Foreign Exchange Remittance Card
You can easily apply for FER Card if you have done minimum 2500$ (AED 9.4K
or PKR 225K) to Pakistan in a year. Just fill the form available on the website, attach copies of
Passport, NIC & receipts of remittance (Sent via banks or money exchanges) and submit at Pakistan embassy or
consulate. You can pick the card in a months time.
Main Benefits:
Free Urgent Passport Renewal with VIP Lane (No Queue, a friend of mine has
availed this in UAE)
Separate counter on airport for immigration
Duty waiver on imported items (LCD, DVD etc) as per following details.
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Remittance
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Duty Waived
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$ 2,500.00
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PKR 10,000.00
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$ 5,000.00
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PKR 20,000.00
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$ 10,000.00
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PKR 30,000.00
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$ 25,000.00
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PKR 50,000.00
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$ 50,000.00
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PKR 100,000.00
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More Info: http://opf.org.pk/fercallowance.aspx
Duty Waiver Experience
I took my spare 32” LCD TV to Pakistan and 19,000/- PKR
custom duty was waived (No duty was paid) against my FERC card. They do the entry at the last page of
your passport that you have availed x amount of duty waiver and y amount is
remaining as per your FERC card category. They require photo-copy of your FERC
card and passport.
You can call Lahore airport customs desk for any
confirmation prior to your travel at +92-42-99240479 They gave me all information and all of this was done without any reference and I
was really happy/surprised at this good behavior. Following table can give you information about duty against the LCD/LED sizes.
Good Luck :)
