How to Apply for Nepal Visa by Mail

● Original & Valid Passport. Your passport should be valid for a minimum of six months with signature and has at least 2 blank visa pages.

Make one scanned copy of the ID page and send the original passport with other documents for visa issuance.

● Duly filled in and signed Nepal Visa Application Form. Check personal information and visa duration carefully before submission.

● One Passport Size Photo. The photo should be taken with standard size of 35mm×45 mm (2 x 2''), front view, in color, and with a plain/white background.

● Prepare Self Addressed Return Envelope. The envelope is used for mailing back your passport and issued Nepal Visa. Don’t forget to write down the tracking number.

● Money Order or Cashier’s Cheque. It must be in the form required by embassy with at least 1 year’s validity payable to the Embassy of Nepal, and your full name and address on it. Personal cash, credit card are not accepted.

Enclose all these needed documents together with your passport, completed visa application form and send to the nearest Nepal Embassy by courier.

Nepal Visa Fee and Payment

Only Chinese passport holders (including tourists from Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR), children under 10 years (Non-US passport holders), SAARC citizens and nonresidential Nepalese are exempt from visa fees.

For all other nationals, visa fee are charged 30 USD, 50 USD and 125 USD for multiple entries stay of 15 days, 30 days and 90 days separately.

As for Nepal Visa application through mail or post, applicants should deposit the required visa fee and service charge into bank account of Nepal Embassy or respective Consulate. Then you will get a payment voucher proofing you have paid the visa fee. Meanwhile, if you choose to get the visa return by post, relevant postage will be charged for delivery.

Original Passport is Needed for Nepal Visa Application by Mail

Nepal Visa Application Form

Step 1: Applicants must firstly submit personal information on official website of Nepal Embassy in your home country (Embassy of Nepal USA: www.nepalembassyusa.org) truly and correctly before mailing the application documents out.

Some details are required, like individual full name, gender, date or birth, address, contact number, email, passport number, application date, visa category and etc. and some are optional, such as submitted documents and return mail tracking number…The Embassy will return your application if they do not receive your data.

Step 2: Complete and print out the Nepal Visa Application From. It can be downloaded easily and conveniently from the official website of any Nepal Embassy or Consulate.

Step 3: Pay the visa fee into Embassy’s bank account or bank of Consulate’s bank account. Please keep the deposit receipt for later mail.

Step 4: Enclose the bank craft, self-addressed prepaid return envelope with sufficient postage charge and documents required for application into a mail. Some countries maybe require a little different, specific details please check on corresponding website of Nepal Embassy.

Notice that all the application materials including your original passport should be mailed to Nepal Embassy or Consulate entirely. Once all the steps done, you will be notified by email or text from Embassy Visa section whenever there’s an update for your visa application. After it is issued, the visa will be delivered to your pointed address soon.

Personal Details Required on Embassy Website (click to enlarge)

Nepal 30 Days Multiple Entry Visa Issued in London

❶. Once submitted or issued the Nepal Visa tis valid for 6 months from date of issuance. It can NOT be withdrawn, revised and visa fee paid can’t be refunded.

Visitors can only change visa category in Kathmandu and extend Nepal Visa in Department of Immigration in Kathmandu (not available in Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport) and Immigration Office in Pokhara.

❷. The postal/bank money order payable to the Embassy of Nepal should be well kept, and sent directly to the Embassy of Nepal with other visa application documents by post.

❸. Applicants are requested to use signature on delivery post for returning the passports with visa. The Nepal Embassy or Consulate takes no responsibility of any loss, damaged, undelivered posts because of a weak envelope to bear up the load, and other incidents occurred during handling of the documents by postal office/courier or insufficient postage.

❹. Visa Hours of Nepalese Embassy or Consulate is from Monday to Friday (working days) except on public holidays. And it takes about several working days to issue the visa and collect your passport with visa back.

❺. Application of Nepal Visa through mail does not apply to Chinese Nationals (citizens of Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan and Macao SAR are included).

Embassy of Nepal Washington DC, USA

Tourists always start a Nepal tour from Kathmandu - the capital city and tourist distribution center. 4 days is enough to enjoy the world heritage sites and Himalayan views in Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur and Nagarkot). For those travelers who won’t want to miss the most astonishing nature of Nepal, spend 1 or 2 more days visiting lakeside Pokhara. For more experience, Chitwan is a good choice to offer Nepal’s oldest wildlife (various mammal and birds species) as well as a variety of excursions in 2 days usually. If you are a Buddhist follower or fan, travel Lumbini and other Buddhist sites in 3~4 more days. If you are a trekking enthusiast, there is a bucket of trekking routes, like Everest Base Camp Trek, Annapurna Circuit, Poon Hill, etc.

☞ 4 Days Classic Kathmandu Valley Tour
☞ 5 Days Kathmandu Pokhara Leisure Tour (by Flight)
☞ 8 Days Nepal Holiday Tour (Kathmandu - Pokhara - Chitwan)

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