Derawar Fort at blue hour, Cholistan Desert, Pakistan

Who needs a visa for Pakistan?

Southern Asia · Islamabad

Photo: Thealimir / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 9 enter Pakistan with no paperwork at all. The rest: 188 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

We have not found a Pakistan government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Pakistan's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 9

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 183

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa required 5

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.

About Pakistan

Region
Southern Asia
Capital
Islamabad
Population
255,219,554 2025 · 5th of 197
Size
881,912 km² 33rd largest of 199
Density
289 per km²
Languages
English, Urdu
Currency
Pakistani rupee PKR
Borders
Afghanistan China India Iran

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.