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Basically I have booked my family tickets to Afghanistan through Pakistan. I was well aware that i will be needing a transit on our way back because there is a 20 hour layover in Islamabad and so i applied for a transit like advised. We filled in our application and took them to Gerry's in Bradford. Now the visa application has a tick box for what kind of visa you require and one of the boxes say 'Transit'… so you would assume that they issue transit visas. The guy at Gerry's dropbox said that they don't issue transit visas and never have and also told us to risk the journey because they probably wont say anything. My question is, has anyone else been in a similar situation? Or has anyone been issued a transit visa before?

I just think its stupid how you have a tick box for a transit but you don't issue them. Me and my son are British nationals and my husband has an Afghan nationality.

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This question was self answered by Sudais Amarkhil in a comment:

Hi, just an update. After seeking so much advice we decided to travel to Afghanistan without a transit visa for Pakistan. We did this because we were advised by lots of people that you don't need a visa for a 20 hour layover. long story short, we went without a visa and no one questioned us either. When we arrived in Pakistan they took our passports, we were taken to a hotel where we stayed over night. In the morning they took us back to the airport and gave us our passports back and started our boarding procedure. So no need a visa for a 20 hr layover even though husband has an Afghan passport.

Posted as an answer as it was getting lost as a comment.

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