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Consular Services |
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Pakistan Origin Card (POC) |
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Pakistan
Origin Card (POC) is a project of National Database and
Registration Authority (NADRA) to facilitate the people of
Pakistani origin while reviving their link with Pakistan.
Usable as a comprehensive identification document , POC brings
special status to the foreigners of Pakistani origin with some
incentives and benefits |
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Benefits
and Facilities : . |
- Visa Free
Entry into Pakistan
- Indefinite
stay in Pakistan
- Exemption from
reporting to Police or Foreigners registration Office
- Permission to
purchase , sell and depose of property anywhere in Pakistan
- Right to open
and operate bank accounts in Pakistan
- Swift
immigration into /from Pakistan at all designated routes,
ports and place
- Permission to
use POC for proving identity where NIC is required
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Eligibility:
The following are eligible to apply for Pakistan Origin Card:: |
- Former
Pakistani Citizen: A person who does not currently hold
Pakistani citizenship, but has ever remained a Pakistani
citizen in his/her life.
- Foreigner with
Link to Pakistan: A person who has never been a Pakistani
citizen but any of whose parents or grandparents is/was a
citizen of Pakistan at any time during his/her lifetime and
a person who has never been a Pakistani citizen but who
either himself/herself of any of whose parents or
grandparents
- Was born in
Indo-Pak subcontinent
- Was domiciled
anywhere in territories now included in Pakistan and
- Acquired
citizenship of a foreign state before the commencement of
Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951
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Document Required : |
- Complete
POC
Form
(PDF)
- 2 Passport
size Photograph with blue background
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Copy of NIC / NICOP / POC (whenever
held).
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Copy of Pakistani
Passport (whenever held)
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Copy of Foreign
Passport if held.
- Visa Fee
(US$ 100 or
equivalent thereof in Pak Rupees for Adults, US$ 50 for
children under 18)
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For more information
NADRA
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About
Pakistan |
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Father of the Nation
Quaid-i-Azam
Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
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Area :
796,095 Sq. km
Population : 149.03 million |
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Capital : Islamabad |
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