Passport submission - VFS - Pakistan specific information - Post PPR

[lushahz]

Hi
I have received a latter from Delhi immegeration office to submit my passport to VFS in Islamabad and I have one question I am leaving in Afghanistan should I go to Pakistan or I should submit by other way?

Its better to call or email IRCC, including 'Urgent' in subject.

 

[lushahz]

Please anyone answer my question!

What is your nationality?

 

[Hasherfaraz]

What is your nationality?

I am Afghan and I am leaving in Afghanistan

 

[lushahz]

I am Afghan and I am leaving in Afghanistan

If there is no Visa office in Kabul, then you have to sumbit you passport in Islamabad, as directed.

 

[3RSN]

Be careful when you will be visiting Vfs Global Pakistan

Dear Vfs Global

On Friday 11-May-2018, I visited Vfs Global Karachi to collect my transmitted (PNP Paper based) passport around 1:15 PM .

As per given security protocol, I submitted my cell phone at cell phone counter and Unfortunately when I returned back my cell phone from counter , I felt something wrong with my cell phone especially in SD card and all indications were confirming me that there were something wrong with memory card when I started investigating it at my end I had known that my memory card had been replaced with fresh one with same featured and size.

I intimated it to official who were available at Vfs KArachi (Canadian Branch) but Unfortunately I was unable to get result oriented outcome.

Finally, It is not matter of memory card's cost or quality, it is matter of my belonging in term of data , files ,pictures and others, Kindly investigate it at your side/level and I am also going to complain it at IRCC .

It would be grateful, if you could return my own memory card as early as possible basis.

I look forward to hearing you soon.

Thank You

 

[Shani1214]

This is to help all the clueless Pakistani applicants like me out there. Here is my experience regarding submitting passports to VFS in Pakistan. This post contains procedure, timelines, restrictions and some personal experiences (Lahore office specific).

The submission process mentioned does not vary much from any other VFS office, so even if you are not from Pakistan, you will get an idea of what to do.

Please note that this is after you get a "Ready for Visa" letter (either as a message in your account or as an email. Sometimes you get both. Usually the account message is from your local visa office; Islamabad for me. The email is from the Ottawa office).

VFS Global (a third party organization) handles passport submissions in Pakistan (and in many other countries as well). In Pakistan, they operate out of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. You can submit to any of their outlets in the above mentioned cities. This is their website for Pakistan.

Office hours are Mon-Fri 9am - 1pm for all 3 branches.

Submission procedure
Choose a VFS outlet from the vfs website. No appointment is required, it's a walk-in for all the offices here in Pakistan.

Lahore specific info: The office is located opposite Ganga Ram Hospital. I suggest you park across the road inside the hospital paid parking, otherwise the traffic police have a lifter waiting to penalize any parking around the VFS office. The parking is congested but is right across from the office.

You need to take the following along with you:

1. PPR email print out (with details filled in the given table regarding primary applicant, spouse and dependents; also be sure to print the full email. If you have more dependents in your application than the space given in the table, print the page with the table as many times you need and fill that in).
2. Photographs according to the specifications mentioned in the PPR letter.
3. Passports of everyone mentioned in the application. Passports need to be valid for at least 6 months with at least 2 blank pages. (Passports have to be ordinary ones, the visa cannot be placed in Diplomatic, Official or Military passports)
4. PKR 1,332/- per passport (submission and transmission fee) + PKR 160 SMS tracking fee e.g. for 3 applicants this becomes (1332*3 + 160) = PKR 4156. Payment is in cash on the spot and take the collection receipt. (Disclaimer: These rates are applicable for the day I submitted my passports, check here for the latest rates). Any additional services (such as help filling in an application form, photocopies etc.) will be charged separately.
   
5. Original CNIC of the one submitting the passports.

Restrictions
Mobile phones, laptops, USBs and any other electronic, media or storage devices will need to be checked in at the entrance. Bags (without the aforementioned items) are allowed.

At the office
Once you enter the hall that deals with Canadian applications, an officer will vet your documents to ensure that you all the required documents for submission (this is to save you the queue waiting time only to find out that you missed something). You will be assigned a queue number after the vetting process. Queue wait times vary, but the whole process took about 2 hours for me (check-in to check-out). Keep the token with you till the time you check-out from the office.

Timeline
At the time this post is being written, they take approx. 2 weeks from the submission date. You can track your passports from their tracking portal by providing the tracking ID of each submitted passport mentioned in the collection receipt. Passport collection is from the same outlet as the one they were submitted to. Passports will only be handed over upon presenting the collection receipt.

The process is pretty straightforward, but please let me know if there are any questions.

hi there,
Do we need to fill the family information in the table with pen after getting the printout of the email ?

 

[Jtahir]

submitted passport at Lahore VFS on 23rd March 2018 (surprisingly it was open despite being the public holiday)

luckily i was the only applicant, so was in/out in 10 mins

waiting nervously now.............

Hopefully you have received your passport? I will be submitting mine tomorrow at the same office.

 

[Stressed123]

It

Be careful when you will be visiting Vfs Global Pakistan

Dear Vfs Global

On Friday 11-May-2018, I visited Vfs Global Karachi to collect my transmitted (PNP Paper based) passport around 1:15 PM .

As per given security protocol, I submitted my cell phone at cell phone counter and Unfortunately when I returned back my cell phone from counter , I felt something wrong with my cell phone especially in SD card and all indications were confirming me that there were something wrong with memory card when I started investigating it at my end I had known that my memory card had been replaced with fresh one with same featured and size.

I intimated it to official who were available at Vfs KArachi (Canadian Branch) but Unfortunately I was unable to get result oriented outcome.

Finally, It is not matter of memory card's cost or quality, it is matter of my belonging in term of data , files ,pictures and others, Kindly investigate it at your side/level and I am also going to complain it at IRCC .

It would be grateful, if you could return my own memory card as early as possible basis.

I look forward to hearing you soon.

Thank You

is no doubt, I have heard that in Pakistan when you receive PPR and go to get your visa, they have already sold your visa to someone else, so replacing your memory card is actually stealing your data I would guess.

 

[Stressed123]

Hi
I have received a latter from Delhi immegeration office to submit my passport to VFS in Islamabad and I have one question I am leaving in Afghanistan should I go to Pakistan or I should submit by other way?

Assalam aliakom wr wb,

Bro did you submit your passport to Islamabad, how long it took you to get it back?
I am sponsor can I submit passport on behalf of principle applicant?

I am Afghan

Thanks

 

[flysoofi]

This is to help all the clueless Pakistani applicants like me out there. Here is my experience regarding submitting passports to VFS in Pakistan. This post contains procedure, timelines, restrictions and some personal experiences (Lahore office specific).

The submission process mentioned does not vary much from any other VFS office, so even if you are not from Pakistan, you will get an idea of what to do.

Please note that this is after you get a "Ready for Visa" letter (either as a message in your account or as an email. Sometimes you get both. Usually the account message is from your local visa office; Islamabad for me. The email is from the Ottawa office).

VFS Global (a third party organization) handles passport submissions in Pakistan (and in many other countries as well). In Pakistan, they operate out of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. You can submit to any of their outlets in the above mentioned cities. This is their website for Pakistan.

Office hours are Mon-Fri 9am - 1pm for all 3 branches.

Submission procedure
Choose a VFS outlet from the vfs website. No appointment is required, it's a walk-in for all the offices here in Pakistan.

Lahore specific info: The office is located opposite Ganga Ram Hospital. I suggest you park across the road inside the hospital paid parking, otherwise the traffic police have a lifter waiting to penalize any parking around the VFS office. The parking is congested but is right across from the office.

You need to take the following along with you:

1. PPR email print out (with details filled in the given table regarding primary applicant, spouse and dependents; also be sure to print the full email. If you have more dependents in your application than the space given in the table, print the page with the table as many times you need and fill that in).
2. Photographs according to the specifications mentioned in the PPR letter.
3. Passports of everyone mentioned in the application. Passports need to be valid for at least 6 months with at least 2 blank pages. (Passports have to be ordinary ones, the visa cannot be placed in Diplomatic, Official or Military passports)
4. PKR 1,332/- per passport (submission and transmission fee) + PKR 160 SMS tracking fee e.g. for 3 applicants this becomes (1332*3 + 160) = PKR 4156. Payment is in cash on the spot and take the collection receipt. (Disclaimer: These rates are applicable for the day I submitted my passports, check here for the latest rates). Any additional services (such as help filling in an application form, photocopies etc.) will be charged separately.
   
5. Original CNIC of the one submitting the passports.

Restrictions
Mobile phones, laptops, USBs and any other electronic, media or storage devices will need to be checked in at the entrance. Bags (without the aforementioned items) are allowed.

At the office
Once you enter the hall that deals with Canadian applications, an officer will vet your documents to ensure that you all the required documents for submission (this is to save you the queue waiting time only to find out that you missed something). You will be assigned a queue number after the vetting process. Queue wait times vary, but the whole process took about 2 hours for me (check-in to check-out). Keep the token with you till the time you check-out from the office.

Timeline
At the time this post is being written, they take approx. 2 weeks from the submission date. You can track your passports from their tracking portal by providing the tracking ID of each submitted passport mentioned in the collection receipt. Passport collection is from the same outlet as the one they were submitted to. Passports will only be handed over upon presenting the collection receipt.

The process is pretty straightforward, but please let me know if there are any questions.

Lifesaver. Thank you so much for the info as the VFS website does not contain this information to such an extent plus their helpline just makes one run in circles. I went to VFS Khi yesterday, took 15 mins literally. I did write a letter emphasizing that I need to travel in the next 10 days to the UAE on work related assignments, lets hope they consider my request. Stay blessed!

 

[Johnny Ghaddar]

This is to help all the clueless Pakistani applicants like me out there. Here is my experience regarding submitting passports to VFS in Pakistan. This post contains procedure, timelines, restrictions and some personal experiences (Lahore office specific).

The submission process mentioned does not vary much from any other VFS office, so even if you are not from Pakistan, you will get an idea of what to do.

Please note that this is after you get a "Ready for Visa" letter (either as a message in your account or as an email. Sometimes you get both. Usually the account message is from your local visa office; Islamabad for me. The email is from the Ottawa office).

VFS Global (a third party organization) handles passport submissions in Pakistan (and in many other countries as well). In Pakistan, they operate out of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. You can submit to any of their outlets in the above mentioned cities. This is their website for Pakistan.

Office hours are Mon-Fri 9am - 1pm for all 3 branches.

Submission procedure
Choose a VFS outlet from the vfs website. No appointment is required, it's a walk-in for all the offices here in Pakistan.

Lahore specific info: The office is located opposite Ganga Ram Hospital. I suggest you park across the road inside the hospital paid parking, otherwise the traffic police have a lifter waiting to penalize any parking around the VFS office. The parking is congested but is right across from the office.

You need to take the following along with you:

1. PPR email print out (with details filled in the given table regarding primary applicant, spouse and dependents; also be sure to print the full email. If you have more dependents in your application than the space given in the table, print the page with the table as many times you need and fill that in).
2. Photographs according to the specifications mentioned in the PPR letter.
3. Passports of everyone mentioned in the application. Passports need to be valid for at least 6 months with at least 2 blank pages. (Passports have to be ordinary ones, the visa cannot be placed in Diplomatic, Official or Military passports)
4. PKR 1,332/- per passport (submission and transmission fee) + PKR 160 SMS tracking fee e.g. for 3 applicants this becomes (1332*3 + 160) = PKR 4156. Payment is in cash on the spot and take the collection receipt. (Disclaimer: These rates are applicable for the day I submitted my passports, check here for the latest rates). Any additional services (such as help filling in an application form, photocopies etc.) will be charged separately.
   
5. Original CNIC of the one submitting the passports.

Restrictions
Mobile phones, laptops, USBs and any other electronic, media or storage devices will need to be checked in at the entrance. Bags (without the aforementioned items) are allowed.

At the office
Once you enter the hall that deals with Canadian applications, an officer will vet your documents to ensure that you all the required documents for submission (this is to save you the queue waiting time only to find out that you missed something). You will be assigned a queue number after the vetting process. Queue wait times vary, but the whole process took about 2 hours for me (check-in to check-out). Keep the token with you till the time you check-out from the office.

Timeline
At the time this post is being written, they take approx. 2 weeks from the submission date. You can track your passports from their tracking portal by providing the tracking ID of each submitted passport mentioned in the collection receipt. Passport collection is from the same outlet as the one they were submitted to. Passports will only be handed over upon presenting the collection receipt.

The process is pretty straightforward, but please let me know if there are any questions.

Thank you for the detailed post these are just the details I was looking for.

 

[Johnny Ghaddar]

Hello there,

I got PPR yesterday and I have to submit the documentation to VFS Karachi on Monday. This forum has cleared many queries. I have just one question for which I need the help on this thread:

Q) Is there are other fees associated with the Visa such as "Visa Fees" or "Service Charges" other than the "Passport Transmission Service" ? I need to know if any Visa fee has to be paid directly to IRCC or at the VFS center?

Regards,

 

[Likx]

Be careful when you will be visiting Vfs Global Pakistan

Dear Vfs Global

On Friday 11-May-2018, I visited Vfs Global Karachi to collect my transmitted (PNP Paper based) passport around 1:15 PM .

As per given security protocol, I submitted my cell phone at cell phone counter and Unfortunately when I returned back my cell phone from counter , I felt something wrong with my cell phone especially in SD card and all indications were confirming me that there were something wrong with memory card when I started investigating it at my end I had known that my memory card had been replaced with fresh one with same featured and size.

I intimated it to official who were available at Vfs KArachi (Canadian Branch) but Unfortunately I was unable to get result oriented outcome.

Finally, It is not matter of memory card's cost or quality, it is matter of my belonging in term of data , files ,pictures and others, Kindly investigate it at your side/level and I am also going to complain it at IRCC .

It would be grateful, if you could return my own memory card as early as possible basis.

I look forward to hearing you soon.

Thank You

Salam will u please explain vfs karachi location please

 

[sam3218]

Hi all, sorry if there's already an answer but couldn't find in hurry. So today I got my PPR, I was a resident of UAE at the time but now I am in Pakistan and won't go to UAE. The PPR email states "Submit your passport(s) along with the required documents in person or by courier to a Canadian Visa Application Center (VAC) nearest you." and then it goes on to give names of VAC in Middle east only. My question is can I also submit the passport to VAC in Pakistan (VFS), If yes then do i need to reply on the email too?

 

[john_123]

This is to help all the clueless Pakistani applicants like me out there. Here is my experience regarding submitting passports to VFS in Pakistan. This post contains procedure, timelines, restrictions and some personal experiences (Lahore office specific).

The submission process mentioned does not vary much from any other VFS office, so even if you are not from Pakistan, you will get an idea of what to do.

Please note that this is after you get a "Ready for Visa" letter (either as a message in your account or as an email. Sometimes you get both. Usually the account message is from your local visa office; Islamabad for me. The email is from the Ottawa office).

VFS Global (a third party organization) handles passport submissions in Pakistan (and in many other countries as well). In Pakistan, they operate out of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. You can submit to any of their outlets in the above mentioned cities. This is their website for Pakistan.

Office hours are Mon-Fri 9am - 1pm for all 3 branches.

Submission procedure
Choose a VFS outlet from the vfs website. No appointment is required, it's a walk-in for all the offices here in Pakistan.

Lahore specific info: The office is located opposite Ganga Ram Hospital. I suggest you park across the road inside the hospital paid parking, otherwise the traffic police have a lifter waiting to penalize any parking around the VFS office. The parking is congested but is right across from the office.

You need to take the following along with you:

1. PPR email print out (with details filled in the given table regarding primary applicant, spouse and dependents; also be sure to print the full email. If you have more dependents in your application than the space given in the table, print the page with the table as many times you need and fill that in).
2. Photographs according to the specifications mentioned in the PPR letter.
3. Passports of everyone mentioned in the application. Passports need to be valid for at least 6 months with at least 2 blank pages. (Passports have to be ordinary ones, the visa cannot be placed in Diplomatic, Official or Military passports)
4. PKR 1,332/- per passport (submission and transmission fee) + PKR 160 SMS tracking fee e.g. for 3 applicants this becomes (1332*3 + 160) = PKR 4156. Payment is in cash on the spot and take the collection receipt. (Disclaimer: These rates are applicable for the day I submitted my passports, check here for the latest rates). Any additional services (such as help filling in an application form, photocopies etc.) will be charged separately.
   
5. Original CNIC of the one submitting the passports.

Restrictions
Mobile phones, laptops, USBs and any other electronic, media or storage devices will need to be checked in at the entrance. Bags (without the aforementioned items) are allowed.

At the office
Once you enter the hall that deals with Canadian applications, an officer will vet your documents to ensure that you all the required documents for submission (this is to save you the queue waiting time only to find out that you missed something). You will be assigned a queue number after the vetting process. Queue wait times vary, but the whole process took about 2 hours for me (check-in to check-out). Keep the token with you till the time you check-out from the office.

Timeline
At the time this post is being written, they take approx. 2 weeks from the submission date. You can track your passports from their tracking portal by providing the tracking ID of each submitted passport mentioned in the collection receipt. Passport collection is from the same outlet as the one they were submitted to. Passports will only be handed over upon presenting the collection receipt.

The process is pretty straightforward, but please let me know if there are any questions.

Hi do you if dependent in your application can use same PPR email to submit passport at VAC? Main applicant is in Canada and I am dependent living in India and my name is not listed in the PPR email but my spouse name UCI number and Application number are mentioned in the email !
Thanks in advance !