Visa and Residence Permit Applications for Pakistanis now handled only in Doha starting 1st October
Starting from the first of October The Embassy of Finland in Abu Dhabi do not accept the resident permit applications from Pakistani citizens who do not reside in the UAE or Bahrain permanently. Pakistani citizens will apply resident permit in Qatar at VFS Global Doha. The Embassy of Finland in Doha will start providing residence permit services within its consular district for Qatar and Kuwait. In addition, the Doha Embassy will replace the Finnish Embassy in Abu Dhabi in the provision of consular services to Pakistani nationals and complement the services of the Finnish Embassy in Ankara to provide residence permit services to Iraqi citizens.
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