Every traveller has been there, being back in society living the 9-5, then receiving that email with ridiculously cheap airplane tickets, and before you know it you have booked return tickets to Nepal via Kuala Lumpur. Yeah that was me not so long ago, however little did I know that I had made the fatal mistake of booking 31 days in Nepal. For your information, Nepal offers 30, 90 or 150 day visas. I only discovered this as I was looking at the prices of visas in my cheap hotel room in Kuala Lumpur. Fuck.
Arriving in Kathmandu, we approached the counter with our visa immigration forms all filled out, the man at the counter simply crossed out the duration of our travel in Nepal (31 days) and wrote in 30 saying, ‘all is ok, you stay 30 days or else you pay for 90 day visa, lot of money’.
With hundreds of people waiting in line behind me, I didn’t even register what he said and walked out of the airport. One of the first things I did was call my embassy and they simply handballed me onto the Immigration Department, telling me that I can simply get a visa extension. That eased my worries, and we went on to walk the Annapurna circuit, Annapurna base camp and enjoyed the wonders of Pokhara.
Returning to Kathmandu, we made enquiries and payed the tourist bureau a visit. There we were informed that with a 30 day visa, on the 30th day you have 24 hours to leave the country and so you technically have 31 days. We were free to go without paying any extensions or being fined.
TLDR: After 30 days in Nepal you have 24 hours to leave the country.
Arriving in Kathmandu, we approached the counter with our visa immigration forms all filled out, the man at the counter simply crossed out the duration of our travel in Nepal (31 days) and wrote in 30 saying, ‘all is ok, you stay 30 days or else you pay for 90 day visa, lot of money’.
With hundreds of people waiting in line behind me, I didn’t even register what he said and walked out of the airport. One of the first things I did was call my embassy and they simply handballed me onto the Immigration Department, telling me that I can simply get a visa extension. That eased my worries, and we went on to walk the Annapurna circuit, Annapurna base camp and enjoyed the wonders of Pokhara.
Returning to Kathmandu, we made enquiries and payed the tourist bureau a visit. There we were informed that with a 30 day visa, on the 30th day you have 24 hours to leave the country and so you technically have 31 days. We were free to go without paying any extensions or being fined.
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It is very important for you to keep in mind the basic guidelines for overstaying in Nepal so that you can avoid having problems with Nepal immigration and enjoy the rest of your trip.
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