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Nepalese passports are issued to the citizens of Nepal for international travel. The Nepalese passport was hand written before late 2010 until many incidents of forged passports came to light. To control this, the Nepalese Foreign Affairs ministry has started issuing Machine Readable Passports from 2011.[1] Nepalese passports are stamped with the label mentioning "Not Valid for Travel to Iraq".
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Physical appearance
Nepalese passports are green, with the Coat of arms of Nepal emblazoned in the center of the front cover. The words Nepali: "राहदानी" and "नेपाल " are inscribed above the coat of arms and words English: "PASSPORT" and "NEPAL" are inscribed below the coat of arms. The ordinary passport contains 60 pages. Note: Nepal has now introduced Machine readable passport from 26 December 2010.
Front/Identity information page
The Nepalese passport contains following data:
- Passport No.
- Full Name
- Address
- Place of Birth
- Date of Birth
- Sex
- Place of Issue
- Valid Until
- Date of Issue
- District Administration/Embassy/Consulate Seal
- Signature of issuing authority
Passport note
Each passport contains a note in English and Nepali from the foreign ministry that is addressed to the authorities of all other states, identifying the bearer as a citizen of that state and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated according to international norms. The note inside Nepalese passport says:
“ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs request and require in the name of Government of Nepal all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hinderance, and to afford him or her every assistance and protection of which he or she may stand in need of. ” Types of passports
There are 3 different types of passports issued by the government of Nepal:
- Ordinary(Green)
- Official(Blue)
- Diplomatic(Red)
- Travel Documents(Black)
Fees
Applicants should pay to the concerned passport issuing office a sum of NRs 10,000.00 (approx.US $138 at an exchange rate of 72.40 as of March 31, 2010) as fees for an Ordinary passport. However, the Official and the Diplomatic passports are exempted from fees.[2]
Period of validity and Issuing
The passports are valid for 5 years from the date of issue and are issused by the District Administration Office in all 75 district headquarters as well as Nepalese Embassy's and Consulates abroad.
Machine Readable Passport (MRP)
Being a member of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Nepal is obliged to issue Machine Readable Passport (MRP) from 2010. Old hand-written passport was stopped issuing from 31 March 2010.
All traditional hand written passports will be honoured as a bona fide travel document issued by the Nepalese Government until 24 November 2015. All traditional passports must be withdrawn from circulation by November 2015.
Notes
Passports are not needed by citizens of India and Nepal to travel within each other's country by land, but some identification may be required for border crossing.
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References
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