Nepal - Obtain an Official Visa

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Procedure

1. Gather all documents you will need to present or submit to apply for a visa.
2. Complete the visa application form. You may fill out an application form online or you may also download the form and submit it personally to a Nepalese Mission Abroad. An application to obtain an Official Visa has to be made in the format as referred to in Appendix 1. Provided, however that the application as referred to in Appendix 1 is not required to be submitted if request or recommendation, accompanied by the details, is made by a foreign diplomatic mission or a body authorizing the issuance of the visa.

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Required Documents

• Recommendation letter for official visit in Nepal
• Passport and copies of Passport along with a copy of the latest visa page
• Recent coloured photo of the applicant sized 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch: actual photo or a digital file (for application submitted online)

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Immigration
Kalikasthan, Dillibazar, Kathmandu
Phone: 977 01 4433934 / 4429660 / 4438862 / 4438868
Fax : 977 01 4433935
Email : [email protected]
Website

Office Hours:
Sunday to Thursday:

In summer: 10:00am - 5:00pm

In winter (November to January) : 10:00am - 4:00pm

Friday:

10:00am - 3:00pm

Visa Application Hours:

Sunday to Thursday: 10:00am - 3:00pm

Friday: :10:00am - 1:00pm

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Phone: 4200182/83/84/85/86
Fax: 4200061 / 56, 4200160
Email: [email protected]
Nepalese Missions Abroad
Website

Eligibility

Official visas are being granted to foreigners and their family upon recommendation of the concerned foreign diplomatic mission:

• Administrative, technical and non diplomatic officials serving in a residential or non residential diplomatic mission, Consulate for Nepal and incumbent Nepalese honorary Consul Generals, Consuls and their family who visit Nepal from a foreign country.
• Consultant/experts who will stay in Nepal under an agreement with Nepal Government.
• Employees serving in the Nepal based offices of the United Nations or its agencies and the persons holding the laissez passez granted by the United Nations.
• Employees serving in the international institutions or regional organizations located in Nepal.
• Persons who will come to Nepal to participate in an assembly, conference, training or meeting organized by the Nepalese Government or Nepal Governments undertaking agency or United Nations Organizations or Regional Organization or other agencies there under.

Fees

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Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Application Form to Obtain a Diplomatic/Official/Tourist Visa - Appendix 1

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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Instructions

Official Visas are being issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided, that the mission or the Immigration Office at the entry point may issue the official visa (as an entry visa) for a period of up to 30 days.

Visa Exemption for holders of Diplomatic, Official or Service Passports:

Diplomatic and Official or Service Passport holders of the following countries are exempted from the visa requirement to enter and stay in Nepal, exit from Nepal and transit through Nepal.

• Thailand Exemption up to 90 days.
• Russian Federation Exemption up to 90 days.
• Peoples Republic of China Exemption up to 30 days.
• Federal Republic of Brazil Exemption up to 90 days.

However, these individuals will be subjected to visa regulation after the stipulated duration of exemption.

Diplomats and officials with Diplomatic and Official or Service Passport working at the following diplomatic mission in Nepal and their dependents with Diplomatic and Official or Service Passport, staying with them in Nepal are exempted from the visa requirement till the formers tenure in Nepal.

• Russian Federation
• Peoples Republic of China
• Federal Republic of Brazil

Those Diplomatic and Official Passport holders are required to move through the following Immigration Posts:

• Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu
• Kakarbhitta, Jhapa
• Birgunj, Parsa
• Belhia, Bhairahawa
• Nepalgunj, Bake
• Mohana, Kailali
• Gaddachwoki, Mahendranagar
• Kodari, Sindhupalchwok

Required Information

• Applicant's complete name
• Nationality
• Date of Birth
• Permanent address
• Temporary address in Nepal
• Occupation
• Passport Number
• Date of issue of passport
• Date of expiry of passport
• Purpose of visit in Nepal
• Length of stay in Nepal
• Country to be departed to
• Source of expenditure to be incurred in staying in Nepal (state amount in foreign currency)
• Times of previous visit in Nepal
• Year and month of last visit and period of stay in Nepal

Need for the Document

A visa is a document issued by a competent authority of a country to a person who is not a citizen of that country giving its holder permission to enter its territory and to remain there for a limited duration. Each country normally attaches various conditions to their visas, such as duration of stay, the territory covered by the visa, dates of validity, whether the visa is valid for more than one visit and so on. Visas are associated with the request for permission to enter a country, and are thus, for some countries, distinct from actual formal permission for an alien to enter and remain in the country. In any event, a visa is subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry, and can be revoked at any time.

In the early days a visa is granted by an immigration official upon the visitor's arrival at the frontiers of a country, but increasingly today a traveller wishing to enter another country must apply in advance for a visa, sometimes in person at a consular office, by mail or over the internet. A visa application made in advance, gives the destination country a chance to consider the applicant's circumstance, such as financial security, reason for applying, and details of previous visits to the country.

The visa is commonly a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport or other travel document. The actual visa may still be an endorsement in the passport or may take the form of a document or an electronic record of the authorisation, which the applicant can print before leaving home and produce upon entering the host country. Some countries do not require visas for short visits.

Following are procedures on how you can obtain an Official Visa to gain entry in Nepal.

Information which might help

The Department of Immigration may cancel a visa of any foreigner in the following circumstances:

• If the holder fails to produce an international health certificate as and when required to do so.
• If the holder becomes insane or goes mad.
• If the holder is found to have absconded after committing any serious criminal offence.
• If the holder is found to be suffering from any contagious or communicable disease.
• If the holder's presence seems to cause detrimental effect in peace and security or Nepal or in the mutual fraternity of the people if Nepal.
• If the holder conduct is found to be suspicious or if he carries out, or causes to be carried out, any undesirable activities.
• If the holder's presence seems to result in adverse impact on the social and culture environment in Nepal.
• If the holder, or causes to violate, the Act, these Rules and other prevailing law.
• If the holder carries out any other acts or things not in consonance with the purpose for which the visa has been issued or the purpose of visa ends before the provided visa period.

Note: Fees paid to obtain a visa which was then cancelled shall not be refunded.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• Department of Immigration Website:

http://www.nepalimmigration.gov.np/?page_id=112

Others

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