Working Hours and Holidays

Working Hours and Holidays

Chancery

09:00 to 17:30 hrs (Monday to Friday)
(13:00 – 13:30 hrs: closed for lunch)
Saturday and Sunday closed

Visa Services

Submit the visa application forms along with the mandatory documents, passport andfee at the nearest TCS Visatronics / Gerry’s International- Visa Drop Box as per the list of available locations in Pakistan (namely, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Mirpur Khas, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot and Sukkur)

Visa applications are not accepted at Embassy counter.

Consular Services

The working hours for Consular services are 0900 hours to 1230 hours (Acceptance of application) and 1030 hours to 1300 hours (Delivery of Documents), Monday-Friday.

 

List of Holiday during the year 2024:

 

S/N

Gazetted Holiday

Date

Day of Week

1.

Pongal

15 January 2024

Monday

2.

Republic Day

26 January 2024

Friday

3.

Holi

25 March 2024

Monday

4.

Good Friday 29 March 2024 Friday

5.

Id-ul-Fitr* 11 April 2024 Thursday

6.

Mahavir Jayanti

21 April 2024

Sunday

7.

Buddha Purnima

23 May 2024

Thursday

8.

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*

17 June 2024

Monday

9.

Muharram*

17 July 2024

Wednesday

10.

Pakistan Independence Day

14 August 2024

Wednesday

11.

Independence Day

15 August 2024

Thursday

12.

Id-e-Milad or Milad-un-Nabi* (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)

16 September 2024

Monday

13.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

02 October 2024

Wednesday

14.

Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)

12 October 2024

Saturday

15.

Diwali (Deepavali)

31 October 2024

Thursday

16.

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

15 November 2024

Friday

17.

Christmas

25 December 2024

Wednesday

* Subject to change depending on the sighting of Moon

 

 

 
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