UAE: Pakistan Embassy issues travel advisory for visit visa holders

UAE: Pakistan Embassy issues travel advisory for visit visa holders

All entry permit procedures must be completed before arriving into the Emirates

Published: Tue 28 Feb 2023, 11:33 AM Last updated: Tue 28 Feb 2023, 3:03 PM

Pakistan Embassy in the UAE on Tuesday issued an advisory, asking its nationals who are coming to UAE on visit visa and intend to travel to another country to obtain third country’s visa from Pakistan before departing for the UAE.

“If travelling to another country from UAE, a visa must be obtained before departing Pakistan. Visas for third countries are issued to legal residents with valid Emirates Identity Cards holders only,” said the advisory.

Many Pakistani citizens fly to the UAE to meet their families and friends and then intend to apply for third-country visa in the UAE. But foreign missions of other countries in the UAE require Emirates ID to process visas, hence, they would not be able to apply for a visa by the third country.

Currently, there are around 1.7 million Pakistani nationals living in the United Arab Emirates, accounting for nearly 18 per cent of the UAE’s 9.6 million population. Pakistani nationals are the second largest expat diaspora in the Emirates.

Sajid Hussain Turi, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development, earlier