To get a Nepalese Visa for tourism purpose is very easy.
Tourists of at least 50 different countries that are affiliated to the United Nations have the 'Visa on arrival' facility. The rest will have to procure the advance Visa from the Nepalese Embassy in their respective countries. Residents of many countries in Asia don't even require Visa. In spite of all these, the ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued the following Visa guidelines for the tourists:
- The foreign tourist visiting Nepal shall be granted the tourist visa.
- The tourist visa shall be granted for a period in maximum of five months in a visa year.
- A tourist who has departed before the expiry of the period specified in the visa issued in a visa year shall not be allowed to use the visa by adding the remaining period to another visa year.
- If any foreigner who has entered into Nepal towards the end of the visa year desires to spend even the period during which he may stay in Nepal with the tourist visa of the other visa year, he may use such facility. Provided, however, that the computation of the fees for such period shall be made on the basis of the total period of his stay.
- An application for the tourist visa has to be submitted in a particular format that can be obtianed from the embassy.
Travel Documents in Nepal
Traveling in Nepal is not as cumbersome as in some other countries. The visa guidelines are very lenient and so are the documentations. Nevertheless, following documents should be carried while traveling to Nepal:
- The valid passport and the Nepalese Visa
- Documents certifying points of entry or exit
- Duly filed and attested disembarkantion and embarkation forms
- Certification of arrival and departure
- Documents permitting trekking and mountaineering
- Identity and adress proof
- Return ticket if you are a tourist.
