Travel Rules and Regulation in Nepal in 2022
Locals, travel agencies, destinations management are ready to host the guests and hope to get filled with travelers. Even though there are so many changes in travel reactions, international travelers must follow some rules during visa approval.
Resumption of Trekking
2. It is even permitted for non-vaccinated people to gather with vaccinated families, organize public programs by wearing masks, and socially distancing themselves.
3. People are allowed to get together for festivals, outdoor events, and any other public activities.
4. Fully vaccinated travelers for domestic travel do not need to undergo pre or post-travel testing.
5. In addition to submitting a certificate of negative PCR test report within 72 hours after returning from international travel, there is no quarantine requirement.
6. It is mandatory to wear masks when riding public transportation.
7. If someone tests Covid-19 positive, then they have to stay in quarantine only for 5 days until receiving the negative PCR report.
8. Travelers with moderate to severely compromised immune systems should receive an additional dose after the initial 2 doses.
9. To reduce the risk of being infected, it is better to wear a mask when you are traveling in public.
10. For the travelers going out of Nepal by air, the concerned airlines have to inform their passengers about the Covid-19 related protocol of the destination country. The passenger departing from Nepal must submit their health-related documents as prescribed by the concerned airlines.
11. Under the prevailing law, all the foreign nationals with a certificate of complete vaccinations against Covid-19 or a negative PCR test report will be able to approve the arrival visa from the immigration office at the entry points. But citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Cameroon, Somalia, Liberia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, and passengers traveling with travel documents must bring visas from the Nepali embassy or mission abroad.
12. Foreign/Nepalese nationals entering Nepal from abroad will not have to remain in quarantine except when it seems necessary while examining health conditions.
13. Based on the status of a new variant of Covid-19, Omicron, as per the information provided by the ministry of health and population as well as the decision made by the Government of Nepal, the Department of Immigration can re-issue the Travel Advisory which will be published on the website of Department of Immigration.
14. The Department of Immigration has previously issued Travel Advisory information regarding Covid-19, as mentioned above.
Note
Related Links
1. Cases Dat (Regularly posted the case data)
2. Aviation Authority of Nepal (Extension of international and domestic flight suspension
3. Nepal Immigration (Department for the visa service and other information)
4. Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu
5. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB)