ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has announced to increase the fee for document attestation by over six times, it has been learnt.
In an announcement, the FO said that taking advance appointment for document attestation has been stopped and citizens can now visit the Foreign Office and get their documents attested through the walk-in facility.
Moreover, documents can also be attested at the liaison offices of the Foreign Office in Karachi and Lahore.
However, citizens have criticized the exorbitant hike in the fee. The FO has jacked up the personal/educational document attestation fee from Rs500 to Rs3,000 per document.
Similarly, legal document will be attested on payment of Rs4,500 and commercial papers at Rs12,000 per document. Earlier, these two documents were attested for just Rs700 and Rs3,000, respectively.
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