Visa requirements for Nepali citizens

Nepali citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Nepal and 35 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

151 countries ask holders of the Nepali passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Nepal without one: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda and 146 others.

The reverse holds for 1 country: holders of the Nepali passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but its citizens need one for Nepal (Palestine).

101 countries ask holders of the Nepali passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 21 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Nepal.

80 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Nepal, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Nepal, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in India (23), Pakistan (2) and Myanmar (2).

The United States refused 69% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Nepal in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 183 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 13 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Nepali passport

By continent, the Nepali passport is visa-free in 5 countries in Asia, 4 countries in the Americas, 2 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Nepali citizens are allowed in Barbados (90 days), the Gambia (90 days), Haiti (90 days), the Seychelles (90 days), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90 days) and Micronesia (30 days).

Visa on arrival

Nepali citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt and 16 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Nepali citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin and 54 others. Ivory Coast and Kenya ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Nepal’s neighbours

India admits Nepali citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: China (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Chinese passport ranks 113th (78 destinations) and the Indian passport ranks 150th (56 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 1 can enter visa-free, 185 get a visa on arrival and 12 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Nepal.