KATHMANDU: The government on Monday has decided not to issue on-arrival visas for citizens of three more countries hit by COVID-19.
Now, on-arrival visas will not be issued to citizens from France, Germany and Spain.
Earlier, the government had stopped issuing on-arrival visas to citizens from China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, and Italy.
The suspension will be effective from March 10, 2020, to till the date of further notice, the Department of Immigration said in a statement.
Those applicants and also the nationals transiting from these countries bound to arrive Nepal are required to submit a recently issued health certificate stating that they are not infected by COVID-19 along with their visa applications.
“The aforementioned health certificate will be scrutinized both at the immigration at the airport in Kathmandu and the land border entry-exit points of Nepal,” reads the statement.
Nationals from the aforementioned eight nationalities are strongly recommended to use the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, the only one entry-exit point that will be remaining open for arrival and departure in Nepal, according to the Department.
The rest of the land POE (Point of Entry and Exit) in Nepal are temporarily suspended till the date of further notice.
The Department has requested the airline operators and travel/tour operators bound to Nepal to manage the traveling route accordingly.
As per the new provision, the nationals of those eight countries who already got the prior visa from the missions and embassies of Nepal abroad are also suggested to produce a health certificate that proves COVID- I 9 negative is must be carried along with the travel documents.
The health certificate must be recently produced a maximum seven days earlier before the time of arrival in Nepal.
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