Visa
& Permit
Visa
is the most important particular for
the travelers who intend visit Nepal
. Excluding Indian Passport holders
required visa before entry to Nepal
. Except Chinese nationals & Refugee
Travel Document holders can apply only
for tourist visa in every entry points
of Nepal . Visa year covers from 1st
January to 31st December. HMG Nepal
issues different 9 types of visa.
Types
of Visa
1. Tourist
Visa - Tourist who intends
to visit Nepal with valid passport.
Tourist visa shall not be allowed to
work with or without receiving remuneration.
Ministry of Home, Department of Immigration
issues the tourist visa.
2. Diplomatic
Visa - Diplomatic visas are
issued for diplomatic passport holders
and their family. Ministry of foreign
Affairs issues the diplomatic visa.
3. Official
Visa - Non residential-diplomatic
missions personnel and their family,
UN personnel, UN lassiez passez holder
and their family, Personnel working
in the international and regional organization,
Advisor and specialists working in Nepal
under the official agreement and their
family and Honorary Nepalese consulate
general and their families are eligible
for the official visa. Ministry of foreign
Affairs issues the official visa.
4. Study
Visa - Students, Research Scholars,
Teachers and their family can apply
for the study visa for Nepal . Department
of Immigration issues the visa on the
recommendation of Ministry of Education,
Nepal .
Documents
-
Recommendation letter from the Ministry
of Education and Sports of Nepal
-
Six copies of application with photographs
-
A
copy of passport
-
Copy
of last Nepalese visa
-
Bank
balance equivalent to US$ 3,000 per
year or US$ 250 per month for applicant
and US$ 2,000 for each family member.
5.
Non Tourist Visa –
Foreigners involved in socio, economic
development works, INGO workers, employees
of foreign Nepalese Missionaries, representative
of newspaper and news agencies, assistants
of diplomatic visa holders, remuneration
holder of any company, association, industry
or HMG office with approval from HMG Nepal,
Foreigners work in any international airlines
organization located in Nepal, importer
on the recommendation of government or
Federation of Industries or Chamber of
Commerce of related country, Nepalese
origin holding foreign passports, foreigners
married to a Nepalese citizen and leader
of a tourist group can take this type
of visa. Department of Immigration and
diplomatic missions can issues the visa.
-
Six Copies of application with photographs
-
A
copy of passport (including last Nepalese
Visa copy)
-
Recommendation from the concerned
Ministry or Department
-
Work
permit (for the employees)
-
Marriage
certificate from the concerned authority,
-
Relation
certificate from the competent authority,
-
Valid
Press identity card issued from Department
of Information.
6. Business
Visa - Foreign investors in
Nepal and persons involved in trade
and commerce are eligible for the visa.
Department of Immigration issues the
business visa on the recommendation
of concerned agencies.
Documents
-
Six copies of application with photographs
-
License
certificate to make investment in
any business or industrial enterprise
in the kingdom of Nepal
-
Recommendation
from the concerned Ministry/Department
-
A
copy of passport including the last
Nepalese visa.
7. Residential
Visa – The Government
can issue the visa for international
reputed person, person involved in economic,
social and cultural development of Nepal,
foreign passport holders of Nepalese,
large-scale investors (minimum 10,00,000
US$ at a time) and foreigners interested
to settle in Nepal. They can apply in
Department of Immigration and diplomatic
missions abroad. Visa renewal is held
by Department of Immigration upon approval
of HMG Nepal. The visa includes husband,
wife, father, mother and dependent son
and daughter
Documents
-
Six copies of application with photographs
-
A
copy of passport
-
Registration
certificate of the industrial enterprise
-
Copy
of last Nepalese visa (if any)
-
Bank
statement expenses over US$ 20,000
per year
-
Health
certificate
-
No
objection letter and character certificate
from their country
-
Recommendation from Home Ministry
of Nepal .
8. Non
Residential Visa - Any foreigner
of Nepalese origin residing in foreign
country who wish to reside or conduct
business, profession or Study, teach
in any subject in Nepal, non-residential
Nepalese visa may be issued to him/her
and of his/her family. The visa fee
is waived for those who are less than
16 years of age. According to the Immigration
Regulation, the term family includes
husband, wife, father, mother and dependent
son and daughter. Nepalese Diplomatic
Missions/ Embassies abroad and Department
of immigration in Nepal . Department
of Immigration with approval of HMG
Nepal.
Documents
-
Six copies of application with photographs
-
A
copy of passport
-
A
copy of last Nepalese visa (if he/she
had stayed in Nepal )
-
Health
certificate
-
Recommendation
letter of relationship from the concerned
Embassy or Nepalese local bodies
-
Case
of student recommendation from school/college.
9. Transit
Visa - Transit visa generally
for one week and issued from airport
traveling in an aircraft having landed
in Nepal casually due to any reason
or any foreigner who has departed from
Nepal and has been rejected back to
Nepal .
Visa
Process (Arrangements)
Tourist visas are issued in the Nepalese
embassies and consulates abroad. Either
one can fill the form and apply the
tourist visa in neighboring country
if there is not Nepalese embassy and
consulate or can take upon arrival.
Visa applications are free of cost.
For the visa you most need the minimum
six months valid passport and some passport
size photographs. Visa Application Form
can download from http://www.travelguidenepal.com/
For other
types of visa it takes time to make
recommendation for the study, non-tourist
and business visa, the concerned ministry
may, upon assigning the said reason,
make recommendation for the provisional
study, non-tourist and business visa
for a period not exceeding three months.
In cases
where it takes time for a foreigner
to submit the marriage registration
certificate to get a non-tourist visa
on martial relation ground, the department
may, on the basis of the recommendation
of the authority or the Embassy of the
concerned country, issue the provisional
non-tourist visa for a period not exceeding
three months.
The department
may issue the travel permits to those
foreigners who are not able to obtain
new passports due the loss, deface,
or expiry of the term there of or due
to any other reasons, in order to enable
them to return to their home countries.
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs shall issue such
permit in the case of the person holding
diplomatic and official passport.
Visa
Fees
Type
of Visa |
Visa
Fee |
Validity |
Remarks |
| Tourist
Visa |
US$
30 |
60
Days |
Single
Entry
|
| Diplomatic
Visa |
US$
80 |
60
Days |
Multiple
Entry for same year |
| Diplomatic
Visa |
Gratis |
30
Days |
|
| Offcial
Visa |
Gratis |
30
Days |
|
| Study
Visa |
Sri
Lankan - US$ 9
|
1
Month |
Single
Entry |
| Bangladeshi
- US$15 |
1
Year |
Multiple Entry |
| Maldivian
- US$ 5 |
1
Month |
Single Entry |
| Pakistani
- US$ 15 |
1
Year |
Single
Entry |
| USA
US$ - 25 |
1
Year |
Multiple
Entry |
| Others
- US$ 40 |
1
Month |
Single
Entry |
| Non
Tourist Visa |
Journalist
- US$ 10 |
1
Month
|
|
| Marriage
Status - US$ 10 |
1
Month |
|
| Worker
Category - US$ 20 |
1
Month |
|
| All
Categories - US$ 100 |
1
Year |
|
| Business
Visa |
US$
100 |
1
Year |
Multiple
Entry |
| US$
250 |
Upto
5 Years |
Multiple
Entry |
| Residental
Visa |
US$
200 |
First
1 Year |
|
| US$
100 |
Every
Renewal |
|
| Non
residental Visa |
Student
- US$ 50 |
1
Year |
Upto
10 Years |
| Others
- US$ 100 |
1
Year |
Upto
10 Years |
| Transit
Visa |
US$
5 |
1
Week |
|
Visa
Gratis
For Tourist
Visa
-
Children
below 10 years
-
Citizen
of Nepali origin
-
Citizen
of SAARC countries & citizen if
peoples republic of china
-
Dependants
up to 16 years holding foreign passports
of Nepalese parents
-
Any
who has lived in Nepal up to 15 days
continuously re-entering Nepal during
the same visa year and entering for
3 or less days.
Availability
Visas are available at Royal Nepalese
Embassies and Consulates abroad or on
the arrival at Tribhuvan International
Airport , Kathmandu and any entry points
of Nepal .
Royal
Nepalese Embassies Abroad
Nepalese
Consulates Abroad
-
Hong
Kong – China
-
Kolkata
– India
-
Lhasa
– China
-
New
York – USA
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