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Department of Passport (DoP)

Agency overview
Formed	26 January 2012 (2012-01-26)
Preceding agency	Passport Section under the Protocol Division of the Ministry
Jurisdiction	Nepal
Headquarters	Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Motto	"गुणस्तरीय, पारदर्शी एवं सेवाग्राहीमैत्री सेवा"
Minister responsible	Pradip Gyawali, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Agency executive	Ram Kaji Khadka, Director General
Parent agency	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal
Website	https://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.

History

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 The Central Passport Office stopped issuing hand-written passports on 31 March 2010 and had to be withdrawn from circulation as of November 2015.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. As of 2021, Nepal began issuing E-passport to replace the Machine-readable passport.

References

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.

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