Visa Process & Fees

You can obtain a visa before you come to Nepal or upon arrival in Kathmandu. You need only to fill in a form and pay a fee (in US dollars cash only), but it takes a bit of time at the airport after you arrive. To obtain a visa for Nepal in advance, write to one of the addresses below for instructions and a form. Fill in the form and return it with the appropriate fee, photos and your passport. If you are making a side trip to India or Tibet and then returning to Nepal, be sure to get a double entry visa. Your passport with a visa stamped in it should be returned to you by mail.

 

Tourist Visa

Eligibility - Tourist who intends to visit Nepal with valid passport.
Issuing authority - Ministry of Home, Department of Immigration.
Period - Max 150 days a year

Tourist Visa Fee

Visa Facility	Duration	Fee
Multiple entry	15 days	US$ 25 or equivalent convertible currency
Multiple entry	30 days	US$ 40 or equivalent convertible currency
Multiple entry	90 days	US$ 100 or equivalent convertible currency
Extension	30 days	Us$  30 or equivalent convertible currency

Gratis 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.

 

Note: Refugee travel document holders requested to arrive with Nepalese visa. Nepal will not provide visa on arrival.

• Visa year covers from 1st January to 31st December.
• 
  Tourist visa shall not be allowed to work with or without receiving remuneration.
• All kinds of application forms related to visa are available in the Immigration Offices free of cost.

 

Transit Visa

Transit visa for one day travelers can be obtained from Nepal's immigration offices at the entry points upon the production of departure flight ticket via Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal, by paying US $ 5 or equivalent convertible currency.

 

Getting a Visa

If you did not already buy an entry visa for Nepal from your home country, you may buy one at either the border, or the airport. In most cases it will be cheaper if you pay for the visa in Nepal rather than paying for the service of "getting" the visa in your home country.

 

To find the customs form, walk into the airport and you will see a group of tables to the left with papers scattered around. The customs form and (if you need another copy) the visa application form will be one of these, so have a pen( there won't be any there) ready as well to fill this out and get into the visa line as quickly as possible. When you approach the counter to buy your entry visa, have your passport, money (price of visa is available online and at the airport), and a passport-sized photo of yourself ready to surrender to the Nepali officials. (If you did not get a photo before you left your home country, they have a photo booth where you can buy one for a few dollars.) But if you are trying to avoid much time spent in this line you will already have the photo in hand when you get off the plane.

 

Points of entry or exit:

Tourist entry visa can be obtained for the following durations from Nepal Embassy, Consulate or Mission offices abroad, or at the following immigration offices in Nepal: (the easiest being upon arival, at the airport.)

 

• Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu
• Kakarvitta, Jhapa (Eastern Nepal)
• Birganj, Parsa (Central Nepal)
• Kodari, Sindhupalchowk (Northern Border)
• Belhiya, Bhairahawa (Rupandehi, Western Nepal)
• Jamuna, Nepalgunj (Banke, Mid Western Nepal)
• Mohana, Dhangadhi (Kailali, Far Western Nepal)
• Gaddachauki, Mahendranagar (Kanchanpur, Far Western Nepal)

For further information, please, contact
Department of Immigration
Maitighar, Impact Building, Kathmandu,
Tel:00977-1--4223590 / 4222453 / 4223681/ 4221996 / 4224757
Fax : 977-1-4223127
Web site: www.immi.gov.np