Situated in South Asia, Nepal is bordered by China to the north and India to the east, south and west. Nepal is one of Asian ancient countries. Several centuries ago, Nepalese have already settled in the Kathmandu valley.

Since 1768, Kathmandu has become the capital city in Nepal. And it’s also the national political, economic and cultural center with spectacular scenery attracting many visitors all over the world. Due to its unique location, a larger number of tourists would enter Nepal from Tibet or takeKathmahdu to Lhasa tour.

Bhaktapure Ancient Town in Nepal

Since 19:15pm,January 1,2016 (17 o’clock Nepal local time), it has been officially confirmed that Chinese visitors can obtain Nepal on-arrival visa for free. Once landing at Nepal, you can apply a visa for free with a valid period of 90 days at most . GRATIS, letters on the on-arrival visa, means that you don’t need to pay for it.

The stamp on the on-arrival visa for Chinese visitor on January 1,2016

Tips:

On-arrival visa for free is not equal to visa-free.

On-arrival visa for free means that the destination country would not charge you for relevant visa fees, but you still need to apply for the visa according to the procedures.

Visa-free means that you can enter the country from the immigration check directly without applying for a visa.

Until now, on-arrival visa for free is only applied at International Airport in Kathmandu. No feedback is heard from Embassy of Nepal in foreign country and other land ports temporarily.

Application Procedures at International Airport in Kathmandu

Once landing at International Airport in Kathmandu and entering the terminal building, you would walk through the corridor and the lobby comes into view immediately. It’s easy for you to find the entry card on the desk.

Tips:

1. If you enter Nepal by domestic airlines, you can ask a flight attendant for the entry card and fill the information in advance.

2. Everyone must fill the entry card, including the visitors who have already obtained visa and those who want to get on-arrival visa.

A sample of entry card

KIOSK Machine for on-arrival visa

The most convenient way is to fill the information on this machine. You would get a receipt once completed. Please take care of it.

The receipt would be printed out once completed successfully.

You also can choose to fill the application by pen as you like.

A sample of application form for on-arrival visa

Submit your visa entry receipt or application form, and passport to service windows according to the period of 15, 30 and 90 days respectively. Several minutes later, on-arrival visa is ready for you.

A wonderful trip for Kathmandu begins!

Here you can skip the step for payment and walk out of terminal building with your luggage.

Welcome to Nepal!