Temporary vehicle import to Pakistan
A visa and a vehicle are different law: the person and the car are given their terms by different authorities, and those terms need not match.
- Maximum term
- 90
- How the term is counted
- per entry
- Carnet de Passages
- Required
- Extension
- Possible
The cited rule also says if export is not practicable, the collector may extend the period by up to another three months, subject to a valid carnet-de-passage or bank guarantee. If the same vehicle re-enters within one year, temporary release is generally limited to 14 days.
Customs Rules 2001, rule 77 (as amended by SRO 1650(1)/2024, FBR): "77. Temporary import of vehicles by tourists, etc.- (1) A tourist who imports a vehicle against carnet-de-passage or against a bank guarantee may be given delivery thereof ... without payment of customs-duties for its retention in Pakistan for a period of three months ... Provided that where it is not practicable for the tourist to export such vehicle within the said period and he makes an application to the respective Collector ... before the expiry of that period ..., the Collector may extend that period not exceeding three months ... Provided further that if the same vehicle re-enters Pakistan within one year after its exit ... temporary release shall not be allowed against carnet-de-passage or against a bank guarantee for more than fourteen days except for vehicles operated by recognized foreign tour agencies which shall be allowed re-entry within one year for a period not exceeding three months at one point of time." That is, 3 months + an extension of up to 3 months; a re-entry of the same vehicle within a year gets only 14 days (hence window_days=365). A carnet OR a bank guarantee (one of the two) is mandatory.
Source: download1.fbr.gov.pk
Vehicle import to other countries
Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.