The Visa process includes the following steps:

  • Review the requirements to apply for your visa (detailed below)
  • Collect the required documents and complete the Visa Application Form (Note: Visa Application Form link may please be added here)
  • You have the option of personally submitting your Visa Application Form and other documents in the Consular section of the Embassy. Alternatively, you may send these documents to the Embassy, a Postal Order in the Embassy’s name, in lieu of the visa fee), and a self-addressed prepaid registered envelope (which will be used to send back the passport once the visa decision is made). However, the Embassy reserves the right to call the applicant for an interview, if deemed necessary.

Please click on the relevant Visa Category you wish to apply for more information:

  • Tourist Visa
  • Business Visa
  • Family Visa
  • Journalists Visa
  • NGO Visa
  • Visa for Dual Nationals

Please click here for the Visa Fee Schedule  and Processing Time

 

Tourist Visa

Requirements:

  • Passport (valid for 6 months beyond stay in Pakistan)
  • Duly filled in Visa Application Form
  • 2 Recent passport-sized photographs
  • Invitation letter along with photocopy of the CNIC/NICOP/Passport of the person inviting you to Pakistan
  • For tourists who are travelling on their own without an invitation, bookings of the hotels may please be provided
  • Proof of residency (applicant’s driving license, utility or phone bills may suffice) in case of non-Irish applicants
  • If travelling in group, letter/travel itinerary from the tourist operator concerned
  • An evidence of support of financial means (such as employers letter or bank statement) will greatly help your visa application

 

Business Visa:

Requirements:

  • Passport (valid for 6 months beyond stay in Pakistan)
  • Duly filled in Visa Application Form
  • 2 Recent passport-sized photographs
  • Official invitation: Please provide a letter of invitation from the Company inviting you from Pakistan, attested by the relevant Chamber of Commerce of Pakistan
  • Business Cover Letter: The applicant must submit a letter from his/her Company in Ireland (the letter from the employer may introduce the applicant, indicating the applicant’s employment status/position held in the company, and clearly stating the purpose of visit to Pakistan). The business letter should also indicate who will be financially responsible for the applicant and must provide the detailed contact information of their interlocuters in Pakistan.

 

Family Visa

Requirements for Spouses of Pakistani Nationals:

  • Passport (valid for 6 months beyond stay in Pakistan)
  • Duly filled in Visa Application Form
  • 2 Recent passport-sized photographs
  • Marriage certificate (alongwith its copy).
  • CNIC/NICOP/Passport of spouse

 

Requirements for minors:

  • Visas for minors is not accepted by Post. The presence of both parents is required at the Embassy.
  • In case parents are separated, the parent must provide a Court Order showing his/her custody of the child
  • Passport (valid for 6 months beyond stay in Pakistan)
  • Duly filled in Visa Application Form
  • 2 Recent passport-sized photographs
  • Marriage certificate of parents (original and copy)
  • Birth Certificate (original and copy)
  • CNIC/NICOP/Passport copies of the parent(s)

 

Journalists Visa

Requirements:

  • Passport (valid for 6 months beyond stay in Pakistan)
  • Duly filled in Visa Application Form
  • 2 Recent passport-sized photographs
  • Letter from Employer including details of the visit
  • Details of the places to be visited in Pakistan
  • Brief summary of the assignment(s) to be undertaken in Pakistan

 

NGO Visa

Requirements:

  • Passport (valid for 6 months beyond stay in Pakistan)
  • Duly filled in Visa Application Form
  • 2 Recent passport-sized photographs
  • Introductory letter from Employer in Ireland giving therein the purpose of the said visit
  • A letter from the inviting NGO in Pakistan along with copy of their valid contract/registration with the Government of Pakistan
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