Rule 22
One-way Travel Document May Be Issued
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Regulation, the concerned Mission may issue One-way Travel Document in a format as referred to in Schedule-5 in the following conditions:
(a) if any Nepali citizen is to be sent to Nepal upon his or her immediate rescue, who is being helpless in the foreign country as a result of lost, destruction or tearing of his or her Passport,
(b) if any minor, born in a foreign country from Nepali father and mother and possess no Passport, is to be returned to Nepal along with his or her father or mother,
(c) if any minor, born in a foreign country from Nepali father and foreigner mother or from Nepali mother and a father not being identified, is to be returned to Nepal along with his or her father or mother.
(2) The person willing to acquire the Travel Document pursuant to clause (a) of sub-rule (1) shall submit an application in the concerned Mission along with the evidence. of being Nepali citizen and his or her Passport being lost, destructed, or torn.
(3) The father or mother of the minor willing to acquire the Travel Document pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of sub-rule (1) shall submit an application to the concerned Mission along with the following documents: -
(a) Originals of the Citizenship Certificate of father or mother or the National Identity card, if obtained and copies thereof,
(b) Passport of the father or mother,
(c) Birth Registration Certificate of a minor issued by the concerned body of the concerned country,
(d) If mother is a foreigner, Passport issued by the concerned country in the name of the mother.
(4) The Mission may, upon inquiry of the application received pursuant to sub-rule (2) or (3), issue One-way Travel Document in a format as referred to in Schedule-5.
(5) No fee shall be applicable for the Travel Document pursuant to clause (a) of sub-rule (1), and the fee shall be applicable for the Travel Document pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of sub-rule (1) as referred to in Schedule-4.
(6) The Department shall, upon inquiry of the application pursuant to sub-rule (2) or (3), if it deems not appropriate to issue the One-way Travel Document as a result of not completion of the procedure or non- submission of the required documents specify the same in the application and notify to the applicant. The fees deposited with the application shall not be reimbursed, if the One-way Travel Document cannot be issued by such a reason.
(7) The Travel Document issued pursuant to this Rule shall remain valid for a maximum period of three months.