# Nepal's digital nomad visa: no dedicated visa

> Nepal has no dedicated digital nomad visa. What that means for remote workers, the closest route that does exist, and the official source — checked 2026-08-18.

Source: https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/nepal/

Nepal · digital nomad visa · 2026

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.

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](https://doastretch.com/tax-days/nepal/).

## 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.

- [immigration.gov.np](https://immigration.gov.np/visa-information) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18
- [immigration.gov.np](https://immigration.gov.np/visa-fees-and-documents) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18
- [immigration.gov.np](https://immigration.gov.np/eta-visa-nepal) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18
- [immigration.gov.np](https://immigration.gov.np/) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18

## 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.