Nepalese nationals require visa to enter India via Pak, China

KATHMANDU: Nepalese nationals must have visa if they are entering India from Pakistan, China, Hong Kong and Macau, according to a notice issued by the Nepalese Embassy in New Delhi.

Similarly, Nepalese nationals travelling to Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia,

Qatar

, Kuwait,

Oman

, Bahrain and Lebanon, are required to acquire

No Objection Certificate

(NOC) from the respective Nepalese Embassies, it said.


To get the NOC, a traveller is required to submit an application to the respective embassy along with relevant documents, including employment permit, the notice stated.

The notice said a citizen of Nepal must have a visa for India if the he or she is entering India from China, Macau, Hong Kong and Pakistan.

There are 4 million Nepalese working and studying in India, according to the Nepal foreign ministry.