Schengen visa stickers stolen from Italian Embassy in Islamabad

According to local media, the Italian embassy informed about the theft to Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a letter on June 16, seeking its help in investigating the incident.

The embassy wrote to foreign office that as many as 1,000 Schengen visa stickers had been stolen from the locker room of embassy locker room and shared the serial numbers of the stolen stickers. It added that investigations are being carried out by Italian Embassy as well.

Acting on the letter, the Foreign Ministry asked the Ministry of Interior and Federal Investigation Agency to probe the incident and “keep track of these visa stickers at all entry and exit points and report any seizure to the this ministry.”

A Schengen visa is a short-stay visa that allows a person to travel to any members of the Schengen Area (the European Union), per stays up to 90 days for tourism or business purposes.