Family Law.
All common people and citizens of a country have ordinary Passports; and should write/select “ordinary”.
However, diplomatic/Official and UNLP passports are with special categories of people who are working as diplomat n Foreign Embassies/Consulate General/United National Organization High Ranking Officials like Presidents, Prime Ministers, Governors, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Senators etc. of the country. Every country has different color of these special categories of Passports distinguishing it from the common citizen passports. In Sweden,for example common people have Red Colour passports while diplomats have blue color passports.
The rest of the people and common citizens have Ordinary passports even if someone is a businessperson, still he or she holds ordinary passport. UN Travel Documents and Alien Passports are issued to people who seek asylum and thus are considered ordinary passports.
By selecting wrong category of passport will lead to the rejection of visa.
Yes, in case of emergency and death of relatives, you can get very quick visa. First you need to upload your application, and also upload a hand written or type a few lines mentioning your urgency that you need an urgent visa due to the illness or death (God forbid) of a relative. Your visa will be issued on top priority keeping in view your travelling plan. You can even get it on the same day.
This urgent visa service facility is only available to Overseas Pakistani and Pakistan origin people.
Yes, you must provide a proof by uploading copy of one of the following documents: -
Cohabitant and partner are not acceptable in Pakistan Family Law as a spouse.
Please do not upload irrelevant and inadmissible documents while apply for visa.
Only upload passport copy of the applicant and the applicant picture and one of the above relevant documents.
Swedish driving license or other irrelevant documents are not acceptable.
Only Documents in English or Urdu languages are acceptable.
If the E-Visa is valid on an expired passport then applicant must get visa on his/her new passport before travel.
No, a Visa Grant Notice is computer generated on the basis of information given and typed by the applicant. The Visa Officer sends back each application to the concerned applicant for final re-check to correct a mistake, if any. Once the Visa Grant Notice is issued, it can neither be changed nor corrected. Only the applicant can make corrections and edit either during the submission of an application or review process in the following three areas:
If there is any mistake in the Visa Grant Notice, it is because of the applicant and not due to the Visa Officer. If there is a mistake in Visa Grant Notice, an applicant has not only to re-apply, but also to re-pay for the new application.
Yes, Machine Readable Passport system uses the data from NADRA's system and application can only processed if applicant has a valid original Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) or National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Smart ID Card. Only exception is the children having Computerized Child Registration Certificate (CRC/Form B) issued by NADRA from Pakistan. Children applications can be processed without CNIC or NICOP if they have original CRC/Form B.
Yes, one of the parents (father and mother) should accompany the child for processing the machine-readable passport application with identity documents of both the parents.
Yes, both mother and father's Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) or National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Smart ID Card are required in case of children's passport application.
Yes, child's (up to the age of 18 years) Machine Readable Passport (MRP) application can be processed on the basis of Computerized Child Registration Certificate (CRC/Form B) issued by NADRA from Pakistan even if they don't have National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP).
No. Machine Readable Passport system uses the data from NADRA's system and application can only be processed if applicant has a valid original Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) or National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Smart ID Card. You need to get a one of these NADRA cards before applying for Machine Readable Passport (MRP).
No. Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) with photo is required for Machine Readable Passport (MRP) application processing.
Yes. Government of Pakistan has dual nationality agreement with Sweden and Finland. Applicants having any other nationality along with Pakistani nationality need to declare it for Machine Readable Passport (MRP) application and must have to bring their Swedish or Finnish passport.
No. Children who already possess a valid National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) can apply for Machine Readable Passport without Computerized Child Registration Certificate (CRC/Form B) issued by NADRA from Pakistan.
For any of above-mentioned changes you will first need to update your Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) or National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Smart ID Card. MRP uses the data from NADRA's system and modification will only be possible when your details are updated in NADRA's system.
Yes, you can apply for a new passport through online, if your passport is still valid for 12 months (a year). If your passport is valid for more than a 12 months/a year and still you want to renew it, then you have to visit the Embassy for renewal.
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