Frontier Formalities

Passport and Visa:

All visitors to Nepal except the Indian nationals must hold valid passports and visa. The Royal Nepalese Embassies or consulates abroad and at entry point's Immigration Offices provide a one month visa upon the presentation of a valid passport, two passport size photos and a payment of equivalent USD 25 for single entry and USD 40 for double entry. Visitors entering Nepal without a visa may also obtain a 30 day Visa from the Department of Immigration, Tridevi Marg, (Tel: 412337/418573) Kathmandu a payment of additional 25 percent in Rupees with the added payment of entry point. Tourists can extend their visas at the Department of Immigration, Tridevi Marg, Kathmandu or at Immigration Office Pokhara.

Where to Obtain Visa

Visa for entering Nepal can be obtained from the Royal Nepalese Embassies and consulate Offices abroad as represented in Appendix 4-5.

For the list of foreign Diplomatic Mission in Kathmandu refer to Appendix 6.

Embarkation and Disembarkation Cards

Tourists are required to fill up Disembarkation and Embarkation Cards, upon their arrival and departure.

Airport Tax

Airport tax of Rs. 600 per passenger is levied on departure to SAARC (South Asian) Countries and Rs. 700 to other international destinations. Those flying within Nepal are required to pay Rs. 20 for remote districts and Rs 50 for the rest of airports.

Exit Visa

Tourists are not required to produce any Exit Visas, but they will have to present their passports at the point of exit.

Customs Formalities

All baggages must be declared and cleared through the customs of the port of entry. Personal effects are permitted free entry. The duty on articles brought by the visitor varies according to the volume and value of the goods. A tourist may bring in dutiable goods, such as tobacco and liquors, free of duty and other taxes subject to the following limits:

Cigarettes        200 sticks
Cigars            50 sticks
Alcoholic liquor  1 bottle (not exceeding 1.15 ltr. in all) or 12 cans
Beer              12 cans
The visitors are also permitted to import the following articles for their personal use:
  1. One Binoculars,
  2. One movie camera with 12 rolls of film or one video camera with deck,
  3. One ordinary camera with 15 rolls of film,
  4. One radiogram, one record player with 10 records; one radio or one two in one or one three-in-one.
  5. One tape recorder with 15 tape reels or cassettes
  6. One perambulator
  7. One tricycle
  8. One sleeping bag and
  9. One stick.

Carving narcotics, arms and ammunition are strictly prohibited.

The above mentioned articles are subject to reexportation. Antiques and precious or semi-precius stones bought by tourist must be cleared and a certificate obtained from His majesty's Government of Nepal, Department of Archaeology, Ram Shah Path, Phone No. 215358. Other prohibited goods to export are gold, silver, precious stones, wild animals and their skins, horns etc.; all drugs whether processed or in their natural state.

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