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अध्यागमन नियमावली, २०५१ (Immigration Rules, 2051 [1994]), as amended to the fifth amendment (2064)
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What the document holds
Nepal Immigration Rules 2051 (1994) as amended to the fifth amendment, 76 pages, Nepali: visa types (diplomatic, official, tourist, non-tourist, business, study, transit, non-resident Nepali, residential), residential visa grounds incl. investors of at least US$100,000 in industry (rule 11(1)(घ)) and foreigners living without business who spend US$20,000 a year (rule 11(1)(ङ), out of scope), issuing authorities, application forms (Schedule 4 lists a ground of more than US$1 million invested at once), visa fees (Schedule 9) and restricted-area permits. This pass added 6 rules: residential visa first-issue and renewal fees (US$500 and US$200 a year), late-renewal surcharge (US$30 a month), one-year first validity, 7-day decision time, and the US$1 million ground printed in the application form. Not recorded: business-visa fees for investors by investment size (NPR 1 crore / 10 crore bands; business visa up to five years, rule 9) because the business visa is not a residence route (left for a decision), the rule 11(1)(ङ) living-without-business visa fees (US$700 / 1,200), and fees for other visas. The PDF text layer mis-encodes some letters; no Nepali OCR model is available to check against the page image.
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Rules and prices (7)
- Business investmentone-time investment in Nepal's industrial business (rule 11(1)(घ))USD 100,000Since 2001 · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
- Business investmentinvestment made at one time, as printed among the grounds in the residential visa application form (Schedule 4, item 10(ग))USD 1,000,000Date not stated · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
- Permit renewal feeresidential visa, annual renewal (all grounds except rule 11(1)(ङ))USD 200Date not stated · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
- Fee for the first residence permitresidential visa with multiple entry, first issue (all residential-visa grounds except rule 11(1)(ङ))USD 500Date not stated · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
- Residence permit validityresidential visa, first issue (granted by the Department of Immigration with Home Ministry approval for the first year; investors under rule 11(1)(घ) on the Department of Industry's recommendation); renewed thereafter1 yearsDate not stated · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
- Maximum processing timevisa decision after a recommending agency's recommendation is registered (normally); applies to all visas, incl. the investor residential visa recommended by the Department of Industry7 daysDate not stated · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
- Penalty for late renewalresidential visa not renewed on time: surcharge per month added to the renewal feeUSD 30Date not stated · Nepal Law Commission 1994Nepal · Residential visa for investors
About the document
What it covers Rule 1 (commencement), rule 11 (residential visa, including clause (घ): one-time investment of at least US$100,000 in Nepal's industrial business, as amended by the first amendment), amendment table with Gazette dates (Bikram Sambat).
Notes Listed in the Law Commission's regulation volume 4A (internal administration). Gazette publication 2051-02-23 BS; the document's own footnote equates 2051-03-17 BS with 1 July 1994. The PDF text layer uses a broken Devanagari glyph mapping, so quotes were transcribed from the rendered page images and will not match pdftotext output verbatim.
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