How To Apply For Nepal Visa ?

Nepal is the country where visitors can have various enjoyment of exploring from religious places to natural parks. Kathmandu and Pokhara to visit some holy sites, Annapurna for mountaineering and hiking, Chitwan National Park, and Sagarmatha National Park are places to explore the native animals, birds, and natural environment.

Also, visitors need to travel to Nepal for studies or meeting friends. But to explore the places in Nepal, visitors or tourists need a visa. Nepal provides permission on arrival quickly and with a simple process.

Refer the guide on how to apply for a Nepal visa in this article.

However, Nepal’s on arrival visa process is pure, but yet you need to be prepared with some documents and knowledge of the process thoroughly before flying to Nepal. Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) facilitates its visitors with a visa on arrival as it is the only International Airport that welcomes foreigners in Nepal.

In the Tribhuvan International airport, visitors need to visit the Immigration office to acquire the visa. Immigration Office offers a quick and straightforward visa on arrival facilities and works under the Department Of Immigration in Nepal.

You can also prefer Nepalese Diplomatic Missions for applying for visa before arriving in Nepal. To escape the queue system for visa application, choose Nepalese Diplomatic Missions to obtain your Nepal visa. Visa that is derived from Nepalese Diplomatic Missions has the validity for six months. So, visitors have to enter or visit Nepal within six months from the date of the visa issue. Also, the days of your visit will be count from the day you enter Nepal.

The visa you get from entering or exit point of Nepal is a Tourist Visa. Visitors can visit Nepal for multiple times because Tourist Visa offers multiple re-entries. Furthermore, Tourist Visa is the only entry visa to Nepal, but visitors may visit Nepal for multiple purposes like travel, tour, sightseeing, mountaineering, hiking, visiting families or friends, and trekking. Still, tourists can get a Tourist Visa, but they have to apply with different categories. In addition, visitors can enter Nepal with tourists visas then they have to change the purpose of visiting and stay duration from the Department of Immigration of Nepal with the required documents.

Process to Apply for a Nepal Visa On Arrival

Step: 1 Check For The Eligibility To Apply For On Arrival Nepal Visa

However, all the people from different countries all over the world need a visa to visit Nepal except Indians. Apart from Tourist Visa, people can apply for visas considering the purpose of visit such as marriage visa, diplomatic visa, study visa, relationship visa, work permit, etc.

Here are the eligibility criteria to apply for a Nepal Visa on arrival. Before planning to Nepal, check the eligibility first. A passport that has six months of validity from the date you reach Nepal.

As the stamp of Nepal country is quite huge, your passport needs at least one blank for the Nepal stamp by the Immigration Officer.

Nepal doesn’t offer on arrival visa for the citizens of Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Liberia, Swaziland, Somalia, Iraq, Palestine, Ethiopia, and Afghanistan at Nepal’s immigration entry point.

Note: They have to apply for the Nepal visa directly from the Diplomatic Missions or Nepal Embassy in their country. So, check your eligibility according to the instructions given in step-1. If you meet the qualification, you can proceed with the below preparation for the visa application.

Step-2: Process- Nepal Visa Application

There are two methods to apply for the Nepal visa. Read more to get the details.

1. At Kathmandu’s International Airport (TIA)

Check the following documents that you must have for visa application.

Your Passport (Have the photocopy of the bio page that may require sometimes)

Application Form: Check all the three ways to complete the application form filling process.

Manual: Visitors can get the application form from the Immigration Office at the airport on arrival.

Machine: If you don’t want to go through the manual process, you can use automatic machines. Automatic machines will scan all the details from your passport, and you need not enter any details manually. It may not be 100% free from manual efforts; you may have to add some features manually also. Though it is a seamless and quick method, after fetching the details from the passport, the machine will capture your photo digitally. The whole process takes only 5 to 7 minutes to be completed. So, machine form filling saves a lot of time for visitors.

Online In Advance: Visitors can fill the visa application form online since 2014. Tourists need to apply online before the 15 days of arrival in Nepal. Furthermore, to fill the online form, you would have the digital copy of your passport-sized photograph and the details of the hotels you have booked.

Passport Sized Photograph: (35mm x 45mm)

Visitors who complete the application form with the help of the registration machine need not worry about photos. But if you choose the manual option, you must have passport size photos with you. However, a photo booth facility is available in the airport, but you have to spend 200 NPR for that.

2. Any Of Nepal’s Border Crossings That Welcome Foreigners

Nepalganj, Sunauli, Kakarbhitta, Birganj, Dhangadhi, Mahendranagar, and Rasuwagadhi are the places on the border of Nepal. Of course, visitors can apply for a visa directly from the Nepal Embassy in their countries but check the eligibility criteria and documents requirement; they can vary.

How Can Philippines Citizens Apply?

Philippines citizens can apply for a Nepal visa from the Nepal Consulate at Ermita at Manila. Visit the place from Monday to Friday (1:30 PM to 4:00 PM) and submit the documents as follows:

2 Application Forms with all the details filled completely.
2x2 Photo on both applications (glued/pasted).
Passport with six-month validity.
Return flight tickets.
Guarantee letter or Invitation letter.
The host must have Nepal citizenship with residence in Nepal.
The letter must have authentication approved by the Consulate General, the Philippines in Kathmandu.
Payment Fees: For 15 days: 30$ and For 30 Days: 48$