Nepal Visa Cost Calculator

Nepal prices its single-entry tourist visa at $30, covering tourism, family visits and short unpaid business meetings. The multi-entry tier buys repetition rather than duration: $45 covers repeated entries into Nepal within the visa's validity window. Nepal's business category runs $75 and asks for an invitation from the company you are visiting — budget for the letter as well as the fee.

If Nepal is merely between you and somewhere else, the transit visa at $9 prices the shortest lawful stay on the books. Nepal's eVisa fee is paid by card at application time; if your nationality does need a consular visa, budget the same $30 base plus any courier or service charges.

Paperwork comes before payment: passport with 6+ months' validity, a recent photo, Nepal accommodation confirmations, and bank statements. Where you submit depends on the route: eVisa/ETA applicants for Nepal upload documents to the official portal, while visa-free travellers simply carry passport and accommodation proof to immigration. Payment timing varies by channel: online by card for the Nepal eVisa/ETA, or at application time by card or money order where a consulate handles the file.

Expect silence rather than updates: Nepal rarely confirms receipt mid-review, so screenshot every submission page as you go. Apply as soon as flights are provable — Nepal issues decisions against documents, and a complete early file is the cheapest insurance there is.

Start with the passport: Nepal wants six months of validity left and two blank pages, and will reject against either. One photo on a white background, recent, taken to standard passport specification — Nepal enforces this more strictly than most. Three months of statements demonstrating $50–100 per day is the funds benchmark for Nepal; scrub nothing, redact nothing.

Hotel bookings and the return ticket close the loop; Nepal cross-checks the dates across all of them. Business applicants add the Nepal host company's invitation; transit applicants add the confirmed onward ticket — those two categories fail on missing paperwork more than fee errors.

The standard Nepal decision typically lands within 5–15 business days, and seasonal backlogs push it to the top of that band. Paying the 50% express surcharge converts Nepal's weeks-long queue into days; on a $30 tourist visa that premium is $15.

Incomplete files, not bad histories, cause the bulk of Nepal rejections — one missing night of lodging is enough. Fix-then-refile is the normal path after a Nepal denial; the fee is due again, so get the file right the second time. eVisa decisions for Nepal often arrive inside 72 hours, making it the de facto express lane at standard price where your nationality qualifies.