Application for a Work Permit – Pakistan

• 2 sets of correctly and fully completed Application Forms (Form No. 103031);
• Fee deposit slip;
• Original passport and identity card (will be returned);
• 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;
• 2 copies of first two pages of the passport and 2 of national identity card;
• A written offer of employment in Sweden, with a photo copy, made out on a special form which your employer can obtain via the National Labour Market Board's web site ams.se. After approval from the County Labour Board your employer must send the form to you so that you can enclose it with your application;
• Your employer shall guarantee you pay, insurance coverage and other terms of employment equal to at least the collective agreement or Swedish practise in the profession or the branch of trade;
• Accommodation must have been arranged for you in Sweden
• You must be fully prepared to leave Sweden when your term of employment is over.

* PKR 1,000 is charged by FedEx.

You will receive the date and time of your interview after the application is submitted. After your interview has taken place, your application will be forwarded to the Swedish Migration Board for a decision.

Before you present your application you must deposit a non-refundable work permit application fee equivalent to SEK 2000, in Pak Rupees into the Embassy's account No: 13530027999203 at Habib Bank Limited, Super Market, School Road Branch, F-6 Markaz, Islamabad or at HBL’s any on-line branch in Pakistan.

The application receiving hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, and for telephone enquiries (Embassy only) 2.00 to 3.00 p.m.

Basic information about application process, requirements and limited status of application can also be obtained through twenty4seven call centre (valid only for calls within Pakistan) by means of pre-recorded voice messages on an automatic answering machine, in English, Urdu or Dari, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or through the call centre operator during office hours. Premium rate of Rs 10 + taxes per minute will be charged by the call centre. To access the call centre please dial the following numbers:
 
For mobile phone users:   8864
For landline phone users: 090010422

Application forms are available at the Embassy as well as FedEx/Gerry’s application centres 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, I.I 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:      051-2825 284

E-mail: ambassaden.islamabad-visum@foreign.ministry.se
Website: www.swedenabroad.se/Islamabad