To: All Members of the Association (Southern Zone & Northern Zone)

E-BUSINESS INVITATION LETTER (E-BIL)

PAKISTAN ONLINE E-VISA

Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association's members may be aware that the Government of Pakistan has been offering E-Visa (Pakistan Online Visa) through the centralized E-Visa system designed and developed by NADRA. This new E-Visa system has been practically launched and implemented by the Government of Pakistan to allow the foreign nationals to apply for online visa to visit Pakistan under various categories (Business, Tourism, Work, Study etc.). Subsequently, all the Business Invitation Letters issued by Associations and Chambers, previously issued manually, for inviting foreign businessmen to Pakistan for business meetings has been discontinued from 31st December, 2020. Whereas, effective from 1st January, 2021 all the Associations and Chambers have been issuing E-Business Invitation Letter (E-BIL). 

The PHMA is also an active participant in the Federal Government's E-BIL Program and authorized to issue E-Business Invitation/ Visa Recommendation letter. Whether, Member Exporters or their representative staff want to visit any country on business visa, they have to acquire Visa Recommendation Letters from the Association.

Member exporters require an E-Business Invitation Letter for online Pakistan Visa to their foreign buyers and supplier and / or require on-arrival visa for their foreign business counterparts at the international airports of Pakistan, they, now, have to apply online at the relevant website https://ebil.nadra.gov.pk  and/or https://visa.nadra.gov.pk 

Therefore, PHMA member exporters, are advised and requested to register their companies / industries at the said website creating their accounts in order to apply for online E-Business Invitation Letter through PHMA. Self-explanatory guides are attached herewith for your perusal and ready reference.

For further information and guidance, please contact to Mr. Shafiq Ahmed, Deputy Secretary, PHMA. Tel: 021-34544789, Email: membership@phmaonline.com.

With best regards,

KHADIM RASOOL

SECRETARY GENERAL

Encl. GUIDE TO E-BUSINESS INVITATION LETTER FOR FOREIGN VISAS