Tourist Visa

• You may either apply for Visa at the Consulate (see “How To” section below) or get a Visa On Arrival (Click Here: https://www.immigration.gov.np/en/page/visa-on-arrival) in Nepal.

How To Obtain Tourist Visa at the Consulate General of Nepal in Hong Kong?

1. 1. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR VISA.
   2. Fill Online Visa application in this link (Fill Online Visa Application here).
   3. Please visit the Consulate between 10 am and 1 pm in the next 14 days (Visa Applications won"t be accepted after 1 pm).
      • 1. Original Passport
           • Passport must have at least three blank pages.
           • Passport must be valid for more than 6 months from the date of issuance of visa.
        2. Visa Submission Slip
        3. Hong Kong ID (If required)

• Chinese and HKSAR passport holders require visas but is free of cost.
• All other foreign passport holders have to pay as per the Fee Structure Table below (No. B & C); cash payment is preferred.
• If you are a foreign national of Nepali Origin and need long term visa for Nepal, you may apply for NRN ID Card - click on this link for more.

• Please Note that we are currently issuing Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Visa.
• For holders of Travel Document for Traveling Purpose from HKSAR (Yellow Booklet), please submit sponsorship letter from Nepal and copy of citizenship/passport of sponsor.

Tourist Visa — Fee Structure

• • • • Once the visa is issued, it will not be amended, re-validated and visa fees will not be refunded.
      • If applicant wishes to obtain visa on arrival, two pp sized photographs should be presented
      • Visa once issued cannot be withdrawn, visa fee cannot be refunded after visa is issued, and it must be used within six months from the date of issue.

Other information for the Tourists

• There will be no charge for children under 10 years. However, visa is required.
• Tourist traveling on a short duration visas can get them extended if they so desire. The Department of Immigration, Kathmandu and Pokhara Immigration Office provides visa extension service.
• Tourists carrying more than US $5,000.00 or equivalent foreign currency are requested to declare in the Custom Declaration Form at the time of arrival in Nepal.

Entry validity:
Six months from the date of issue. The validity of visa dates is counted from the date of arrival in Nepal.

Visa Extension:
A tourist visa can be extended from the Department of Immigration and Pokhara Immigration Office for a period of not exceeding 150 days in a year. Over the course of a visa year, a tourist cannot stay in Nepal more than cumulative 150 days.

Information for Indian Citizens
Indian citizens are allowed to make travel in Nepal on the basis of the following document:

3. 3. 3. • • Passport, or
           • Driving license with photograph, or
           • Identity card with photograph issued by a governmental body, or
           • Ration card with photograph, or
           • Voter identity card with photograph, or
           • Registration certificate issued by the Indian embassy to the Indian citizen staying in Nepal, or
           • Ad hoc/temporary identity card issued by the Indian embassy to the Indian citizen in the event of exigency, or
           • Document with photograph and setting out identity, issued by the sub-divisional magistrate or authority there above.

No Visa on Arrival:
Nationals of following countries do not get visa on arrival at the immigration entry points of Nepal:

3. 3. 3. • 1. Nigeria
           2. Ghana
           3. Zimbabwe
           4. Swaziland
           5. Cameroon
           6. Somalia
           7. Liberia
           8. Ethiopia
           9. Iraq
           10. Palestine
           11. Afghanistan
           12. Syria

For more information, visit the Immigration Nepal Page.