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Nepal · digital nomad visa · 2026

Nepal's digital nomad visa: no dedicated visa

Nepal has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Here is what that means in practice, what route remote workers actually use, and how the days are counted.

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How we know

We could not reach an official government page for this one when we checked. What follows is the best published source we could read — treat it as a lead, not as the rule, and confirm with the consulate.

Status
No dedicated visa
Checked
18 August 2026

Sources are listed further down the page.

What to know before you apply

Nepal has no digital nomad or remote-work visa. Verified two ways: by enumerating the Department of Immigration's complete published visa taxonomy — Diplomatic, Official, Tourist, Study, Non-Tourist (Working / Press / Relationship / Marriage), Business, NRN, Residential and Transit, plus a US-citizen reciprocity set — none of which is a nomad or remote-work category; and by a keyword sweep for "nomad" across the Department's homepage, Visa Information, Visa Fees and Documents, eVisa/ETA, Visa Exemption and Online Visa Application pages, which returned zero hits on every page. Third-party sites promoting a "Nepal 5-year digital nomad visa" have no corroboration on any Government of Nepal page we could open and should be treated as unverified. CLOSEST LONG-STAY ROUTES. (1) In practice most remote workers use the Tourist Visa, which is capped at 150 days per visa year (January to December): entry fees "15 days - $30 / 30 days - $50 / 90 days - $125", extension "$3/day (min. 15 days)" with "$5/day late fine" and "+$25 multi re-entry". US citizens and dependents have a 5-year visa option at $160 allowing 180 days of stay per year. (2) The Non-Tourist "Working" visa is the only visa that permits employment — "Only foreign nationals holding a Working Visa are allowed to accept employment and work in Nepal" — but it is employer-tied and needs a line-ministry recommendation, a Department of Labour work permit and an MHA work agreement, so it does not fit a remote worker with a foreign employer. (3) The Residential Visa is the closest self-funded long stay, open to persons of international repute, outstanding contributors, investors of at least USD 100,000 in a Nepali industrial enterprise, or "Any foreigner intending to spend life in Nepal without carrying on any business"; the non-business route requires a USD 20,000 bank statement, a regular income certificate of at least USD 20,000 per year, an embassy no-objection letter, a health certificate and proof of age 60 or over or of retirement — effectively a retirement visa. (4) A Business Visa exists for investors. DATA CONFLICT WORTH FLAGGING: two official Department pages disagree on fees. The Visa Fees and Documents table gives Working visa fees of USD 30/50/75 per month by organisation type, Press USD 15/month, Relation USD 10-25/month, and Business by investment band; the Visa Information page instead gives Working USD 60/month, Press USD 10/month, Relationship USD 5/month and different Business bands. Residential fees also differ — the fees table gives a flat USD 1,200/year while Visa Information gives New USD 700/yr, Renewal USD 1,200 and Pre-1998 USD 100. These should not be published without flagging the discrepancy.

What it means for your tax days

A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days. Nepal treats you as tax resident once you are present 183 days 183 days or more of residence in Nepal during a continuous period of 365 days, and residents are taxed on worldwide income. Days are not the only test: Section 2(ao)(1), Income Tax Act 2058 (2002): in respect of an individual, a resident person is one "(a) Whose normal abode is in Nepal, (b) Who has resided in Nepal for 183 days or more during a continuous period of 365 days, or (c) Who is deputed by the Government of Nepal to a foreign country in any time of the income year." The full tests and the official source are on our Nepal tax-day page.

Sources

We could not reach an official government page for this one when we checked. What follows is the best published source we could read — treat it as a lead, not as the rule, and confirm with the consulate.

Questions people ask about Nepal

Does Nepal have a digital nomad visa?

No. Nepal has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Nepal has no digital nomad or remote-work visa. Verified two ways: by enumerating the Department of Immigration's complete published visa taxonomy — Diplomatic, Official, Tourist, Study, Non-Tourist (Working / Press / Relationship / Marriage), Business, NRN, Residential and Transit, plus a US-citizen reciprocity set — none of which is a nomad or remote-work category; and by a keyword sweep for "nomad" across the Department's homepage, Visa Information, Visa Fees and Documents, eVisa/ETA, Visa Exemption and Online Visa Application pages, which returned zero hits on every page. Third-party sites promoting a "Nepal 5-year digital nomad visa" have no corroboration on any Government of Nepal page we could open and should be treated as unverified. CLOSEST LONG-STAY ROUTES. (1) In practice most remote workers use the Tourist Visa, which is capped at 150 days per visa year (January to December): entry fees "15 days - $30 / 30 days - $50 / 90 days - $125", extension "$3/day (min. 15 days)" with "$5/day late fine" and "+$25 multi re-entry". US citizens and dependents have a 5-year visa option at $160 allowing 180 days of stay per year. (2) The Non-Tourist "Working" visa is the only visa that permits employment — "Only foreign nationals holding a Working Visa are allowed to accept employment and work in Nepal" — but it is employer-tied and needs a line-ministry recommendation, a Department of Labour work permit and an MHA work agreement, so it does not fit a remote worker with a foreign employer. (3) The Residential Visa is the closest self-funded long stay, open to persons of international repute, outstanding contributors, investors of at least USD 100,000 in a Nepali industrial enterprise, or "Any foreigner intending to spend life in Nepal without carrying on any business"; the non-business route requires a USD 20,000 bank statement, a regular income certificate of at least USD 20,000 per year, an embassy no-objection letter, a health certificate and proof of age 60 or over or of retirement — effectively a retirement visa. (4) A Business Visa exists for investors. DATA CONFLICT WORTH FLAGGING: two official Department pages disagree on fees. The Visa Fees and Documents table gives Working visa fees of USD 30/50/75 per month by organisation type, Press USD 15/month, Relation USD 10-25/month, and Business by investment band; the Visa Information page instead gives Working USD 60/month, Press USD 10/month, Relationship USD 5/month and different Business bands. Residential fees also differ — the fees table gives a flat USD 1,200/year while Visa Information gives New USD 700/yr, Renewal USD 1,200 and Pre-1998 USD 100. These should not be published without flagging the discrepancy.

Does a digital nomad visa in Nepal make you tax resident?

Not by itself — but staying does. Nepal treats you as tax resident once you are there 183 days 183 days or more of residence in Nepal during a continuous period of 365 days, and residents are taxed on worldwide income. See our Nepal tax-day page for the tests and the official source.

How does Stretch help with the Nepal stay?

Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever.

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Stretch is a tracker, not legal advice, and this is not tax advice. Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.