customs Nepal | Customs and Immigration

December 2nd, 2023 by Muijsmans

Pretty chaotic administration. First go to the immigration office 500m down the road to get the visa and then come back here for Carnet stamps.

March 4th, 2019 by aukje.vanmeeteren

later I checked the website of Customs Nepal and there is written:  Vehicle of personal use brought in by tourist under a carnet is allowed to stay in Nepal for a period of six months during one year without payment of import duty. In other situation, tourist can import vehicle as a temporary basis for a period of 30 days during one year and has to pay chargeable duty of each day, as per the Finance Act according to kind of vehicle.

March 4th, 2019 by aukje.vanmeeteren

Here you get your carnet stamped. Go inside and in the room on the right is a man who can do it (see photo). Other people here from the customs kept sending us the wrong way many times and had never seen a carnet before.
With carnet your vehicle can stay max 6 months in Nepal. According to this man you can go to India for 1 day and can come back and leave the vehicle in Nepal for again 6 months. Not sure if that's the official rule or not. You could also choose to not have your carnet stamped, because it's pretty much an open border and you can cross without being stopped.