Department of Passport (Nepal)

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] 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 The Central Passport Office stopped issuing hand-written passports on March 31, 2010 and had to be withdrawn from circulation as of November 2015. On Nepal 26 December 2010, the Office introduced machine readable passports and issued them thereafter.

Department of Passport (DoP)[1]
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 26, 2012 (2012-01-26)
Preceding agency
  • Passport Section under the Protocol Division of the Ministry
Jurisdiction   Nepal
HeadquartersNarayanhiti, 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/

References
  1. "About Us". Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. "Department of Passport | Welcome". Dopmofa.gov.np. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  3. "Passport predicament | Oped | :: The Kathmandu Post ::". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
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