That's good for you zizu, but your case is PNP which is primarily processed through London visa office as stated in your profile too. Just speculating but my understanding is that average processing times via London are far better than Pakistan for obvious reasonszizu said:
Umm.. Well it's a bit complicated... Yes my case is PNP but I got tired of waiting for LVO to act up... So instead I applied for TRV using my open work permit... And that's the application that I submitted in July... And if all goes well and I get TRV then I'll go there and then will handle my PNP case from Canada...fkl said:
That's good news Auone - and it saves you the trouble. Also a notable point for some who is in a hurry and is willing to waste cost of medicals (in case of refusal or substantial delay). All the very best. +1 for sharing useful infoAuone said:
Thanks fkl.......yes if your in a hurry and not worried about PKR: 5700, then you have this option......fkl said:
Sure - though my focus was on "per person" i.e. in the entire process of applying for visa till actually receiving it. There have been many factors which drastically changed the cost when you have a family i.e. factors that you won't even care about when applying alone but they add up to significant figures when weighted for a family. I was just trying to highlight that so people won't make the same mistakes.Auone said:
Wow, that's a lot.........you are right again, its 5600 per person.....fkl said:Sure - though my focus was on "per person" i.e. in the entire process of applying for visa till actually receiving it. There have been many factors which drastically changed the cost when you have a family i.e. factors that you won't even care about when applying alone but they add up to significant figures when weighted for a family. I was just trying to highlight that so people won't make the same mistakes.
To give an example apart from all other major fee's, i never bothered with the little 1700 ~ 1800 fedex charges for each paper application. However, it was PER APPLICANT so for me it weighted to like 9k. And for the unfortunate multiple submissions i had to do for application returned being unprocessed for reasons that were not my fault and hence 3 submissions, that made some figures. And in case your original passports are returned for medicals (this was the case until feb 2013), it amounts to another submission. Then cost of medical for say a family of 4 or 5 and then even after visa issuance the "Protectorate general of Pakistan stamp along with NICOP" for every person going on work permit abroad, costs any where between 6 to 10k per permit and roughly wastes half a day. And this stamp is only valid for 30 days, so have to get it done just before going when your seat is confirmed
The above were some tiny factors of cost that i never knew would exist. But they summed up easily over a 100k PKR. So just sharing in case it helps some one else to stay informed.
Hehe, basically if you are not applying for a work permit or an open work permit, you shouldn't worry about this. But if you are leaving pakistan for any kind of work, and NOT a student visa or a family sponsorship, you basically need to get this stamp on your passport AFTER you have gotten visa and BEFORE you board a flight out of Pakistan. Best timing is to get it done when you have booked a flight and are leaving with in 30 days. The process only starts when you apply for a NICOP from Nadra and forfeit your pakistani NIC.Auone said:
There is a bit of confusion, do we need NICOP before traveling? Because passport can be protected on the basis of NICOP receipt only?fkl said:
Emm.. No. You just have to have APPLIED for NICOP. Don't need the card itself. The procedure is you go to NADRA, apply for it and get a RECEIPT.Auone said:
Damn, I think this just another way by the government of fleecing money from immigrants and nothing else.....fkl said:
