Review Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal, March 10, 2020:With the spreading fear of coronavirus, the government has decided to temporarily suspend visa-on-arrival for the nationals of three more countries. The Department of Immigration (DOI) has informed by issuing a press statement on Monday that visa-on-arrival has been suspended for the citizens of eight countries including three new one European countries- France, Germany and Spain.
According to the DoI, the suspension will be effective from March 10 (Tuesday) to till the date of further notice. There will be mandatory for foreigners visiting Nepal to submit a medical report to confirm that they are not infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the DoI has stated in the release.
Earlier on March 2, the government had suspended of visa on arrival for citizens of China, Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan.
Citizens from these all eight countries can obtain visa beforehand from the Nepali missions abroad only if they submit a recently issued health certificate stating that they are not infected by coronavirus along with their visa applications, the DoI has stated.
Likewise, nationals of those eight countries are also required to produce health certificate that proves COVID-19 negative along with the travel documents even if they already got the prior visa from the missions and embassies of Nepal abroad to visit Nepal.
