Business visa Pakistan/Afghanistan

Please bring the following documents:

Pakistan

• Two sets duly completed (one original, one copy) of :
  – Application for Schengen Visa; (Form No. 119031)
  – Questionnaire for visa applicants - Appendix A (Form No. 210021)
  – Family appendix for visa applicants - Appendix D; (Form No. 201031)
  
  
• Fee deposit slip
  
  
• Original passport and national identity card; (The validity of the passport must be at least 3 months beyond the date you are leaving the Schengen area) and previous passports, if held;
  
  
• A copy of first two pages of your passport and of valid visas, and a copy of your national identity card;
  
  
• Two passport size photographs. The photos must be: full face (facing the camera directly with your eyes looking straight at the camera), colour, with a light background, no more than six months old and a good likeness of you, bareheaded, unless you have special religious reasons;
  
  
• A document from your company signed by an authorised person other than yourself, certifying that you will be visiting the Swedish company on behalf of your company/employer - original;
  
  
• A Letter of invitation from the Swedish company (in Swedish or English) mentioning clearly the purpose and duration of the intended visit;
  
  
• A copy of the Swedish company's certificate of incorporation (PRV - Bolagsregistret);
  
  
• Your company's for the last one year and your personal bank statement for the last 6 months. If you/your company pay for the trip and upkeep you must prove that you/your company have at least 370 SEK/day.
  
  
• Your company's certificate of registration and letter of recommendation from Chamber of Commerce and Industry - originals;
  
  
• Confirmed return (to and from Sweden) air ticket/booking;
  
  
• A copy of your Medical Insurance Policy applicable to the entire Schengen territory and covering costs of at least 30 000 Euro for urgent medical treatment and/or emergency hospital treatment and repatriation for medical reasons (The insurance document will be required after you are granted the visa).

Note: The applicant must bring all documents to the Embassy with the application. The Embassy doesn't accept documents being mailed/faxed/emailed to the Embassy.

Before you present your application you must deposit a non-refundable visa application fee equivalent to SEK 550:- in Pak Rupees into the Embassy's CD account
No: 2799-92
at Habib Bank Ltd
Super Market
School Road Branch
F-6 Markaz
Islamabad.

Bank deposit slips are available at the Embassy.

No fee - The following will be exempted from paying a fee:

• Children under the age of six years
• Schoolchildren, students in higher' education, research students and their accompanying teachers - on condition that the purpose of the trip is studies or education
• Researchers - on condition that the purpose of the trip is scientific research.

Normal processing time is 2 weeks. Please call before you come up to collect the passport.

Please note that possession of a Schengen visa does NOT guarantee entry into a Schengen state. At the border you may be asked to prove that you have enough means for your upkeep in Sweden and return to Pakistan or show a guarantee letter from the reference in Sweden (invitation).

The visa section is open for visits Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, and for telephone enquiries 2.00 to 3.00 p.m. Passport collection time is 4.30 - 5.00 p.m. The Embassy is closed on some of the public holidays. Visits and calls at other times will NOT be accepted.

Application forms are available at the Embassy free of charge. Forms can also be downloaded from the Embassy's website or can be hand collected from the Consulates in:

Lahore:
Consulate of Sweden, 5, FCC, Gulberg
Phone: 042-5753404-6

Karachi:
Consulate of Sweden, 5-6 Chartered Bank Chambers, 1.1 Chundrigar Road
Phone: 021-2415697

Embassy of Sweden
P.O. Box 1100
House 4, Street 5, F-6/3
Islamabad
Phone: 051-2828 712
Fax: 051-2825284
E-mail: ambassaden.islamabad-visum@foreign.ministry.se

May, 2007

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Afghanistan

• Two sets duly completed (one original, one copy) of:
  – Application for Schengen Visa (Form No. 119031)
  – Questionnaire for visa applicants - Appendix A (Form No. 210021)
  – Family appendix for visa applicants - Appendix D (Form No. 201031)
  
  
• Fee deposit slip
  
  
• Original passport and national identity card; (The validity of the passport must be at least 3 months beyond the date you are leaving the Schengen area) and previous passports, if held;
  
  
• 2 copies of 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10thand 11thpages of the passport and 2 of ID card, (Tazkira). In family passports the copies of 5th, 6thand 7'h pages of the passport and in new passports copy of the last page is also required.
  
  
• Two passport size photographs. The photos must be: full face (facing the camera directly with your eyes looking straight at the camera), colour, with a light background, no more than six months old and a good likeness of you, bareheaded, unless you have special religious reasons;
  
  
• A document from your company signed by an authorised person other than yourself, certifying that you will be visiting the Swedish company on behalf of your company/employer - original;
  
  
• A Letter of invitation from the Swedish company (in Swedish or English) mentioning clearly the purpose and duration of the intended visit;
  
  
• A copy of the Swedish company's certificate of incorporation (PRV -Bolagsregistret);
  
  
• Your company's for the last one year and your personal bank statement for the last 6 months; If you / your company pay for the trip and upkeep, you must prove that you / your company have at least SEK 370 /day.
  
  
• Your company's certificate of registration and letter of recommendation from Chamber of Commerce and Industry - originals;
  
  
• Confirmed return air tickets/bookings;
  
  
• A copy of your Medical Insurance Policy applicable to the entire Schengen territory and covering costs of at least 30 000 Euro for urgent medical attention and/or emergency hospital treatment and repatriation for medical reasons (The insurance document will be required after you are granted the visa).

Note: The applicant must bring all documents to the Embassy with the application. The Embassy does not accept documents being mailed/fax/emailed to the Embassy.

Before you present your application you must deposit a non-refundable visa application fee equivalent to SEK 550:- in Pak Rupees into the Embassy's CD account
No: 2799-92 at
Habib Bank Ltd
Super Market
School Road Branch
F-6 Markaz
Islamabad

Bank deposit slips are available at the Embassy.

No fee - The following will be exempted from paying a fee:

• Children under the age of six years
• Schoolchildren, students in higher education, research students and their accompanying teachers - on condition that the purpose of the trip is studies or education
• Researchers - on condition that the purpose of the trip is scientific research.

Normal processing time is 2 weeks: Please call before you come up to collect the passport.

Please note that possession of a Schengen visa does NOT guarantee entry into a Schengen state. At the border you may be asked to prove that you have enough means for your upkeep in Sweden and return to Pakistan or show a guarantee letter from the reference in Sweden, (invitation).

The visa section is open for visits Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, and for telephone enquiries 2.00 to 3.00 p.m.

Passport collection time is 4 :30 to 5:00 p.m. Visits and calls at other times will NOT be accepted.

Application forms are available at the Embassy free of charge. Forms can also be downloaded from the Embassy's website or can be collected:

in Lahore from:
Consulate of Sweden, 5, FCC, Gulberg
Phone: 042-5753404-6

and in Karachi:
Consulate of Sweden, 5-6 Chartered Bank Chambers, 1.1 Chundrigar Road
Phone: 021-2415697

Embassy of Sweden
P.O. Box 1100
House 4, Street 5, F-6/3
Islamabad
Phone: 051-2828 712
Fax: 051-2825284
E-mail: ambassaden.islamabad-visum@foreign.ministry.se

May 2007