Checklist of things to carry with you
These are some general things that I write for both male/female. You can modify or add more things according to your own needs but maximum things are necessary to bring. These are enough for two years, only few things will be needed to buy from here.
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Dress and General Items
5 to 8 Jeans Pants
1 or 2 trouser (If you want to wear in house or if you want to use it as night suit)
2 to 3 Dress Pants if you want (Mostly jeans are used)
Dopatte Hasb-e-zaroorat (only for Muslim girls)
2 or 3 Traditional Shalwar Qamez suit having of good quality and fashionable if you want (or any your traditional dress)
because we only use shalwar qamez (traditional dress) on some special gathering e.g. Eid or on International
day etc.
8 to 10 Shirts (Some tea shirts, Some dress shirts whatever you want)
1 or 2 Sweter full sleve
1 Sweter half sleve (if you want and have some space)
1 Jacket (You can't buy a good jacket from Pakistan which works in -20. Only jackets made
from polyester or fur can keep you warm. If you can buy jacket like this its good otherwise
bring your existing one you can buy a good one here.)
1 pair thick bottom Joggers (Any brand of Bata, service or hush puppies. Mostly joggers are
used you do not need to bring dress shoes)
1 Chappal pair (to use for washroom)
1 or 2 Towel of good quality (usually thin towels have very short life)
4 to 6 Toothbrush and 1 Toothpaste (You can buy more here easily)
1 foldable Umbrella (if you can't find leave it. Do not bring any other)
10 to 15 pair of socks at least (Thick as much as you can find for winter and for summer as
you wish)
2 Simple but good quality note books and some pens. We have lot of printing facility in
university and also we can get free note books in different kinds of seminars)
*hold pens in 3 or 4 shopping bags collectively otherwise ink may be leaked out in flight
2 to 3 pair of tights (Lagging) One can't survive in winter without these.
Under wear
2 or 3 Warm caps or woolen caps, 2 or 3 Maflar and 1 pair of good quality thick gloves
1 Hair brush and 1 comb (kanghi)
1 Bed sheet, 1 Pillow and its cover (Pillow should be of polyester and if you have space you
can bring polyester made quilt/blanket which is more than enough to keep warm inside house)
1 Cup/Glass that can be used both for tea and water/drink (If you have space and capacity
then bring 2 plates, 2 spoons, one knife otherwise these items are not expensive here)
1 Jae Namaz and 1 QURAN PAK. (for Muslims)
1 Good quality bag for your luggage (for 20 to 30 KG stuff)
1 Hand Carry bag (for 8 to 10 KG stuff)
1 school type bag (for holding laptop or note book while going to university).
You can use the same bag for school and hand carry purposes. Your luggage bag should
have wheels to move it around
10 Vest (Banyan) if any one needed.
1 or 2 Belts
At least half dozen Hangers
Soi Dhaga (with black and white Nalki) and some spare small & big buttons for shirts and
pants
1 to 3 veil (Hijab or Naqab) only for girls if they want
Shaving Kit
Razor and blades as you wish (Gillette turbo or MAC 3 are most suitable but then bring 1
Razor and 2 to 4 extra blades). Otherwise simple razor and blades would enough
1 or 2 Shaving cream or foam
Lotion
Perfumes and body sprays (as you wish)
1 or 2 Chap stick for lips
1 Nail Cutter
1 Scissor
Medicines
Headache tablets
Cold/Illness
Stomach problem
Bandages
Any special medicine u use. (Keep all medicines, liquid and metal items in luggage not in hand carry. These items are not allowed to keep with you in flight except laptop, mobile and watch)
Communication and Electronics Items
Laptop (around 1.5 GHz, 80GB HD, 1GB Ram etc) Laptop is very important specially if you
are studying computer science.
1 good quality headphone (material quality not sound)
2 GB USB for daily use. (If you have software and your personal data then don't bring it on
CD's. Buy another big size USB e.g. 40GB or 80GB and copy all on it)
2 to 3 blank CD's and 2 to 3 blank DVD
Operating system CDs (Vista or XP)
1 Cell phone and its charger
2 to 3 meter long Network cable
If your eyesight is weak and you are using glasses then make two sets of glasses.
Documents and Currency
All Academic Documents/Degrees Original
All Professional Documents
NIC Original (Urdu written)
Passport
Admission Letter
International or Driving License if you have
Insurance Documents if you have
Cash Money in Swedish Kronor (SEK) (if you bring initial money around 1 Lakh PKR you can survive for 4 to 5 months. If you don't find SEK then bring equivalent in EURO's)
8 to 10 passport size pictures
Bring two photo copies of all documents and keep one copy in your hand carry. Put your admission letter copy on top. Immigration officer will check it when boarding will finished on airport. Drop one copy of documents at home and instruct your family to keep it on some safe place.
Note:
Be careful about your luggage, documents and money while traveling. Keep your documents, QURAN PAK (for Muslims), money with you. 8 to 10 KG weight is allowed in Hand carry. Laptop is not included in this. Laptop can be bring in its own bag or in hand carry. You can put your documents in laptop bag to save space of hand carry.
Cooking Masalas are very important because these are much expensive and some items are not available. You can bring different items/dishes masala which is used in all kind of salty dishes. Remove packing's of masalas and put all in one shopping bag. 2 to 3 KG masala is enough for 6 to 8 or 10 months.
Hair cut is very expensive. Boys please come with short hairs and girls if you want you can also set your hairs.
Put all CD's, Medicines, USB's, Liquid and metal items or wet eating stuff in your luggage. Do not leave anything in hand carry or laptop bag. Otherwise it can create trouble on airport.
Bring some biscuits, peanuts or some dry fruit to eat during your journey. Some flights do not give you halal food. Mostly flights have halal food for passengers but even then we cant eat due to its smell. Remember you can bring eating stuff in limited weight that would enough for 25 to 35 hours. If you bring in much quantity then airport staff will not allow you and bin it. Fruit is included in breakfast/dinner in flight. You can eat it easily.
Do not leave any kind of your original document(s) in Pakistan (in your home country).
If laptop cord has 3 pins switch then bring either one extension or converter for it. Sweden has two pins plugs everywhere.
Keep your cell phones and laptops fully charged before leaving your home. Last year I had faced big trouble because my cell phone battery goes dead after leaving Lahore airport and its charger was in luggage and I can't contact anybody.
If it's possible attest your documents from foreign office. Sometime foreign office attestation requires if you want to apply for some green/blue card schemes or for immigration to Denmark or Canada.
Best of luck for your journey
Credit: Saad Hafeez
