Visas can be obtained prior to leaving home, or upon arrival. To obtain your visa please follow the below procedure:

Visa prior leaving home

•  Steps
  • Open the URL in any web browser and place the given link https://nepaliport.immigration.gov.np/
  • Select Electronic travel authorization from the given available service list.
  • Fill the details as per the requirements, then confirm all the details and click on the submit button
  • After successful registration of the application you will receive a message ‘Your application has been submitted successfully!’ with a submission id starting with a ‘Z’ letter.
  • Print or download the generated slip or take a screenshot of the page. Click Apply again if you want to apply for your family/relatives/friends.
  • To track your visa application, go to the available services page and select Visa Application Track. Provide Country name, Submission number, Passport number, Date of Birth and click track application.
  • After your application is verified you will receive e-mail for payment. Select ‘View application Track and pay online’ for the payment. If the given payment gateway is not available in your country then please contact to your travel agent (by sending QR code or Voucher number to them) in Nepal.

 

Visa upon arrival

• 1^st  Step
• • Fill in ‘ Arrival Card ‘
  • Fill in Online ‘Tourist Visa ‘form (you can fill it up  prior to your arrival visiting official website of www.online.nepalimmigration.gov.np/tourist-visa. If you fill it from the website, you will get submission receipt with barcode, please print it out and bring it along for acquiring visa. It works for fifteen days and becomes invalid then after. If so,you will have to fill it up again/fill it up using Kiosk machines upon your arrival at the airport).
• 2^nd  Step  
  • Make payment  at the bank according to your visa requirement (15/30/90 Days)
  • Get the receipt

While you can use different modes of payments (at visa fees collection counter), we advise you to carry some cash to be on the safe side.

On Arrival Visa Fee

15 Days – 30 USD

30 Days – 50 USD

90 Days – 125 USD

• 3^rd Step  
  • Proceed to the Immigration Desk with your online form, payment receipts and your passport
  • Hand in your documents to immigration officer for visa processing. He/she issues visa to you upon his/her satisfaction.

Visa Extension Fee

Tourist visa extension is done for minimum 15 days with USD 45 and USD 3 per day for additional days.
In the case of delay less than 150 days additional USD 5 per day as late fine.

Gratis Visa (Visa for Free)

Gratis Visa is issued free of cost in case of following categories of Visa applicants:

• Children below 10 years
• Up to 30 days for SAARC Citizen (except Afghanistan) visiting Nepal for the first time in a given visa Year. Afghan citizen are eligible for Gratis visa on arrival only upon the recommendation of Department of Immigration. If you are an Afghan citizen, you can request concerned institution inviting you to Nepal for necessary paperwork with Department of Immigration to get you Gratis Visa ‘On Arrival’.
• Non Residential Nepalese (NRN) card holder (issued by MoFA /Nepalese diplomatic missions abroad)
• Chinese Nationals

Officials from China, Brazil, Russia and Thailand do not need Entry Visa based on reciprocal visa waiver Agreement

Note: A passport should be 6 month of validity with at least two empty pages.