It enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as proof of Nepali citizenship.

[1] Ordinary Nepalese passports are chocolate brown in colour with a chip symbol on their cover, which is commonly known as e-passport.

[1] The early passports in Nepal were used for internal and external travel for religious and business purposes.

This was changed in 2052 BS to issue a passport from five development regions as per government's policy of decentralization.

[3] As a member of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Nepal was obliged to issue machine-readable passports (MRP) after 2010.

[6] All traditional hand written passports were honoured as a bona fide travel document issued by the Nepalese Government until 24 November 2015.

The note inside Nepalese passport says: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs request and require in the name of Government of Nepal all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford him or her every assistance and protection of which he or she may stand in need of.Current e-passport contains the following data: There are 4 different types of passports issued by the government of Nepal.

Passports are not needed by citizens of India and Nepal to travel within each other's country by land or by air, but some identification may be required for border crossing or at the airport.