Welcome to High Commission of India, Islamabad, Pakistan

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 2022:

S/N	Gazetted Holiday	Date	Day of Week
1.	Pongal	14 January 2022	Friday
2.	Republic Day	26 January 2022	Wednesday
3.	Holi	18 March 2022	Friday
4.	Pakistan Day	23 March 2022	Wednesday
5.	Good Friday	15 April 2022	Friday
6.	Id-ul-Fitr*	03 May 2022	Tuesday
7.	Buddha Purnima	16 May 2022	Monday
8.	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)*	10 July 2022	Sunday
9.	Muharram*	09 August 2022	Tuesday
10.	Independence Day	15 August 2022	Monday
11.	Janmashtami	19 August 2022	Friday
12.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	02 October 2022	Sunday
13.	Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)	05 October 2022	Wednesday
14.	Id-e-Milad or Milad-un-Nabi * (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	09 October 2022	Sunday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	24 October 2022	Monday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	08 November 2022	Tuesday
17.	Christmas	25 December 2022	Sunday