Home Ministry directs Department of Immigration to regulate visit visa

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a directive to the Department of Immigration to take necessary steps to address the problems created by visit visas. The government has started tightening the rules for those going abroad on a visit visa after the incidents of many people facing problems became public. A task force had been formed to study the matter and make necessary recommendations. Ministry spokesperson Phanindra Mani Pokharel said that the Department of Immigration is preparing a procedure to implement the report submitted by the task force. Until the report is implemented, an 18-point directive has been issued from the ministry to address the matter. The ministry has in the directive outlined the requirements for Nepali nationals to be eligible to leave the country on a visit visa. Meanwhile, the Department of Immigration has made rules for passengers entering Nepal from abroad by air or land. As per the new rules, passengers have to submit a certificate of full vaccination against Covid 19. Those who fail to submit the certificate will have to produce negative PCR reports of the Covid 19 test within 72 hours of starting the journey. Likewise, for the passengers going abroad by air route from Nepal, the concerned airlines have to inform their passengers about the health protocols related to Covid 19 of the destination country. The health-related documents to be submitted by the passengers departing from Nepal will be as per the health-related criteria of the destination country as prescribed by the concerned airlines. The department has made new arrangements as per the decision of the Council of Ministers, on March 10, to prevent the infection of Covid 19 new variant. READ ALSO:

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