{"id":1272,"date":"2014-11-06T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T12:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2014-11-06T12:21:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T12:21:28","slug":"how-to-get-nepali-machine-readable-passport-mrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/how-to-get-nepali-machine-readable-passport-mrp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Nepali Machine Readable Passport (MRP)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Updated: Feb 21, 2016) When I had applied for passport, government website didn&#8217;t have any relevant information. Since then Department of Passport&#8217;s website has improved leaps and bounds. I recommend you to visit their site for the most accurate information: <a href=\"http:\/\/nepalpassport.gov.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nepalpassport.gov.np\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, information given below is still relevant to get an idea on how to apply for passport in general.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/nepalpassport.gov.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Citizen-Charter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a> has information on all your general inquiries.<br \/>\nIf above link doesn&#8217;t work, access the same document\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/downloads\/files\/citizens-charter.pdf\">here<\/a>\u00a0[Latest version: Jan 19, 2016]\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>(Information below was posted Nov 6, 2014)<\/p>\n<p>* <em>This blog post contains information relevant to those born in Kathmandu district.\u00a0<\/em><em>If you were born outside of this district, this information may not be valid for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office: Baneshwor\/Anamnagar\u00a0<\/strong>(The same office where we get our Citizenship card)<br \/>\n<strong> Office operation hours:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Sunday to Thursday: 8 a.m. &#8211; 2 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Friday: 8 a.m. &#8211; 1 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pre-requisites (<strong>Required Documents\/Items &#8211; <\/strong>applies to Kathmandu office) :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rs 5000 &#8211; this is for a regular processing fee, this will get you the passport in about 2 months (or less).<br \/>\nRs 15 thousand to get it the same day.<br \/>\nRs 12 thousand to get it the next day after the submission of the application.<br \/>\nRs 10 thousand to get it in 3 days.<\/li>\n<li>Special MRP photos: at least 3\u00a0[Please keep in mind this is not your traditional passport size photo.\u00a0Make sure you get this taken from true professionals and save yourself some time and money]<\/li>\n<li>Original Citizenship card and its copy:\u00a02<\/li>\n<li>Old passport copy (of the page that has your personal contact information): 2<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/webcpanel3.nitc.gov.np\/~nepalpassport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/form2-4mv2-1.pdf\">Print out<\/a><\/strong><\/em> of Passport application with all the required fields filled.<br \/>\nCitizenship verification <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepalpassport.gov.np\/pdf\/downloads.php?file=Verification_letter_annex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a>\u00a0(Although I had this document printed out, it wasn&#8217;t used)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While I was researching about the process I realized, there are people who help you fill up the form as well outside the\u00a0passport office in return for a couple 100 bucks. I didn&#8217;t do any of that. I filled out the form all by myself and printed it appropriately.\u00a0They have this information for you on\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nepalpassport.gov.np\/?page_id=74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to print<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>It didn&#8217;t apply to my OS. Regardless of whatever option you see, the point is to print 100% with no modification to\u00a0the layout.<\/p>\n<p>First of all make sure to fill up the form provided <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/webcpanel3.nitc.gov.np\/~nepalpassport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/form2-4mv2-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and print it out.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve also provided the link to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepalpassport.gov.np\/pdf\/Rightly_filled_in_MRP_form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>sample form<\/em><\/strong><\/a> if you need help.<\/p>\n<p>Before you head to Baneshwor\/Anamnagar office make sure you have a copy of all the documents mentioned in the Pre-requisites section above (keep multiple copies just in case). Please keep in mind the steps given below may not match precisely. I&#8217;m just giving you an idea of the process and what I went through:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Get to Baneshwor\/Anamnagar office of the DOP with all the required documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Citizenship verification: room no. 105. Located on the extreme right-hand-side area of the compound.<br \/>\nThe actual process begins by submitting your original citizenship card and its copy to room no. 105.\u00a0Funny thing was on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepalpassport.gov.np\/mrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">site<\/a>\u00a0, it says we need to print out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepalpassport.gov.np\/pdf\/downloads.php?file=Verification_letter_annex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a>\u00a0as well.<br \/>\nAnd submit it to the concerned person\/department along with an original and a \u00a0copy of your citizenship card.\u00a0But that document was never used. I don&#8217;t know why.<br \/>\nDepending on the volume of requests, you will have to queue up.<\/p>\n<p>By god&#8217;s grace if your citizenship information is still available in their office and the person manages to find it. Your document will be verified. The concerned officer will sign a copy of the citizenship card.\u00a0Then you go to room no. 107<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Take all your documents to room no. 107 and get those signed from the concerned officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Take all your documents to room no. 106 and get those signed from the concerned officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Take those documents to room no. 303. This is a different building within the same compound.\u00a0Get your document(s) signed again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: Go to the bank right next to the DOP office (on the left). You need to fill out the voucher with required information\u00a0then pay Rs 5000 to the bank. If you&#8217;re lost, asks the guard for the voucher.\u00a0Bank will give you one of three vouchers you fill out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>: Keep that voucher with you, you will need that to collect your machine readable passport. Now go to room no. 107.\u00a0They&#8217;ll ask you for one more photo, make sure you give copies of all the required documents incase they forget.\u00a0They&#8217;ll then tell you to come after 50 days (or 2 months).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passport collection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Office: The same office in Baneshwor\/Anamnagar<br \/>\nSunday to Thursday: 10:30 a.m. &#8211; 1:30 p.m.<br \/>\nFriday: 10:30 a.m. &#8211; 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Post 50 days &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Must carry: Your old passport if you have one, citizenship card (or driver&#8217;s license would work too)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Head back to Baneshwor\/Anamnagar office.<\/li>\n<li>Before you queue up, you need to first find your serial no.\u00a0It will be on a sheet of paper littered on the table.\u00a0You find the no. based on the date you submitted your application. Refer to your voucher for information.<\/li>\n<li>Get the no. Queue-up.<\/li>\n<li>Give your voucher, also your old passport if you have one, so they can cancel the crap out of it. Get your brand new passport.<\/li>\n<li>Go to room no. 106 to get your passport signed and you are officially done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now you can go wherever you want in this world\u00a0provided you have valid visas.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Travels! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Updated: Feb 21, 2016) When I had applied for passport, government website didn&#8217;t have any relevant information. Since then Department of Passport&#8217;s website has improved leaps and bounds. I recommend you to visit their site for the most accurate information: http:\/\/nepalpassport.gov.np\/ However, information given below is still relevant to get an idea on how to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,1],"tags":[28,42,48,132,144,188,252,262,266,324,331,351,363,378,380,420,569],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-life","category-uncategorized","tag-anamnagar","tag-backpacking","tag-baneshwor","tag-department-of-passport","tag-dop","tag-government","tag-joy","tag-kathmandu","tag-kathmandu-district","tag-mop","tag-mrp","tag-nepal","tag-nepali","tag-nepaligovt","tag-nepalipassport","tag-passport","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shailiza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}