Offloaded With a Valid Work Visa? Since 1 June, You Have a Written Right of Appeal A man reaches the immigration counter at Allama Iqbal International Airport with everything he was told he needed. Passport. Visa. Ticket. Protector stamp. He has already checked in and cleared security. Then he is asked to step aside, his … Read more
The Protector Fee Is Rs 9,200 — Here’s Every Rupee of It, and Why Your Agent’s Number Is Different In a manpower office in Gujrat this week, somebody is being told the protector will cost him twenty-five thousand rupees. In Sargodha, somebody else is being told thirty-five. In Karachi, a man is being told it … Read more
Every Site Quotes a Different Azad Visa Price — Because Saudi Arabia Does Not Issue One Azad Visa Saudi Arabia Search the azad visa price today and you will be given a number. Three lakh. Five lakh. Twelve lakh. Twenty-five lakh. That is not four sites disagreeing about a fee. That is four sites guessing … Read more
The Government Just Named a Fake Kyrgyzstan Visa Website — and the Bigger Problem With Every “Central Asia Work Visa” Offer in Pakistan In a shop in Gujrat this week, a phone is being passed across a counter. On the screen is a website. It has a flag, a crest, a form, and a payment … Read more
Your Saudi Salary Became a Court Order on 6 August — But Only If Three Things on Your Contract Are Correct A worker in Riyadh has not been paid for six weeks. He has been told to wait, that the money is coming, that the company has a problem with a client. He has heard … Read more
Your Agent’s Licence Number Might Be Real — and Still Worthless. Here’s How to Check. A man in Gujrat is shown a licence number on a letterhead. He checks it. The number is real. He pays. Six months later he learns the licence was cancelled in 2019. That is not a story about a clever … Read more
Chevening Scholarship 2027 Is Open — and Two Rules Disqualify More Applicants Than the Deadline Does The UK government’s flagship scholarship is open, and you have until October. That part is easy to find — every scholarship blog on the internet posted it this week. What almost none of them lead with is that two … Read more
Saudi Will Not Issue Your Work Visa Until You Pass This Test — Here’s What It Actually Costs There is a man in Gujranwala right now being told that the Saudi skill test costs forty thousand rupees and that his agent has a contact who can arrange a pass. Both halves of that sentence are … Read more
Japan Scraps Its Trainee System on 1 April 2027 — Here’s the Route a Pakistani Worker Can Actually Take Somewhere in Pakistan today, an agent is quoting a price for a Japan work visa. He will say the quota is limited, that his contact in Tokyo is holding a place, and that the money must … Read more
Germany Will Let You Come Look for a Job — But Your Pakistani Degree Has to Clear One Database First Sit in any tea shop in Gujranwala or Sargodha long enough and somebody will tell you Germany is giving one-year visas to anyone with a degree. That person is half right, and the half they … Read more