Are You a Pakistani Student Applying for a Student Visa? (Get Top 10 Useful Student Visa Tips Before Applying)

The visa procedures are most daunting and complicated part of studying in abroad process for Pakistani students. The stress of appearing at interviews, collecting various documents, authentications, legal approvals, medical examinations and meeting specific immigration requirements are not at all interesting. The Pakistani students require handling visa process diligently on time or else visa application might get rejected. But of course if you perform each step of the process properly as per the requirement then definitely your chances of visa attainability are plausible. We have derived top 10 visa tips for Pakistani students in process of student visas here:

1. Accumulate Required Documents After Submitting Admission Applications

The first and foremost part of visa procedure is accumulation of required documents on time. There are numerous documents required by immigration office for student visa that are impossible to arrange in short time so it is better you do it as earliest as possible. Right after submitting application you can do authentication of your academic documents from granting authorities, pass language test, arrange bank statements, passport, NOC from university and birth certificate etc.

2. Take Visa Interview Coaching

Another main part of visa procedure for Pakistani students is interview at the Embassy. Your visa application acceptance majorly depends on you interview selection. You must be well prepared for that, get knowledge about probable questions in interview, work on your communication skills, take advise of study abroad consultants about visa interviews, write down a letter of purpose and read it thoroughly to explain it to the interviewers verbally why you want to study abroad.

3. Arrange Finances

Arrange finances before visa procedure phase begins and be prepared to pay for many processing fees. You will pay visa application submission fee, medical examination fee, documents arrangement fees, language test payments, medical coverage insurance payment, accommodation bookings in abroad payment receipt, travel tickets and several others. So make sure you are ready for all such financial expenditures.

4. Translations of Documents

Many legal documents such as your family certificates and birth certificates are required to be translated in English. If you are travelling to a country where English is not a native language, you might even have to translate your documents in that country’s native language. Ascertain the requirements of documents translations of your destined country abroad and do it on time before application submissions.

5. Keep Information of Newest Visa Policies

The visa policies of countries change and have different requirements every now and then. Update yourself about newest policies and prepare accordingly. Many countries accept visa applications online and many accept it through consulates and embassies; must ascertain the details. Moreover, during your admission process assure your selected university is an accredited institute of that country otherwise you acceptance letter will not be accepted for visas.

6. Be Prepared about The Challenges in Visa Interview

At your visa interview, the counselor will assess you on many factors. The counselor will determine your plan to return back to your country after completion of education, he will ask about your reasons to study abroad, he will ask about your previous academic experience and your passion in studies, you might asked about your career goals and more importantly the counselor will assess your communication skills and confidence.

7. Verification of Photocopies of Documents

All the photocopies of required documents must be verified from granting authorities and some of them need stamps from ministry of foreign affairs. If you fail to do official verification on time the Embassy will send the documents back to you and it will either delay the process or even you might face rejection. As a precaution, it is better to keep yourself prepared for procedures ahead and also keep extra photocopies.

8. Apply Early

As soon as you get letter of acceptance from the university, prepare yourself for visa application submission. The visa process is time consuming; the counselors and embassies will verify your each detail and evaluate your application. In case due to any reason if the embassy returns documents for re authentication you will still have time to arrange it again till your study programme in abroad starts.

9. Language Tests

Give language proficiency test if language tests are required for visa of your selected study abroad country. The language tests have different dates in each month and its preparations will take time. Ascertain the minimum grade required at language tests for visa and prepare for it accordingly. Make sure to arrange language test scores before visa applications procedure. The language test scores have two years validation for admissions and immigration. If the test scores are expiring till your visa application date then you will submit new test scores even if you had used the previous scores in your admission applications.

10. Make Your Passport Has Blank Pages

For student permit and entry stamps, your passport must have at least 4 to 6 blank pages. If you are a frequent traveler then you must apply for new passport for visa stampings to avoid any delay in the procedure. At online resources or at consulate offices, the most important visa instruction is to have your passport ready as soon as possible. As you know the passport arrangement is another process of its own and it will have application and documents arrangement requirements so make sure to be prepared for it.