When an invitation letter lands on a Pakistani applicant's desk, the natural reading is top-to-bottom — heading, salutation, content, signature. The forensic reading is different. It starts at the bottom, ends at the top, and spends most of its time on things that are not in the letter at all.
1. Signatory authority
Who signed it — and are they authorised under the company's charter to bind the company in this way? The charter is public via EDR. Names of signatories with their scope of authority are listed. If the signature line does not match, the letter is void regardless of how official it looks.
2. Company existence and status
Is the company registered? Is it active? Is it in liquidation? EDR resolves all three in under five minutes. Companies in liquidation cannot invite anyone, even if the paperwork looks plausible.
3. Address consistency
Does the address on the letterhead match the address in EDR? If not — and it often doesn't, by one or two digits — that's a forgery indicator, not a typo.
4. Tax and operational reality
Is the company filing taxes? Does it have employees on payroll? An entity that issues an 'invitation' to a foreign hire while having zero employees on payroll is not a legitimate employer.
5. The dates
Letter date, stamp date, validity dates. If the stamp predates the letter — common in cloned templates — the document is void.
6. The wet signature
Original or scanned? Both can be valid, but the validation path differs. We test for either.
7. What is not in the letter
A real Ukrainian employer's letter rarely 'guarantees' anything. It states facts: position, salary, duration. Letters that include the language of guarantee — 'guaranteed approval', 'embassy verified' — are almost always forgeries.
uavisa.pk · Anti-fraud desk · Reviewed January 2026