{"id":5503,"date":"2023-09-19T03:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T03:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/federal-govt-approves-amendments-in-visa-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T03:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T03:48:03","slug":"federal-govt-approves-amendments-in-visa-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/federal-govt-approves-amendments-in-visa-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal govt approves amendments in visa policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Visa.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: In a bid to attract foreign investors and businesses, the caretaker government of Pakistan has approved amendments to the country\u2019s visa policy, under which foreign investors will receive a 6-month business visa within 24 hours, ARY News reported on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the details, the federal cabinet has given a green light to the amendments in the visa policy, after which \u2013 on the recommendation of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) \u2013 a 6-month business visa will be issued immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has made significant improvements to the visa policy, providing substantial ease in the visa application process for foreign investors and commercial purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The amendments in the visa policy have been approved for 103 countries, and Pakistani missions will now be obligated to issue business visas for 5 years within 24 hours. Meanwhile, a short-term investor visa of one year will also be issued within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, on the recommendation of the SIFC, a 3-year investor visa will also be issued within 24 hours, while the Ministry of Interior is mandated to issue 5-year investor visas in just 10 days.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a bid to attract foreign investors and businesses, the caretaker government of Pakistan has approved amendments to the country\u2019s visa policy, under which foreign investors will receive a 6-month business visa within 24 hours, ARY News reported on Tuesday. 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