Passport application services to fully resume within 1-2 weeks: Department of Passport The Department of Passports has announced that the full services of the passport application system are expected to resume within the next 1-2 weeks. Kathmandu 25 Nov, 2024
English language barrier: How it prevents use of technology A few months ago, I could be seen trekking across the hilly, rugged terrain of my village in Bajhang – in an arduous one-hour journey to the ward office. Opinion 13 Mar, 2024
147,000 acquire passport in the month of Jestha alone: Department of Passports The number of people acquiring passports is reported to be increasing lately. Nepal 30 Jun, 2023
Glitch in passport distribution resolved, claims Department of Passport Glitch in passport distribution resolved, claims Department of Passport World 08 Jan, 2023
French team arriving to problem shoot passport server issue A technical team from France is arriving to sort out storage issue seen for the past few days in the electric passport server system. Kathmandu 08 Jan, 2023
Passport printing, distribution halted The Department of Passports on Tuesday issued a notice saying that it will not be able to print or distribute passports for an indefinite period owing to technical issues. Nepal 04 Jan, 2023
EDITORIAL: Passport queues Despite the promises made by successive government to improve public service delivery, only those trying to avail it know the ordeal that they have to put through. Opinion 30 Dec, 2022
Home minister observes situation at DoP Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane visited the Department of Passports under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu. Nepal 29 Dec, 2022
933,293 e-passports issued The Department of Passports has issued a total of 933,293 e-passports over a period of one year. Issuance of e-passports was launched on November 17 last year. Nepal 21 Nov, 2022
DoP personalised 6,806,913 MRPs till last fiscal The Department of Passports personalised a total of 6,806,913 machine readable passports till fiscal 2020-21. Nepal 21 Jan, 2022
Details of more missing passports registered in database The Department of Passports has registered the details of 18,771 missing or lost passports in the Interpol database through National Central Bureau under Nepal Police, which serves as a contact point for Interpol in 194 member countries. Nepal 20 Jan, 2022
Department of passports to only remain operational for emergency services Department of Passports suspends all except emergency services as its employees test positive for Covid-19 - Nepal 26 Apr, 2021
