Qatar - Nepal Embassy starts issuing e-passports
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
The Embassy of Nepal in Doha yesterday started issuing e-passports for Nepalese in Qatar. Earlier, the Embassy had started receiving e-passport applications through live enrolment system on February 6, 2022.
Handing over the first e-passport, Charge d'Affaires at Embassy of Nepal in Qatar Lakshuman Khanal expressed happiness over issuing e-passport to Nepalis in Qatar. He shared that the government of Nepal has launched e-passport services for Nepalese to replace currently used Machine-Readable Passport in a phase-wise manner.
Foreign Minister of Nepal Dr. Narayan Khadka had inaugurated the e-passport personalisation centre at the Department of Passports in Kathmandu on November 18, 2021 and handed over the country's first-ever e-passport to Satya Mohan Joshi, a 102-year-old historian. The Embassy of Nepal in Doha is the first Nepali Mission abroad to launch e-passport services and issue e-passport to Nepali nationals abroad.
Various administrative districts within Nepal and Nepali Missions abroad have started e-passport services now while the remaining districts and Missions are in the process of arranging for the same. The Embassy has also requested eligible Nepali nationals in Qatar to electronically apply for e-passports from the website of the Department of Passport of Nepal ( before visiting the Embassy for live enrollment.
The Embassy has issued detailed notice on the process of filling up the electronic form as well as the list of required documents in its website and its Facebook page .
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