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Home Ministry directs Immigration Department to regulate visit visa

KATHMANDU, March 11: The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Department of Immigration in writing to take necessary steps to address the problems created by the visit visa.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, March 11: The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Department of Immigration in writing to take necessary steps to address the problems created by the visit visa.


The government has started tightening the rules for those going abroad on a visit visa after incidents of misuse of such visas became public. A task force had been formed to study the matter and made necessary recommendations.


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Home 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 Home Ministry has in the directive outlined the requirements for Nepali nationals to be eligible to leave the country on a visit Visa.


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