The GAMCA medical slip costs $10 on wafid.com
A GAMCA medical appointment costs $10 on wafid.com. That is roughly Rs. 2,780 at 278 to the dollar, as of 20 August 2026. The Pakistani sites advertising a "GAMCA token" for Rs. 4,000 or Rs. 4,500 are charging you a service fee to type your passport number into a form you can reach yourself. The medical test at the centre is separate and paid at the centre.
GAMCA is now called Wafid. It runs under the Gulf Health Council, and wafid.com is the only portal that issues a valid slip.
What the $10 actually buys
The booking page offers two appointment types, and this is where the official FAQ and the live form disagree.
Standard appointment, $10: Wafid assigns your medical centre based on the city you pick.
Premium appointment, $25: you choose the centre and the appointment date yourself.
Agent "token" service, Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 4,500: someone fills the form for you. This is not an official category.
The medical test itself: paid at the centre. Blood tests, chest X-ray, urine, physical examination.
The FAQ page on wafid.com still says the fee is $10 and still says an applicant cannot choose a medical centre. The live booking form now sells a $25 Premium option that does exactly that. The form is the newer of the two, so trust the form. [UNVERIFIED — confirm the Premium tier shows for Pakistan bookings on the day you book, since availability is per city.]
Wafid does not publish what the centre charges for the test. Pakistani agent sites quote Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 28,000. That is their number, not the Gulf Health Council's. [UNVERIFIED — ask your assigned centre directly.]
Why the agent market exists
Wafid takes payment by credit card. The payment screen wants the expiry date entered as year first, then month. YYMM, not the MMYY printed on your card.
Most people applying for a Gulf labour visa from Pakistan do not hold an international credit card. Agents accept EasyPaisa, JazzCash and bank transfer, then pay the $10 on their own card. That is the service. Whether Rs. 4,000 is a fair price for it is your call, but you should know that is what you are buying, and that it is not an official fee.
If you have a card, or a relative who does, book it yourself in about ten minutes.
The portal has an Urdu option in the footer.
The form, and where people get it wrong
You pick three things first: the country you are in, the city, and the GCC country you are travelling to. Wafid currently lists Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen. Visa type is Work, Family or Study.
Then the candidate section. Six fields decide whether your slip is usable:
Passport number, typed twice into two boxes that must match
Passport issue date and place of issue exactly as printed
Passport expiry date
Nationality, which is separate from the country you are booking in
Date of birth
Email, because an OTP is sent there before the booking completes
That last one matters. The code goes to your inbox and the timer is one minute. Use an email you can open on the phone in front of you, not a cousin's account.
Check your spam folder if it does not arrive.
If you typed something wrong, do not pay anyone
This is the most useful rule on the portal and almost nobody knows it.
If your passport number, name, nationality, profession, date of birth, visa number, passport expiry date, issue date or place of issue went in wrong, you do not rebook and you do not pay again. You contact the assigned medical centre and ask them to file a change request, either a change of candidate details or a change of medical exam request. Ask them for the change request number and the date they submitted it.
Wafid's own FAQ states the change request is free and that the applicant should not pay any fee for it.
If a centre or an agent asks for money to fix a typo, they are charging you for something the system gives away. Get the request number in writing.
What gets you marked unfit
Wafid publishes the criteria.
Infectious: HIV, hepatitis B surface antigen positive, hepatitis C antibody positive, malaria and microfilaria, leprosy, and any abnormal chest X-ray finding. The X-ray list includes active or past evidence of TB, pulmonary fibrosis and calcification, pleural effusion, and enlarged lymph nodes.
Non-infectious: renal failure, liver failure, heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, cancers, psychiatric and neurological disorders, and any amputation or physical disability that would stop you doing the job. There is also a low haemoglobin threshold, though the figure on the portal page is garbled and unreadable as published.
Past evidence of TB on an X-ray is the one that catches people who feel completely healthy. A treated childhood infection can leave scarring that shows up decades later.
If you currently have a cough, a cold or a skin infection, that is a reason to wait rather than to book.
Dates you cannot change
The examination date cannot be edited. It is calculated automatically from the date the medical exam is approved.
You can only change your city after your current slip expires. The validity is printed on the slip itself.
If you already have a valid medical report in the system, you can only rebook two months after the date of that report.
Wafid says results appear within 26 days. Go to the centre immediately after generating the slip, not next week.
Where to verify
Book at wafid.com, under Medical Examinations, then Book an Appointment.
Reprint a lost slip under Appointment Slips, using passport number and nationality.
Check your result under Medical Examination Result, using passport number and nationality, or the slip number.
Find your assigned centre under Medical Centers, then Medical Centers List, filtered by country and city.
Gulf Health Council helpline: +966 92 002 3560.
Anything ending in .pk that offers a GAMCA token is a private business, however official the logo looks. The same applies to any site asking for payment through a personal EasyPaisa number. Our guide to spotting fake job advertisements covers the wider pattern.
The medical is one step. The rest of the legal route to a Gulf job is in the Saudi Arabia guide and the UAE guide, and current openings sit under Gulf jobs and Gulf tech.
Common questions
Can I choose my own medical centre?
On the $10 standard booking, no. Wafid assigns one from the city you selected. The $25 premium booking lets you pick the centre and the date. The FAQ page has not been updated to reflect this.
How long is the GAMCA report valid?
The validity is printed on your slip, and the expiry is calculated from the modification date rather than the original examination date. Agent sites widely quote 90 days. Wafid does not state a flat number on its FAQ, so read your own slip. [UNVERIFIED — confirm the validity printed on the slip against your employer's requirement.]
Is there an age limit for booking?
No. Wafid states an applicant can book at any age.
My payment went through but no slip appeared. What now?
Email Wafid support with your nationality, the date and time of payment, passport number, full name, the card details they request and a bank statement showing the transaction. Do not pay a second time before they respond.
Can I do the medical in a country I'm not a citizen of?
Yes. You select the country where the examination takes place and your nationality separately. A Pakistani resident in another listed country can book there