TEF Canada and TCF Canada in Pakistan: Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad

You can take TEF Canada or TCF Canada in three Pakistani cities: Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, each at its Alliance Française. The result counts exactly the same for IRCC as one taken in Canada. What differs is the booking: none of the three posts a full public calendar, so you contact the centre and ask for a date.

That makes Pakistan unusual. In Delhi or Dubai the problem is beating hundreds of people to a seat. In Pakistan the problem is knowing who to contact, how much notice to give and what it costs. This guide covers each centre, as checked on the centres’ own pages in October 2026.

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Centres: Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad

PKR 75,000

e-TEF Canada or TCF Canada at AF Karachi

5 days–2 weeks

Notice needed for a date you choose

Alliance Française de Karachi in Clifton is the best-documented centre in Pakistan. Both exams are on computer at the Clifton campus, and both cost PKR 75,000 for the full four-part test in 2026. The two exams book differently:

1. 1TCF Canada: email the front deskSend your full name, the exam (TCF Canada) and your preferred date to [email protected] at least 5 days ahead. The centre’s own example: contact them on the 10th and you can book a date after the 16th.
2. 2e-TEF Canada: pick a calendar date or ask for oneCheck the CCI Paris registration calendar linked from AF Karachi’s TEF page. If no date suits you, ask for a custom date at least one week ahead.
3. 3Fill in the form and payThe front desk sends a registration form (an Excel file for TCF) and payment details. Your place is reserved only once the form, your ID copy and payment are in.
4. 4Wait for the confirmationA few days before the exam you get a document with the venue, time and instructions.

AF Karachi also sells single e-TEF modules at PKR 25,000 each, but IRCC needs all four skills, so book the full e-TEF Canada package unless you know exactly why you need one module.

Alliance Française de Lahore (155 Scotch Corner, Upper Mall) lists both TEF and TCF Canada, but it doesn’t post dates, deadlines or fees online; it says they change by session. Call or WhatsApp the exam team on +92 301 8237201, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, and ask for the next TEF Canada and TCF Canada sessions, the registration deadline, the fee and the documents they want. You don’t need to be an AF Lahore student to sit the exam.

Alliance Française d’Islamabad (F-7/4) runs only the computer-based e-TEF; the paper TEF is suspended until further notice, and TCF isn’t offered on its exam pages. You choose your own date and email [email protected] at least 2 weeks before it. The fee isn’t published, so ask for it in that first email. Type the address by hand: the link on the centre’s site has an extra “.org”.

AF Karachi accepts a copy of your CNIC or passport when you register for e-TEF. Lahore and Islamabad tell you their requirements when you contact them. Our advice: use your passport. Your result is part of a PR application built around your passport, so the name on your attestation should match it exactly, spelling and order included. Bring the same ID on exam day, along with the usual exam-day documents.

Not in the way they do in Dubai or Delhi, where a date can fill in minutes. Pakistani centres book on request, so the real limits are notice periods and room capacity: e-TEF and computer TCF are taken on a fixed number of terminals, and Karachi says payment is what reserves yours. Dates are “subject to availability”, so popular weekdays near IRCC deadlines may already be taken. Ask early and give the centre more than one date.

AF Karachi says e-TEF results arrive by email from CCI Paris within one to two weeks, and AF Islamabad says to allow 2 weeks. TCF Canada results come after France Éducation international processes the session, usually two to four weeks. Results are valid for 2 years from the test date. More detail: results time and IRCC.