For you
You already hold a work permit, an approved sponsorship, or the destination's equivalent employer authorisation. The remaining task is the visa file. We assemble it so it matches that permission. Clients can instruct us from overseas.
Visas and immigration
Work visa files after the permit or sponsorship is in place
We assemble the visa application so it matches the permit or sponsorship you already hold. We do not find jobs. The visa post decides.
Not this page
You have a job offer but no CoS, LMIA, or permit. That is not a visa file. Go to work permits. We will not invent an employer. If a previous work file was refused, start at refusal review.
THREE DIFFERENT THINGS
Permit vs visa vs job
Do not mix these. A job offer is not a permit. A permit is not a visa.
Permit or sponsorship
The employer permission for that role. A CoS, an LMIA, or the destination's equivalent. This must already exist before this page applies.
Visa
The application to travel and enter on the back of that permission. This page. We assemble the file. The visa post decides.
Job
An offer without a CoS, LMIA, or permit is not this page. Send that enquiry to work permits. We do not sell jobs.
WHAT THE FILE MUST MATCH
What we need
A work visa that disagrees with the permit is an easy refusal. Job title, employer, location, and dates have to be the same story on every page.
Permit or sponsorship already issued
The approval letter, certificate, or portal confirmation the destination issued. Without that document we stop and send you to permit work. We do not file a visa against a verbal job offer.
Contract and role papers
Employment contract, assignment letter, or the destination's prescribed forms. Title, pay, hours, and work site must match the permission. If they do not, the visa file waits until the employer corrects the papers.
Identity, skills, and civil records
Passport, previous visas, qualifications named on the permit, and any police or medical papers the destination lists. Degrees often need authentication before a visa post will treat them as real. See apostille when the destination is a Hague member.
VISA STAGE ONLY
When the visa file can start
These are visa-stage examples. They are not a job list. We do not source vacancies.
United Kingdom
After a Certificate of Sponsorship is assigned. Not after a job offer alone.
Canada
After an LMIA or written employer authorisation. Not after a verbal offer.
Other posts
After that country's equivalent employer permission. We read the post's rules on the filing day.
DONE FOR YOU
We assemble the visa file
You send the permission you already hold. We build the pack. We check it against the rules that post is using on the filing day.
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Read the permission
We read the permit, CoS, LMIA, or equivalent. We confirm it is current and names you and the employer correctly.
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Gap list
What the visa post still wants on filing day. Missing items are named before forms are filled.
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Forms
We complete the application so it describes the same permission you hold.
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Consistency pass
Name, title, salary, employer, and dates checked across permit, contract, and forms.
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Pack for portal or VFS
Evidence ordered for the portal or VFS pack. You submit. The visa post decides.
A permit is not a visa. The visa post still grants or refuses the stamp. We do not guarantee the outcome.
OVERSEAS CLIENTS
Power of attorney or authority letter
If you cannot attend in Pakistan, you can appoint LIA with a special power of attorney or an authority letter. We then collect papers, check the file, and handle Pakistan-side work within that document. You still sign what the visa post requires you to sign. Biometrics stay in person if the post requires them.
WHAT WE DO NOT SELL
No job placement from this page
LIA does not find you a vacancy or promise that an employer will sponsor you. We do not sell jobs. If the problem is still the permission itself, that work lives on work permits. This page exists for people who already have the permission and need the visa file to match it.
Qualifications named on the permit often need HEC, IBCC, MOFA, or apostille steps first. That is document authentication, not a visa trick.
DIRECT ANSWERS
Work visa questions
What is the difference between a permit and a visa?
A permit or approved sponsorship is the employer permission to hire you for that role. A visa is the application to travel and enter on the back of that permission. We assemble the visa file only after the permit or sponsorship already exists.
I have a job offer but no CoS, LMIA, or permit. Is this the right page?
No. A job offer without a Certificate of Sponsorship, an LMIA, or the destination's equivalent permit is not a visa file. Start with work permits.
Do you find jobs or place candidates with employers?
No. We do not sell jobs. This page is visa-file assembly against a permission you already have.
I live overseas. Can you act under a power of attorney?
Yes. You can appoint LIA with a special power of attorney or an authority letter for Pakistan-side file work if you cannot attend. You still attend biometrics in person if the post requires it.
Do you use last year's embassy checklist?
No. We check the file against the rules that visa post is using on the filing day. Old checklists go stale.
Can dependants be included in the same file?
If the destination lets dependants apply with you or after you, we line those papers with the same employer permission. Each person still needs their own identity evidence. The visa post decides each application. Spouse or child residence as a separate route is family visa.
Do I still need to attend VFS?
Yes, if that post uses VFS or a similar centre for biometrics or document drop. We pack the file. Attendance is still yours if the post requires it.
Do you guarantee the work visa will be granted?
No. Holding a permit or sponsorship does not force a visa stamp. The visa post still decides.
START WITH THE FACTS
Book a free consultation with LIA.
Bring the permit or sponsorship if you have it. We will say whether the visa file can be built, or whether permit work is still the next step.
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