COVID-19 Guidelines and Categories of International Passengers Allowed to Travel to Pakistan

[Abbas Ali]

Updated list valid from April 21.

Category A

International travelers from following countries do not require COVID-19 PCR test before entry into Pakistan. The Countries in Category A are exempted from mandatory COVID-19 testing.

1. Australia
2. Bhutan
3. China
4. Fiji
5. Japan
6. Kazakhstan
7. Laos
8. Mongolia
9. Mauritania
10. Morocco
11. Myanmar
12. Nepal
13. New Zealand
14. Saudi Arabia
15. Singapore
16. South Korea
17. Sri Lanka
18. Tajikistan
19. Trinidad and Tobago
20. Vietnam

Category B

International travelers from countries not specified in Category A require COVID-19 PCR test before commencement of travel to Pakistan (maximum 72 hours old).

All countries not specified in Category A and Category C fall in Category B.

Category C

International travel to Pakistan from Category C countries is restricted and only allowed as per guidelines of National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC).

1. South Africa
2. Botswana
3. Ghana
4. Kenya
5. Comoros
6. Mozambique
7. Zambia
8. Tanzania
9. Rwanda
10. Brazil
11. Peru
12. Colombia
13. Chile
14. Eswatini
15. Zimbabwe
16. Lesotho
17. Malawi
18. Seychelles
19. Somalia
20. Suriname
21. Uruguay
22. Venezuela
23. India

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan CAA has granted special permission to ten members of Pakistan Twenty20 cricket who will travel from Zimbabwe to Pakistan on commercial flights after completion of Twenty20 matches against Zimbabwe.

* Sharjeel Khan, Muhammad Husnain and Danish Aziz will arrive in Karachi on April 27.

* Muhammad Hafeez, Usman Qadir and Asif Ali will arrive in Lahore on April 27.

* Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Arshad Iqbal and Muhammad Waseem will arrive in Islamabad on April 28.

The players will have to follow SOPs after arriving in Pakistan.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had sought special permission from CAA to allow players' entry in Pakistan.

Presently, Zimbabwe is placed in "Category C" countries list by Pakistan. International travel to Pakistan from Category C countries is restricted.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Complete travel ban currently imposed on "Category C" countries by Pakistan effective till April 24 is further extended to April 30 (11:59 PM Pakistan Standard Time - PST).



Category C

International travel to Pakistan from Category C countries is restricted and only allowed as per guidelines of National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC).

1. South Africa
2. Botswana
3. Ghana
4. Kenya
5. Comoros
6. Mozambique
7. Zambia
8. Tanzania
9. Rwanda
10. Brazil
11. Peru
12. Colombia
13. Chile
14. Eswatini
15. Zimbabwe
16. Lesotho
17. Malawi
18. Seychelles
19. Somalia
20. Suriname
21. Uruguay
22. Venezuela
23. India

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Updated list effective till May 4.

Category A

International travelers from following countries do not require COVID-19 PCR test before entry into Pakistan. The Countries in Category A are exempted from mandatory COVID-19 testing.

1. Australia
2. Bhutan
3. China
4. Fiji
5. Japan
6. Kazakhstan
7. Laos
8. Mongolia
9. Mauritania
10. Morocco
11. Myanmar
12. Nepal
13. New Zealand
14. Saudi Arabia
15. Singapore
16. South Korea
17. Sri Lanka
18. Tajikistan
19. Trinidad and Tobago
20. Vietnam

Category B

International travelers from countries not specified in Category A require COVID-19 PCR test before commencement of travel to Pakistan (maximum 72 hours old).

All countries not specified in Category A and Category C fall in Category B.

Category C

Complete travel ban currently imposed on "Category C" countries by Pakistan effective is further extended to May 4 (11:59 PM Pakistan Standard Time - PST).

International travel to Pakistan from Category C countries is restricted and only allowed as per guidelines of National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC).

1. Botswana
2. Brazil
3. Chile
4. Colombia
5. Comoros
6. Eswatini
7. Ghana
8. India
9. Kenya
10. Lesotho
11. Malawi
12. Mozambique
13. Peru
14. Rwanda
15. Seychelles
16. Somalia
17. South Africa
18. Suriname
19. Tanzania
20. Uruguay
21. Venezuela
22. Zambia
23. Zimbabwe

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Valid from May 5

"Category A" and "Category B" countries removed

International travelers from all countries are required to have COVID-19 RT-PCR test before commencement of travel to Pakistan (maximum 72 hours old)



Category C

International travel to Pakistan from "Category C" countries is banned and only allowed subject to exemption by committee as per procedure in vogue.

1. Botswana
2. Brazil
3. Chile
4. Colombia
5. Comoros
6. Eswatini
7. Ghana
8. India
9. Kenya
10. Lesotho
11. Malawi
12. Mozambique
13. Peru
14. Rwanda
15. Seychelles
16. Somalia
17. South Africa
18. Suriname
19. Tanzania
20. Uruguay
21. Venezuela
22. Zambia
23. Zimbabwe

For emergency travel to Pakistan from "Category C" countries, emergency details and supporting documents may be emailed to icao.aviation.pk@gmail.com for consideration of exemption cases by NCOC Exemption Committee.



Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Valid from May 23, 2021.

International travelers from any country are required to possess valid negative PCR test certification conducted within 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan.





Category C

International travel to Pakistan from "Category C" countries mentioned below is banned and only allowed subject to exemption by committee as per procedure in vogue.

1. Nepal
2. Trinidad and Tobago
3. Mongolia
4. Sri Lanka
5. Bhutan
6. Colombia
7. Uruguay
8. India
9. Peru
10. Kenya
11. Chile
12. Brazil
13. South Africa
14. Venezuela
15. Argentina
16. Ecuador
17. Paraguay
18. Costa Rica
19. Tunisia
20. Bolivia
21. Ukraine
22. Maldives
23. Mexico
24. Dominican Republic
25. Philippines
26. Iraq
27. Indonesia
28. Slovenia
29. Namibia
30. Croatia
31. Netherlands
32. Iran
33. Ethiopia
34. Bangladesh
35. Poland
36. Cuba
37. Thailand
38. Czechia

Abbas

[baberblues]

Valid from May 23, 2021.

International travelers from any country are required to possess valid negative PCR test certification conducted within 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan.





Category C

International travel to Pakistan from "Category C" countries mentioned below is banned and only allowed subject to exemption by committee as per procedure in vogue.

1. Nepal
2. Trinidad and Tobago
3. Mongolia
4. Sri Lanka
5. Bhutan
6. Colombia
7. Uruguay
8. India
9. Peru
10. Kenya
11. Chile
12. Brazil
13. South Africa
14. Venezuela
15. Argentina
16. Ecuador
17. Paraguay
18. Costa Rica
19. Tunisia
20. Bolivia
21. Ukraine
22. Maldives
23. Mexico
24. Dominican Republic
25. Philippines
26. Iraq
27. Indonesia
28. Slovenia
29. Namibia
30. Croatia
31. Netherlands
32. Iran
33. Ethiopia
34. Bangladesh
35. Poland
36. Cuba
37. Thailand
38. Czechia

Abbas

I am confused by this list, there are some countries that have the lowest covid rates in the world? unless this is a tit for tat list? haha

[Abbas Ali]

On May 22, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued exemption to ten Sri Lankan cricketers for entry into Pakistan.

The ten Sri Lankan cricketers traveled on May 23 Qatar Airways Doha to Karachi flight QR604. Earlier, they had arrived in Doha aboard May 23 Qatar Airways flight QR665 from Colombo.

May 23 Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner registration A7-BCS departed from Colombo at 10:48 AM and arrived in Doha at 12:40 PM.


Source: flightradar24.com

May 23 Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1041 registration A7-ANA flight QR604 departed from Doha at 7:58 PM and arrived in Karachi at 11:54 PM.


Source: flightradar24.com

Presently, Sri Lanka is placed by Pakistan in the list of "Category C" countries from where international travel to Pakistan is banned and only allowed subject to exemption by committee as per procedure in vogue.

On May 26, the Sri Lankan cricketers will travel from Karachi to Abu Dhabi on a chartered flight with other Pakistan Super League (PSL) team members to play matches in Abu Dhabi.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Valid from May 26, 2021.

International travelers from any country are required to possess valid negative PCR test certification conducted within the 72 hours prior to commencement of travel to Pakistan.



Category C

International travel to Pakistan from "Category C" countries mentioned below is banned and only allowed subject to exemption by committee as per procedure in vogue.

1. Argentina
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. Bolivia
5. Brazil
6. Chile
7. Colombia
8. Costa Rica
9. Croatia
10. Cuba
11. Czechia
12. Dominican Republic
13. Ecuador
14. Ethiopia
15. India
16. Indonesia
17. Iran
18. Iraq
19. Kenya
20. Maldives
21. Mexico
22. Mongolia
23. Namibia
24. Nepal
25. Netherlands
26. Paraguay
27. Peru
28. Philippines
29. Poland
30. Slovenia
31. South Africa
32. Sri Lanka
33. Thailand
34. Trinidad and Tobago
35. Tunisia
36. Ukraine
37. Uruguay
38. Venezuela

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

Iraq will be included in "Category C" countries after midnight June 4, 2021.





Abbas

[faisal-777]

Did they mean Czech Republic ? Why is it there in the list? Its no. of cases is very low at the moment.

[Abbas Ali]

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has taken notice of some passengers who attempted to travel to Pakistan from "Category C" countries using fake exemption letters.



Abbas

[Ali.dhuddy]

Remove travel ban on south africa

[AP-BMS]

It would be a bit unrealistic to remove the South Africa ban as Pakistan's Covid-19 R/Transmission rate has gone quite low, and there are a lot of areas improving. Most people stuck there are from the UK, USA, and most of Europe. If SA is allowed back, then all other countries with dual citizens would reject them. 1/4 of us are just wanting Pakistan to come of the UK's Red List. The other 3/4 are from the UAE, etc, where there is a very strict ban.

[Ali.dhuddy]

Sir I have understand what you explained.But the people who have emergency to travel to pakistan had applied for excemtion letter but never get responded any explaination about that