KATHMANDU, April 8: The police have arrested 10 Bangladeshi citizens for visa overstay. They were handed to the Department of Immigration on Sunday.

Modernization alongside various social and cultural movements have changed people’s perspectives and understanding of the world on a broad scale.  Immigration has proven to be an integral component in the evolution of sociocultural and civilizational linkages over the recent centuries. Nowadays, it's critical to provide opportunities, employment opportunities, remittances, and build a soft power hub for their country of origin.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Kosh Hari Niraula as the Director General of the Department of Immigration (DoI). The post had been vacant since February 18, after the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case against the then director general Rudra Singh Tamang.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has issued route permits through an electronic system (online) for domestic and foreign tourists going to restricted areas.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: The Department of Immigration (DoI) announced on Tuesday that its service hours were extended with immediate effect for enhanced visa processing.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has initiated the issuance of e-Visas and enabled online payments for visa services.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: The police have recommended legal action against 22 individuals, including nine immigration officers, for their involvement in human trafficking under the guise of 'visit visas'.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: The government has introduced new rules for traveling abroad on visit and tourist visas. The new rules will come into effect from January 24.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has announced that its services will be available throughout the Tihar festival, except on Bhai Tika, which falls on November 15.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: A total of 49 Nepalis who were attempting to enter the United States (US) illegally through various countries have been sent back to Nepal. They were sent back from Turkey on Saturday, en route to the US via Mexico. They tried to enter America through different countries including India and Mexico.

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The government has decided to place Jhalakram Adhikari, Director General (DG) of the Department of Immigration (DoI), on the reserve pool. This decision comes in light of credible information suggesting his consistent communication with Dawa Lama, a Chinese national who was apprehended in connection with a gold-related incident.

KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a writ of mandamus against the decision of the Department of Immigration (DoI) for ‘arbitrarily’ detaining foreign nationals. A joint bench of justices Prakashman Singh Raut and Hari Prasad Phuyal has issued an order to send the foreign nationals back to their own country, ruling they were being detained in the Jagannath Dewal Jail in Sundhara, Kathmandu, against the law.

KATHMANDU, August 1: Arrival of tourists in Nepal since the beginning of 2023 has been encouraging. About 534,210 tourists have visited Nepal in seven months of 2023 from January to July.

KATHMANDU, April 18: With the re-opening of the border, which was closed after the coronavirus pandemic, tourists have started entering Nepal from China by land. According to the Department of Immigration, tourists have started entering Nepal through the Rasuwagadhi border crossing.

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: The Thamel Tourism Development Council has apprehended a Canadian citizen accused of troubling businesspersons and handed him to the Department of Immigration. A team from the council with the help of the Kathmandu Police arrested him on Sunday from the Thamel area.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The Department of Immigration (DoI) is making necessary preparations to deport Charles Sobhraj, who has been released from jail following an order from the Supreme Court. The DoI will be issuing flight tickets to deport Sobhraj as soon as possible.

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: In the duration of eleven months of 2022, more than half a million foreign tourists arrived in Nepal. According to government officials, a total of 542,975 foreign tourists from different countries visited Nepal from January to November this year.

KATHMANDU, April 27: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has initiated an investigation against 22 Chinese nationals on the suspicion of carrying out illegal activities.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Nepal has been recording as many as 200 to 280 cases a day with at least one death recorded daily. So far, the country has recorded 826,901 cases of COVID-19 and 11,582 deaths from the virus, as of Saturday. Likewise, 810,271 people have recovered.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The Department of Immigration (DoI) returned 76 passengers bound to the UAE at the recommendation of a Lalitpur-based cooperative. They were returned home from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

KATHMANDU, August 3: As many as 2,991 international tourists entered Nepal in July through the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), according to the Department of Immigration.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: A group of women activists on Thursday picketed the Department of Immigration protesting against the proposed regulation which requires women below 40 to take prior consent from their families and respective local bodies before traveling abroad.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has expressed concern over the new reports published in various news media about the requirement of a letter from the local government and permission of family to women under 40 to travel abroad.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has closed the visa services from Monday after one of its staffers tested positive for COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, June 16: The government has slapped a two-year travel ban on five foreign nationals for violating the immigration law of Nepal by participating in a youth-led protest on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, March 18: The government has asked hotels and resorts to upload details of tourists staying at their properties to the web portal of Department of Tourism (DoT) to make tracking of tourists more convenient.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Tourist arrivals into the country fell by 2% in the first month of 2020 which is being celebrated as Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: The Department of Immigration’s decision to bar former Maoist child solider Lenin Bista from travelling abroad was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Responding to a writ petition filed by Bista, a division bench of SC Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Kumar Regmi on Thursday said that the authorities concerned had breached laws and violated Bista’s fundamental rights by prohibiting him from travelling to Thailand.

KATHMANDU, March 12: Tourist arrivals to Nepal posted a year-on-year growth of 39 percent in February.

RASUWA, Oct 10: Department of Immigration has installed self-service visa application kiosk at the Immigration Office in Rasuwagadhi.