The government is conducting a nationwide campaign to facilitate the distribution of e-passports. The Passport Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started making it possible to get services from the district for the electronic passports issued from November 20.
Currently Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Udaipur, Saptari, Dhanusha, Sarlahi, Parsa, Ramechhap, Dolakha, Sindhupalchok, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Dhading, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Tanahu, Lamjung, Gorkha, Kaski, Parasi, Rupandehi The department has informed that electronic passport service has been started from Butwal, Kapilvastu, Gulmi, Surkhet, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Nawalparasi (Bardghat Susta West), Kavre and Ramechhap.
The department has stated that this campaign has been started to make it possible for the service recipients to get electronic passport from their district. National identity card number has been made mandatory for making passport. Therefore, the general public has to make a national identity card first.
To get an electronic passport, you must book a date and time online. First come, first served.
Click here to fill out the online application and select the application type and passport type. Now if you already have an MRP passport, renew it and if you are applying for a passport for the first time, choose the New option and fill the form.
When choosing a place to submit the form in Nepal, you can choose the Passport Department (DOP) or District or Designated Area Administration Office, and when applying to the District or Area Administration Office, you have to apply only in the district where you have obtained citizenship or immigrated.
Similarly, those who are above 16 years of age and those who have applied in Nepal need a National Identity Card number. District Authorization Certificate has been made mandatory for those who have a minor identity card.
Only after confirming whether you are active or not by calling the hotline number of the National Identity Card and Registration Department or by sending a message on Viber and WhatsApp , you have to proceed for live enrollment.
Stating that online payment will be made in the near future, the department has made arrangements to pay in cash at present. But keep in mind, if your current passport is more than a year old, you will not be able to get an e-passport.
The electronic passport also includes an electronic chip and antenna. The chip contains personal details, including fingerprints and pictures.
No one can add or modify the chip after locking it with these details. It is one of the most sophisticated passports ever issued in the world.