Nepalese passports are issued to the citizens of Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

 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. Nepalese passports are stamped with the label mentioning "Not Valid for Travel to Iraq".

Physical appearance

Nepalese passports are green, with the Coat of arms of Nepal

Coat of arms of Nepal

The coat of arms of Nepal was changed during the reconciliation period following the Nepalese Civil War. On 30 December 2006, a new coat of arms was introduced...

 emblazoned in the center of the front cover. The words Nepali

Nepali language

Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...

: "राहदानी" and "नेपाल " are inscribed above the coat of arms and words English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

: "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

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and Nepali

Nepali language

Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...

 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:

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.

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.