UK help and services in Nepal

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Nepal. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Nepal.

Emergency help for British nationals in Nepal

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Nepal

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Nepal

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Nepal

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Nepal

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in Nepal, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

  • FCDO travel advice for Nepal. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

  • List of English speaking medical facilities for British nationals in Nepal.

  • Lists of English-speaking lawyers and notaries for British nationals in Nepal.

  • Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

  • Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

  • Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Nepal

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  • What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  • Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad.

  • How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  • Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Nepal

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in Nepal

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Nepal.

Trade and invest: Nepal

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Nepal.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Nepal, and Nepalese companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Nepal.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Nepal

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.