Schedule – 9  (Relating to Rule 29) Visa fees

Visa fees:
1. Fees to be levied while issuing the tourist visa by the mission and Office at the
entry point:
(a) For the visa of Fifteen days with multiple entry facility, Twenty Five US dollars or other convertible foreign currency equivalent thereto.
(b) For the visa of Thirty days with multiple entry facility, Forty US dollars or other convertible foreign currency equivalent thereto.
(c) For the visa of Ninety days with multiple entry facility, One Hundred US dollars or other convertible foreign currency equivalent thereto.
(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clauses (a) and (b), no visa fees shall be levied on those who are holders of passports issued by the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, for the
visa of which term does not exceed Thirty days.

2. Fees to be levied while extending the validity of or regulating the tourist visa:
(a) For the extension of the validity, Nepalese currency equivalent to Two US dollars per day.
(b) In the event of the multiple-entry facility being so requested as to remain valid only for the extended period of validity, Nepalese currency equivalent to additional Twenty US dollars in addition to the fees as referred to in
Clause (a).
(c) In the event of regulating the visa of a foreigner who has stayed without  extending the validity of the tourist visa, Nepalese currency to be set by Three US dollars per day shall be charged, in addition to the normal fees
chargeable while extending the validity of visa pursuant to these Rules.
(d) In the case of a foreigner who has overstayed without extending the validity period of visa in excess of the period of One Hundred and Fifty days allowed to stay in the tourist visa, the fees set forth in Clause (c) of serial
Number 2 and a fine imposable pursuant to Sub-section (4) of Section 10 of the Act shall also be chargeable in addition.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clause (a) of serial Number 2, while calculating the visa fees for the purposes of the extension of the tourist visa, the fees chargeable for Fifteen days shall be levied if the period is less than Fifteen days and the fees set forth in Clause (a) of serial Number 2 shall be levied if the period is more than Fifteen days.

3. Fees to be levied while extending the validity of or regulating the study visa:
(a) If the study visa for thirty days is to be issued at the time of entry, Thirty US dollars or other convertible foreign currency equivalent thereto.
(b) In issuing or extending the validity of the study visa, Nepalese currency equivalent to Twenty US dollars per month in the case of students who are studying under the degree program and their dependent family members,
and Nepalese currency equivalent to Fifty US dollars per month, in the case of students who are studying under the non-degree program and their dependent family members.
(c) While issuing the multiple entry study visa to the students from Bangladesh to pursue study and their dependent family members, Nepalese currency equivalent to Fifteen US dollars per year shall be levied on the basis of
reciprocity.

(d) While issuing the multiple entry study visa to the students from the Maldives to pursue study and their dependent family members, Nepalese  currency equivalent to Twenty five US dollars per year shall be levied on
the basis of reciprocity.
(e) While issuing the multiple entry study visa to the students from Bhutan to pursue study and their dependent family members, Nepalese currency equivalent to Ten US dollars per month shall be levied on the basis of
reciprocity.
(f) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clause (b) of serial Number 3, visa fees shall not be levied while issuing the study visa to the students from Sri Lanka and Pakistan on the basis of reciprocity. Provided that, while issuing the study visa to the family members of these students, the visa fees of Nepalese currency equivalent to ten US
dollars per month shall be levied.
(g) While issuing the study visa to the dependent family members of those foreigners who come to Nepal under teacher exchange programs between Nepal based universities and foreign universities and who are decided to
obtain the gratis study visa, Nepalese currency equivalent to Ten US dollars per month shall be levied.
(h) In the case of the other foreigners who come to carry out teaching and research work and their dependent family members, Nepalese currency equivalent to Forty US dollars per month shall be levied.

4. Fees to be levied while issuing or extending the validity of the non-tourist
visa:
(a) While issuing the non-tourist visa for Thirty days at the time of entry, Thirty US dollars or other convertible foreign currency equivalent thereto shall be levied.
(b) In the case of foreigners of Nepalese origin and foreign passport holding children of Nepalese father or mother, Nepalese currency equivalent to Five US dollars per month shall be levied.
(c) In the case of journalists and their dependent family members, Nepalese currency equivalent to Ten US dollars per month shall be levied.
(d) In the case of foreigners who serve being directly involved in any office or project of the Government of Nepal and their dependent family members, Nepalese currency equivalent to Twenty US dollars per month shall be
levied.
(e) In the case of a foreigner who gets married to a citizen of Nepal, Nepalese currency equivalent to Ten US dollars per month shall be levied.
(f) In the case of the father, mother, brother or sister of a foreigner who has matrimonial relation with a citizen of Nepal who comes to visit the foreigner or in the case of other foreigner who comes for the purpose of
visiting his or her relative, Nepalese currency equivalent to Fifteen US dollars per month shall be levied.
(g) In the case of the Chinese citizens who have obtained work permit to work in a contract with the Government of Nepal or a body fully owned by the Government of Nepal or who have been residing in Nepal by carrying on
any business before 1989, Nepalese currency equivalent to Twenty US dollars per month shall be levied.
(h) In the case of the other foreigners, Nepalese currency equivalent to Sixty US dollars per month shall be levied.
(i) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clause (e) of serial Number 4, in the case of a foreign woman who has matrimonial relation with a male citizen of Nepal who has already obtained the gratis visa pursuant to the Foreigners
Rules, 2032 (1976) prior to the commencement of the Immigration Rules, 2051 (1994), visa fees shall not be levied until such matrimonial relation exists.

5. Fees to be levied while issuing or extending the validity of the business visa:
(a) While issuing the visa for a period of less than One year to foreigners who make personal investment of more than Ten million rupees and their dependent family members or to authorized representatives of their organizations, Nepalese currency equivalent to Ten US dollars per month shall be levied for the multiple entry business visa, Nepalese currency equivalent to One Hundred US dollars for the issue of the multiple entry business visa annually, and Nepalese currency equivalent to Three Hundred  US dollars for the multiple entry business visa for Five years.
(b) While issuing the visa for a period less than One year to foreigners who make personal investment of Ten million rupees or less than that and their dependent family members or to authorized representatives of their
organizations, Nepalese currency equivalent to Thirty US dollars per month shall be levied for the multiple entry business visa, Nepalese currency equivalent to Three Hundred US dollars for the issue of the multiple entry
business visa annually, and Nepalese currency equivalent to One Thousand US dollars for the multiple entry business visa for Five years.
(c) In the case of the foreigners who purchase and export goods manufactured in Nepal or who make purchase order, the visa fees as referred to in Clause
(a) of serial Number 5 shall be levied.
(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clauses (a) and (b) of serial Number

5, visa fees shall not be levied while issuing the multiple entry business visa to foreigners who make personal investment of Ten million rupees or more   than that and their dependent family members or to authorized
representatives of their organizations.
(e) The visa fees referred to in Clause (b) of serial Number 5 shall be levied in the case of experts who come for the purposes of technology transfer and their dependent family members.

6. Fees to be levied while issuing the transit visa:
Five US dollars or convertible foreign currency equivalent thereto.
7. Fees to be levied while issuing or extending the validity of the non-residential Nepalese visa:
Nepalese currency equivalent to One Hundred US dollars per year shall be levied for the multiple entry visa, and Nepalese currency equivalent to Twenty Five US dollars per year, in the case of students who come to pursue study.
8. Fee to be levied while issuing or renewing the residential visa with multiple entry facility:
(a) Nepalese currency equivalent to Two Hundred US dollars shall be levied for the first time, and Nepalese currency equivalent to One Hundred US dollars per year, in the case of its renewal.
(b) In the case of the foreigners referred to in Clause (e) of Sub-rule (1) of Rule 11 of the Rules, Nepalese currency equivalent to Seven Hundred US dollars shall be levied for the first time, and Nepalese currency equivalent to One
Thousand Two Hundred US dollars per year, in the case of its renewal.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clause (b) of serial Number 8, in the case of the foreigners who have been residing in Nepal by obtaining the residential visa pursuant to Clause (e) of Sub-rule (1) of Rule 11 of the
Immigration Rules, 2051 (1994) prior to the commencement of the First  Amendment, 2058 (2008) to the said Rules, Nepalese currency equivalent to One Hundred US dollars per year shall be levied as the visa renewal fees.

9. Fees to be levied while regulating the visas of those foreigners who have stayed without getting the validity of business, study and non-tourist visas extended:
(a) In view of the fact that a visa recommended is issued with effective only from the date of registration of the recommendation for the business, study  and non-tourist visas, in the case of a foreigner who has been staying
without getting extending the validity period of visa, cent percent additional fees to the fees leviable pursuant to these Rules for the visa in which the foreigner has stayed previously shall be levied for the period during which
the foreigner has stayed without getting the validity of visa extended if a recommendation is received from the concerned body again for the same visa. Provided that, if the previous visa is the tourist visa, fees equivalent
to the fees leviable for the extension of the validity of or regularizing the tourist visa as set forth in serial Number 2 shall be levied if it is within the period of One Hundred Fifty days.
(b) If a recommendation is not received again pursuant to Clause (a) of serial Number 9, fees equivalent to the fees leviable for the extension of the validity of or regularizing the tourist visa as set forth in serial Number 2
shall be levied if it is within the period of One Hundred Fifty days, and a fine shall also be levied pursuant to Sub-section (4) of Section 10 of the Act if it is beyond that period.

10. Fees to be levied where single entry and multiple entry facility has to be obtained in a visa other than the tourist visa: Nepalese currency equivalent to Twenty and Sixty US dollars for the single entry and multiple entry facility, respectively.
11. Other fees:
(a) While issuing the tourist visa to a foreigner who enters without obtaining visa from the point of entry, Nepalese currency equivalent to the fees leviable pursuant to these Rules plus an additional Fifty percent amount
thereof shall be levied.
(b) While issuing the travel permit, Nepalese currency equivalent to Thirty US dollars shall be levied.
(c) While certifying the arrival or departure or transferring a visa, Nepalese currency equivalent to Two Hundred US dollars shall be levied.
(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in Clause (a) of serial number 11, while issuing the entry visa by the Department to a foreigner (other than one below Ten years of age) who enters into Nepal without obtaining visa
from the point of entry and who is exempted from the entry visa fees pursuant to these Rules, Nepalese currency equivalent to the fees referred to in Clauses (a) or (b) or (c) of serial number 1 shall be levied, and while
regularizing the visa of a foreigner who is exempted from the visa fees pursuant to these Rules or a decision of the Government of Nepal and stays without extending the validity of visa, a fine may be imposed on the
guardian of a foreigner below Sixteen years of age and on the passport holder in the case of a foreigner who is above Sixteen years of age, pursuant to Sub-section (4) of Section 10 of the Act.

12. Calculation of visa fees:
While calculating the period for the purposes of calculating the visa fees except for the tourist visa, the fees shall be so calculated that the visa fees shall be levied for up to Fifteen days if the visa period is less than Fifteen days and for One Month if it is more than Fifteen days but less than One Month.

13. Fees leviable in the case of foreigners who stay without renewing the residential visa:
In renewing the visa of a foreigner who has stayed without renewing the residential visa, additional fees of Nepalese currency equivalent to Thirty US dollars per month shall be levied, in addition to the fees leviable pursuant to these
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14. Fees leviable in the case of foreigners who stay without extending the validity of non-residential Nepalese visa:
In renewing the visa of a foreigner who has stayed without extending the validity of non-residential Nepalese visa, additional fees of Nepalese currency equivalent to Ten US dollars per month shall be levied, in addition to the fees leviable pursuant to these Rules.