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Embassy visa

The embassy

  • ≈ 5 working days
  • 15, 30 or 90 days
  • Multiple entry
  • Mandatory for 13 nationalitiesAfghanistan, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Zimbabwe
  • About 5 working days
  • Local currency

You drop off or mail your file to a Nepalese embassy and get the visa: a sticker in your passport or a QR-coded authorisation, depending on the embassy.

Before you leave

  1. Find the Nepalese embassy or consulate that covers your country: list of Nepal's diplomatic missions (32 embassies and 9 consulates-general; many cover several neighbouring countries), or the ministry's site mofa.gov.np.
  2. Fill in the online form on the “mission” portal: nepaliport.immigration.gov.np/onlinevisa-mission/application, picking that embassy in the first dropdown, and print it.
  3. Prepare: original passport valid 6 months with 2 blank pages, copy of the ID page, one passport photo, copy of your residence permit if you are not a citizen of the country where you apply.
  4. Pay the fee in local currency, the equivalent of USD 30, 50 or 125, by the means your embassy accepts (cash, cheque or bank transfer, it varies by mission).
  5. Submit in person, or by post with a prepaid return envelope where the embassy allows it. Check its website first: opening hours and postal rules differ from one mission to another.
  6. Processing: about 5 working days in most missions. Depending on the embassy, your passport comes back with the visa sticker in it, or without a sticker but with a QR-coded authorisation sent by email, to print. Either way, plan for the passport to be returned to you (in person or by prepaid envelope).

On arrival in Kathmandu

The self-service kiosks

The computers are on the right as you enter the hall. You type in your details (identity, passport, address in Nepal, duration), your photo is taken, the machine prints a form with a barcode. This is the longest queue when several flights land at once. The printer sometimes fails: take a photo of the final screen, it is accepted at the payment counter.

10 to 40 min depending on traffic

The payment counter

The payment counters are at the far left of the hall. You hand over the form (the duration, 15, 30 or 90 days, was chosen at the kiosk or online) and pay. US dollars in cash preferred; other major currencies accepted at the day's rate, card not always accepted.

5 to 20 min
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The immigration desk

Passport and printed authorisation with its QR code. The officer scans it, checks that everything matches, takes your photo and fingerprints, sticks the visa in your passport unless the embassy already did, then stamps your entry.

5 to 10 min

On arrival, straight to the immigration desk with your passport and the printed authorisation.

Online form for embassies
The “mission” portal: pick the embassy, then nationality, visa type, passport.
Mandatory for these passports, which are not eligible for visa on arrival (as well as travel documents and temporary passports issued outside the European Union):
AfghanistanCameroonEswatiniEthiopiaGhanaIraqIranLiberiaNigeriaPalestineSomaliaSyriaZimbabwe
Sticker or authorisation, the visa is valid for 6 months: you must enter Nepal within that time. The length of stay (15, 30 or 90 days) starts on entry.
Requirements, fees and delivery options vary slightly from one mission to another. Always check your embassy's own visa page before sending anything.

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Getting your visa

Our recommendation Most travellers The visa on arrival Issued at Kathmandu airport, in Pokhara, Bhairahawa and at the land border posts. Nothing is mandatory before you leave, but two steps can be done online and save you time at the airport. 10 min to 1 h 30See the visa on arrival The eVisa (ETA) Same form and same price as the visa on arrival paid online, with one difference: immigration reviews your file before you leave (a few hours to three working days) and sends you a QR-coded authorisation, valid 6 months. At the airport, the same direct walk to the immigration desk. Note: the number of eVisa applications accepted each day is capped, for all travellers combined. ≤ 3 working daysSee the eVisa steps Mandatory for 13 nationalitiesAfghanistan, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Zimbabwe The embassy visa Obtained before departure from a Nepalese embassy or consulate, in person or by post. Same price, about 5 working days. Visa sticker in the passport or QR-coded authorisation, depending on the embassy, valid 6 months. Essential if your passport is not eligible for visa on arrival, or if you want to leave with peace of mind. ≈ 5 working daysSee the embassy procedure