(1) The official visa shall be granted to the persons, whom the Government of Nepal considers fit and their family members, and, on the recommendation of the concerned foreign diplomatic mission, to the following foreigners
and their family members:
(a) Administrative, technical and non-diplomatic staff serving in a residential or non-residential diplomatic mission, consulate for Nepal, and incumbent Nepalese honorary consul generals, consuls and their family members who visit Nepal from the foreign countries;
(b) Consultant expert who stays in Nepal under an agreement concluded with Government of Nepal;
(c) Employees serving in Nepal based offices of the United Nations or agencies under the United Nations and persons holding the laissez passez issued by the United Nations;
(d) Employees serving in international institutions or regional organizations situated in Nepal;
(e) Persons who come to participate in any assembly, conference, training or meeting organized by the Government of Nepal or a body owned by the Government of Nepal, or the United Nations Organization or a regional organization or other agencies thereunder.
(2) An application has to be made for the official visa, in a format as referred to in Schedule-1.
Provided that, an application as referred to in Schedule-1 shall not be required if a request or recommendation, accompanied by the details, is made by a foreign diplomatic mission or a body authorized for that purpose.