Kathmandu, November 18
The government of Nepal has begun issuing e-passports from Wednesday, November 17.
Amid a special function in Kathmandu, Foreign Affairs Minister Narayan Khadka handed over the first e-passport of the country to centenarian culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi.
Meanwhile, the Department of Passport also made public fees required to obtain e-passports from Nepal and Nepali missions abroad.
Below are the details:
SN | Place to receive the passport | 34-page passport | 66-page passport |
1 | District administration offices/Department of Passport (Regular process) | Rs 5,000 | Rs 10,000 |
2 | Department of Passport (Fast track) | Rs 12,000 | Rs 20,000 |
3 | USA, Australia, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong | $150 | $200 |
4 | Russia and Cyprus | €80 | €130 |
5 | All other European nations | €120 | €170 |
6 | Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, Kuwait, Syria, Yemen, Israel and Oman | $50 | $100 |
7 | All other Asian and African countries | $80 | $130 |
The government had selected a French company to print e-passports (electronic machine-readable travel documents).
The IDEMIA Identity and Security France SAS had been chosen as it had bid the lowest amount (USD 21.1 million) for the procurement of security printing, supply and delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of equipment and personalisation of the passports.