Saudi Visit Visa from Pakistan
Saudi visit / tourist documentation assistance — not an Umrah package visa. Ordinary Pakistani passports are generally not on the open tourist eVisa list. A used US / UK / Schengen visa or US / UK / EU PR can open an exception; everyone else typically files via Tasheer. We assist; the mission decides.
Ordinary Pakistani passports are generally not on the open tourist e-Visa nationality list. Common VAC product reported as single-entry ~30 days — confirm at Tasheer. A used US / UK / Schengen visa, or US / UK / EU PR, can open the e-Visa / VOA exception — confirm on the official portal the day you apply.
Ordinary PK passports: Tasheer VAC. Visa fee commonly SAR 300; mandatory insurance and the Tasheer service charge sit on top — confirm at the centre that day. The e-Visa / VOA exception (used US / UK / Schengen) is commonly listed as SAR 535 online or SAR 480 on arrival on visa.visitsaudi.com (visa + insurance + platform) — confirm on the portal that day. Bank credits around USD 750 a month over three to six months are commonly asked.
Source: Visit Saudi e-Visa portalSource: Tasheer visa-fee calculator (confirm at centre)
Visit / tourist is not an Umrah package visa
This page is visit / tourist documentation assistance only — not the visa that sits inside a dated Umrah package. The H1 names Saudi visit visa from Pakistan for that reason. Mixing visit assistance with a package quote is a common agent fail. We refuse the bait-and-switch framing.
Package Umrah visas live on a dated packages sheet — named hotels, occupancy prices, measured walking metres, and whatever that sheet lists as inclusions. That is a different product with different money and different paperwork. A ticket-only flyer still uses flights. Package buyers stay on packages. Visit seekers stay here.
If you are buying Umrah with hotels and a package visa, stop reading this page as your quote. Open the package. If you only need a Saudi visit or tourist file for family, tourism, or a short stay that is not an Umrah package, keep reading. The cost calculator on this site is for Umrah budget work when you are also buying a package — it is not the next step for a standalone visit file.
Full-agency note, once: HMB Travels also publishes visit assistance for other destinations on the visa hub, and ticket-only Lahore routes on flights. This page stays on Saudi visit so the product boundary stays clear.
Ordinary Pakistani passports and the eVisa list
Saudi visit filing for a Pakistani passport is not one click for everyone. The open tourist eVisa nationality list, the Western-visa exception, and the Tasheer VAC path are three different stories. Agents who collapse them into “eVisa for every Pakistani” are selling a myth. Differentiation here is clarity and a refusal to lie — not a claimed rank, not an approval rate, and not a scraped competitor fee table.
The open tourist eVisa nationality list (myth vs fact)
Ordinary Pakistani passports are generally not on the open tourist eVisa nationality list. “Everyone can apply online in five minutes” is the line that usually fails first — and we will not repeat it. Rules move. Confirm on the official Visit Saudi / visa portal the day you apply. This page is assistance, not immigration advice, and it is not a guarantee of any outcome.
If a desk quotes you an “online tourist eVisa for every Pakistani passport” without checking Western visa or PR history, treat that as a red flag. Ordinary books usually belong on the Tasheer path below — not on a five-minute portal story.
Western visa / PR exception (high level)
A used US / UK / Schengen visa, or US / UK / EU permanent residence, can open the eVisa / visa-on-arrival exception path that Visit Saudi publishes for eligible travellers. Keep this high-level: confirm eligibility on the official portal that day. We do not invent eligibility spreadsheets, and we do not treat a friend’s rumour as a rule.
If you hold that kind of visa or PR, say so in the file check before anyone takes PKR 10,000. If you do not, do not pretend you do — the portal and the VAC both see the book. A used stamp or residence card is the honest shortcut; inventing one is how files get refused before they start.
Tasheer VAC path for ordinary passports
Ordinary Pakistani passports typically file through Tasheer visa application centres — Lahore, and also Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, and Multan. Biometrics at the VAC and a full file are typical. A common VAC product is reported as single-entry for about thirty days — confirm at Tasheer; do not freeze that as eternal law.
Government and VAC money are paid at the rate published that day. Figures you have heard from a cousin or an old screenshot are not our fixed forever price list. Commonly cited SAR amounts and bank-credit patterns on our fee panel are labelled the same way: confirm at the centre or on the official portal the day you book.
What HMB’s PKR 10,000 covers (and does not)
PKR 10,000 is our processing fee per applicant for published visit destinations — including Saudi visit. It is not the embassy fee, not the VAC fee, and not a grant. Comparing it to a vague “all-in” agent quote is useless until you split processing work from government money.
It covers form completion for you to check and sign; document collection, checking, and courier; appointment booking and VAC or portal logistics; and status follow-up until the mission answers. That is administrative work. The embassy / VAC / portal still decides.
It does not cover the embassy, VAC, or portal fee itself; insurance, translation, attestation, photographs, polio, or courier actuals; travel and accommodation; or a visa grant. The fee is not refundable on refusal because the work was the filing — say that once, calmly, before money moves.
Government-side figures people ask about (for example a commonly cited SAR VAC fee, or eVisa / VOA exception totals on visa.visitsaudi.com, or a bank-credit pattern) are commonly asked — confirm at the centre or portal that day. We will not rewrite them here as HMB’s fixed forever price list. Run the file check on the visa hub before you pay processing; embassy money stays extra.
File check before we take the fee
Align with the visa hub: we band a file strong, fair, weak, or we will not file. That is not a percentage and not a prediction. Hidden refusals are refused by us first. The embassy still decides. A weak file that waits costs less than a fee spent on paperwork we already know will bounce.
Typical passable ingredients for a Saudi visit file: passport with six months or more validity; a proper photo; a polio card from Pakistan; a full VAC file when you are on the Tasheer path. The Western-visa / PR exception is the only honest shortcut off that path. Thin statements, a job-search story dressed as tourism, or an “everyone gets eVisa” pitch are how files die.
WhatsApp 0308 8444494 with destination and Western visa / PR yes or no before paying processing. Prefer a written scope? Use enquire. Prefer to check who we are first? Verify us against the Honesty Charter on about. Assist is not grant — we will say that again in the FAQ.
Umrah on a tourist visa still needs Nusuk appointments
Visit approval is the mission’s decision. If you later travel on a tourist visa, Umrah still needs Nusuk appointments. We state that one honest line and stop. We do not invent Nusuk step-by-steps, slot guarantees, or Rawdah promises on this page.
Hajj season often suspends tourist filing. Treat that as a live operational fact to confirm when you apply — not as a calendar we invent here. If your real product is a dated Umrah package with package visa, hotels, and flights, go to packages. Do not use this visit page as a back door into package pricing, and do not expect unpublished November, 21-day, ASDAF, or wedding offer figures here — we only publish what is on the sheet.
We do not file work / Iqama
We hold no BEOE Overseas Employment Promoter licence. Offering work visas without that licence is framed as unlawful — we will not do it. Visit files only. A visit file that is actually a job search is refused here too. We never soft-sell “visit then convert.”
Assist is not grant. Anyone who guarantees you a Saudi visit visa is lying. We complete forms, check documents, book VAC or portal logistics, and follow up. The mission decides. If your intent is employment or Iqama, this desk is the wrong door — and we will say so before PKR 10,000 moves.
Also filing
Five published visit services at PKR 10,000 each: Azerbaijan, Malaysia, UAE / Dubai, Thailand, and Saudi visit — plus Türkiye quoted by hand. Full list and the file check live on the visa hub. This Saudi page stays on visit intent; the hub is where you compare destinations without derailing the story above.
Ticket-only LHE–JED after a visa plan: flights. Umrah package buyers: packages. Visit seekers: WhatsApp 0308 8444494 for a file check — we do not push the calculator unless you are also buying Umrah. Company checks stay on verify.
What usually fails
- Being sold an eVisa for every Pakistani passport
- ignoring a Hajj-season freeze on tourist filing
- mixing visit assistance with work or Iqama
- treating our processing fee as the embassy fee
What the fee covers
- Form completion for you to check and sign
- Document collection, checking and courier
- Appointment booking and VAC / portal logistics
- Status follow-up until the mission answers
What it does not
- The embassy, VAC or portal fee itself, paid by you at the published rate
- Insurance, translation, attestation, photographs, polio and courier
- Travel and accommodation
- A visa grant — that decision is the mission's, not ours
Questions we are asked
No. Ordinary Pakistani passports are generally not on the open tourist eVisa nationality list. A used US / UK / Schengen visa (or relevant PR) can open an exception — confirm on the official portal the day you apply. Everyone else typically files via Tasheer VAC.
No. PKR 10,000 is our processing fee per applicant for published destinations. Government, VAC, insurance and related costs are extra at the rate published that day, paid by you.
No. We complete forms, check documents, book VAC / portal logistics, and follow up. The embassy / VAC / portal decides. Anyone who guarantees a visa is lying. Assist is not grant.
No. Package Umrah visas sit on dated /packages. This page is visit / tourist assistance only — do not mix the two.
Form completion for you to check and sign, document checking and courier, appointment / VAC or portal logistics, and status follow-up until the mission answers. It is not a grant and it is not the government fee.
For ordinary Pakistani passports, Saudi visit filing commonly goes through Tasheer VAC centres (including Lahore). Biometrics and a full file are typical. Confirm product and fees at the centre the day you book.
Visit approval is the mission’s decision. If you travel on a tourist visa, Umrah still needs Nusuk appointments — we state that honestly and do not sell guaranteed slots.
No. We hold no BEOE Overseas Employment Promoter licence. Visit files only. A visit file that is actually a job search is refused here too.
Selling an eVisa for every Pakistani passport; hiding a Hajj-season freeze on tourist filing; mixing visit assistance with work / Iqama. Weak or dishonest files are refused by us first.
No. PKR 10,000 pays for administrative work already done. Refusal does not undo that work. The embassy decision is separate from our fee.