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Department of Passport (DoP)[1]
Agency overview
Formed26 January 2012 (2012-01-26)
Preceding agency
  • Passport Section under the Protocol Division of the Ministry
Jurisdiction   Nepal
HeadquartersTripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Motto"गुणस्तरीय, पारदर्शी एवं सेवाग्राहीमैत्री सेवा"
Minister responsible
  • Pradip Gyawali, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Agency executive
  • Ram Kaji Khadka, Director General
Parent agencyMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal
Websitehttps://www.nepalpassport.gov.np/

The Department of Passport is a government agency of Nepal assigned with the responsibilities of issuing Passports to the Nepalese citizens and Travel Documents to the legally applicable persons under Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2][3]

History[edit]

See also: Nepalese passport

Until 31 March 2010, Nepal still issued hand-written Passports. However, as a member of International Civil Aviation Organization, Nepal was obliged to issue machine-readable passports. The Central Passport Office stopped issuing hand-written passports on 31 March 2010 and had to be withdrawn from circulation as of November 2015. On 26 December 2010, the Office introduced machine-readable passports and issued them thereafter.[4] As of 2021, Nepal began issuing E-passport to replace the Machine-readable passport.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Department of Passport ::. Nepal".
  2. ^ "Department of Passport | Welcome". Dopmofa.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  3. ^ "Passport predicament | Oped | :: The Kathmandu Post ::". Ekantipur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  4. ^ "Here's how you can apply for ordinary Nepali passport - OnlineKhabar English News".
  5. ^ "Nepal starts issuing e-passports, to replace machine-readable passports". Business Standard India. 18 November 2021.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Passport_(Nepal)