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India passport → Nepal
Tourist travel
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Nepal Entry Checklist — India Passport (Visa Exempt)
Tourist
Entry Requirements / Travel Checklist
- No visa required for Indian nationals—visa-exempt entry to Nepal for tourism.
- Preferred entry document: valid Indian passport (recommended, especially for air travel).
- If no passport available: Indian voter (election) card is accepted as an entry document.
- Minors without a passport: birth registration certificate may be used for permission to enter.
- Other accepted ID listed by tourism/immigration: election card, PAN card, driving licence, ration card with photo/age proof for older persons, school ID for children under 18.
- Aadhaar/UID is NOT acceptable as a travel document for entry to Nepal.
- No special arrival/online form specifically for Indian tourists was identified in the official sources.
- Carry ID at entry/exit; arriving by air, travellers are encouraged to travel with a passport for quicker processing.
No official 6-month passport-validity rule for visa-exempt Indian travellers was found. (The 6-month validity statement appears on eVisa guidance for eVisa applicants, not as a separate rule for visa-exempt Indians.)
No official requirement for passport-size photos for visa-exempt Indian entrants was found in the cited government sources (photo requirements are mentioned in the context of visa/eVisa processing for other nationalities).
No official proof-of-funds requirement for visa-exempt Indian tourists was found in the cited government sources.
No official travel-insurance requirement for visa-exempt Indian tourists was found in the cited government sources.
No official hotel/itinerary/proof-of-stay requirement for visa-exempt Indian tourists was found in the cited government sources.
Minors may use a birth registration certificate if they do not have a passport; school ID acceptable for children under 18 (per tourism/immigration FAQ).
Because Indian nationals are visa-exempt for tourism, there is no tourist-visa application or visa fee to submit for ordinary tourist entry. Standard arrival/visa forms and eVisa processes do not apply to the visa-exempt Indian case.
Sources: Nepal Tourism Board and Department of Immigration FAQs and pages cited in the provided material (ntb.gov.np; tia.immigration.gov.np; immigration.gov.np). The supplied official sources explicitly state Indian nationals do not need a visa; where requirements (passport validity, photos, funds, insurance) are mentioned, they are in the context of eVisa/visa-on-arrival for other nationalities and were not found to apply specifically to visa-exempt Indian travellers.