It has been noted with serious concern that many Overseas Pakistanis and travelers to Pakistan, faced problems and embarrassing situation at the airports and were denied boarding by the airlines due to the mistakes in their Visa Grant Notices issued online electronically by Pakistan Online Visa System (POVS) of NADRA. Thus they not only faced problems but also lost huge amount of money due to cancellation of their air tickets. In order to avoid loss of money and embarrassing situations at the airports, please carefully read the following guidelines before submitting your Pakistan E-Visa.
2. All applications submitted to the Embassy of Pakistan Sweden online through POVS are sent back to the applicants for final re-check with the following remarks:-
“Final Notice for re-checking your information carefully, keep in mind that Visa Grant Notice is issued from Centralized NADRA System of Pakistan and it automatically print the information typed by the applicant. Once the visa is issued, it cannot be corrected or edited later on. Therefore, very carefully re-check the following information before re-submitting your application:
- Your name, Write Surname under the column of surname first name under the column of given name. Write the name exactly as it is written on your passport.
- Passport Number
- Date of birth
- Nationality
How to review your application, search the following website on google and click on menu and go the page of Review for guidance:-
And visit the page how to review and upload supporting documents.
If all the information is correct, just re-submit your application.”
Avoid Following Mistakes:
3. Moreover, most of the applicants, especially Afghan national and Afghan origin, make the following frequent and common mistakes:
i) They live in Sweden or Finland and Select place of interview Afghanistan, which is wrong. If you select place of interview Afghanistan, your visa application is processed in Pakistan Embassy/Consulate in Afghanistan.
Therefore, if you are in Sweden or Finland then Select country of interview Sweden and Stockholm, which is correct and your visa application will be processed in the Embassy of Pakistan, Sweden.
- Sometimes, they also select Category of Passport as Official or Diplomat, which is wrong instead of Ordinary.
The correct category for all the ordinary and common people including businessmen is “ordinary”. So always select category of Passport “Ordinary”.
How to correct the above mistakes if the visa application is sent back by the Visa Officer to you for review?
You will receive an email from NADRA with the subject “Documents Required”. Please carefully read the remarks of the Visa Officer and answer the question or upload the required documents asked by the Officer. Sometimes, the Visa Officer may just have sent you back your application for final re-check and you should carefully re-check your information. Keep in mind that only applicant can make correction in the following fields of his/her application:
- Applicant name, Write Surname under the column of surname first name under the column of given name. Write the name exactly as it is written on your passport. For example, your name on your passport is written as follow:
Surname: Haideri
Given name: Muhammad Sarwar
So write under Surname: Haideri
And write Given name: Muhammad Sarwar
- Passport Number – Carefully write your passport number
- Date of birth – Carefully write your date of birth
- Nationality – Carefully write your Nationality
In case the Visa Officer ask you for uploading further documents and you cannot arrange that documents within 7 days, then just login to your account you have created on NADRA website at the time of submission of your application, then click on the Existing Tab, then Click on Review Tab and then Click the Red Colour Visa Application Tracking ID starting from 8800 which consist of 11 digits and write in remarks column to the officer following text and re-submit:-
“ I will arrange the documents which may take around 10 days, Please send back my application after 10 days”
Thus your application will avoid the automatic cancellation. If you do not re-submit your application within 7 (seven) days, your application will automatically stand cancelled.
How to review your application, Click Here
Always carefully recheck your information before submitting your visa application and also carefully recheck your detail on Visa Grant Notice before travelling. In case, you found any mistake on your Visa Grant Notice before travelling, immediately re-apply for a new Visa with correct information and also upload the Visa Grant Notice and you will be issued a new visa on priority.
We are trying our best to facilitate our overseas Pakistani community and other applicants as much as we can and thus issue guidelines from time to time for their information.
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