In 2025, 501 foreigners were deported from Nepal. Of these, 437 were overstayers (stayed in Nepal for more than 150 days on a tourist visa) and the remaining 64 were involved in various crimes.
In 2025, Nepal's immigration authorities refused entry to 116 people from 36 different countries.
The highest number of those who were returned to their respective countries without being allowed entry were citizens of India and China, said Tikaram Dhakal, director and spokesperson of the Immigration Department.
Immigration does not allow entry to foreign citizens whose visas have expired, who have been involved in suspicious activities in the past, who have criminal records, who are security threats or who have repeatedly violated immigration rules in the past.
Similarly, 2,790 Nepalis have been deported from 77 different countries around the world. According to Dhakal, the highest number of deportees were from Malaysia (498), the United States (462), the United Arab Emirates (323), South Korea (257), and Japan (128). He said that they were deported for offenses such as overstaying in the respective countries, being involved in crimes and serving prison sentences, staying illegally without a visa, and acting against the immigration laws of the respective countries.
In 2025, 501 foreigners were deported from Nepal. Of these, 437 overstayed (stayed in Nepal for more than 150 days on tourist visas) and the remaining 64 were involved in various crimes, said Dhakal, spokesperson for the department. They were deported after serving sentences for crimes such as staying in Nepal against the purpose of their visas, drug trafficking, human trafficking, organized crime, foreign exchange embezzlement, and indecent behavior.
