LAHORE – All Pakistanis who intend to travel to Qatar on work visa are required to get their visas protected from relevant Pakistani department by paying certain fee and submitting required documents.
The visa protector provides several benefits to the visa holders, They can get complete legal protection and are entitled to full assistance from Pak-mission in the country of employment.
Legal assistance can be sought from Community Welfare Attache at Pakistan embassy in Saudi Arabia. It also provides life insurance up to Rs1 million.
Each emigrant is required to deposit an amount of Rs2,500 as insurance premium to cover life risk for a sum of Rs1,000,000. Insurance coverage is valid for 5 years.
Further more, each applicant pays Rs2,000 in wake of OPF welfare fund (Overseas Pakistanis Foundation) fee, Rs2,500 as registration fee and Rs200 as OEC fee. The total cost for getting your work visa protected stands at Rs7,200. Following is the breakdown of protector fee for Saudi work visa in Pakistan as of December 2023:
Life Insurance Fee Rs2,500
OPF Rs2,000
Registration Fee Rs2,500
OEC Fee Rs200
Total Fee Rs,7200
