Nepal suspends visa-on-arrival facilities for three more countries amid COVID-19 fears

KATHMANDU - France, Germany and Spain have been added to the list of the countries whose nationals would not get visa-on-arrival facility amid the coronavirus epidemic, Nepal's Department of Immigration said on Monday.

By publishing a notice on its website, the immigration department said that the Nepali government decided to temporarily suspend visa-on-arrival for the nationals of the three countries effective from Tuesday till the date of further notice.

One week ago, Nepal suspended the visa-on-arrival regime for nationals of five countries - China, South Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran, which were badly affected by the novel coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the nationals from these eight countries, who intend to visit Nepal, can get a visa beforehand from the Nepali missions abroad, according to the immigration department.