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Hotel Registration in Nepal Through Foreign Investment
How to register a hotel in Nepal through foreign investment: why hotels allow 100% foreign ownership, classification categories, the FDI threshold, DOI to...
Establishing an Industry in Nepal as a Foreigner: FITTA 2019 Guide
A complete guide to establishing an industry in Nepal as a foreigner under FITTA 2019: forms of foreign investment, the negative list, industry...
Education Consultancy Registration in Nepal: Step-by-Step Guide
How to register and license an education consultancy in Nepal: the legal framework, the 7-step process from company registration to the MoSD licence...
Registering a Travel, Tours & Trekking Agency in Nepal
How to register a travel, tours or trekking agency in Nepal: agency categories, FITTA negative-list restrictions on foreign ownership, paid-up capital and...
Procedure for Obtaining a Business Visa in Nepal: Step-by-Step Guide
A complete, step-by-step guide to obtaining a Business Visa in Nepal: eligibility, the governing laws, documents, government fees, processing timelines...
Branch Office vs Liaison Office Registration in Nepal
A branch office can trade, contract and invoice in Nepal; a liaison office cannot. Both need Department of Industry approval and OCR registration under...
Indian Investors Registering a Company in Nepal: 2026 Guide
Indian investors can register a company in Nepal under FITTA 2019 on the same footing as other foreign investors, up to 100% ownership in open sectors...
Hydropower Registration in Nepal: Complete 2026 Guide to Survey License, Generation License, Costs & Timelines
Hydropower registration in Nepal, survey license, generation license, DOED vs IBN approval, real costs in NPR/USD, statutory vs actual timelines, common...
FDI Registration Process in Nepal: Complete Step-by-Step Guide (2026)
Complete guide to the FDI registration process in Nepal: DOI/IBN approval, company incorporation, NRB capital injection, the NPR 20 million minimum...
How Foreign Investors Can Set Up a Company in Nepal in 2025
Foreign investors looking at Nepal tend to ask the same question in the same tone of mild caution: is it actually workable, and how long until we can...
Key Corporate Law Reforms in Nepal: What Directors Need to Know
Directors in Nepal often assume that their duties are settled, set out once in the Companies Act and unlikely to change. The reality is gentler and more...
Trademark Registration in Nepal: A Practical Guide for Businesses
A brand is often worth more than the premises it is sold from, yet plenty of businesses in Nepal trade for years without ever registering their name...
Renewable Energy Projects in Nepal: Legal and Regulatory Overview
Nepal's rivers have powered the country for generations, and they remain the centre of its energy ambitions. A hydropower project is also one of the most...
Employment Law in Nepal: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations
Hiring your first employee in Nepal feels simple until the paperwork arrives. The Labour Act sets minimum standards that apply whether or not an employer...
Divorce in Nepal: Process, Cost and Timeline Explained
A practical walkthrough of divorce in Nepal under the National Civil Code 2074, covering grounds, mutual and contested routes, costs, documents...
How to Register an NGO in Nepal: A Step-by-Step Guide
People who set out to do good in Nepal often hit a wall they did not expect, and it is rarely about the cause. It is about paperwork. The registration...
NRN Investment in Nepal: How Non-Resident Nepalis Can Invest
For many non-resident Nepalis, investing back home is both a financial decision and an emotional one. There is a family business to support, or a plot of...
Can Foreigners Buy Property in Nepal? The Rules Explained
Foreigners are often surprised by how much of the answer to this question depends on what they actually want the property for. Owning the land outright...
PAN and VAT Registration in Nepal: What Businesses Need to Know
Of all the post-incorporation steps, PAN and VAT cause the most needless difficulty. Neither is complicated on its own. What catches founders out is the...
Bail in Nepal: How to Apply and What the Court Considers
When someone is arrested in Nepal, the hours that follow decide more about the case than almost anything that comes later. Families usually call a lawyer...
Company Registration in Nepal: Costs, Documents and Timeline
Company registration in Nepal at the OCR under the Companies Act 2063: company types, the step-by-step process, documents, costs, timelines, and the...
Obtaining Business Licences and Approvals in Nepal
Company registration is where a business in Nepal begins, but it is rarely where compliance ends. Almost every worthwhile activity carries a second layer...
Real Estate Licensing and Project Approvals in Nepal
Land in Nepal is rarely bought or developed on title alone. Behind every project that actually gets built sit land-use and zoning rules, building permits...
Business Approvals Every Company in Nepal Should Track
Once a company is incorporated in Nepal, its obligations multiply quietly. PAN and VAT registrations, provident fund and social security enrolment...
Automatic Route of FDI in Nepal: What Changed and How to Use It
Since Nepal expanded the automatic route in early 2026, a large share of foreign investment applications no longer need a manual review meeting. That...
Repatriating Profits from Nepal: Dividends, Capital and Tax Clearance
Foreign investors who do well in Nepal eventually face a question that is asked far less often than it should be: how does the money actually leave?...
Work Permits for Foreign Employees in Nepal
Foreign-invested companies in Nepal can employ foreign nationals, but the permission structure is layered and the sequence matters. A business visa alone...
Company Renewal and Annual Compliance in Nepal
Registering a company in Nepal is the beginning of an ongoing relationship with the Office of the Company Registrar, not the end of a transaction. Every...
Types of Companies in Nepal: Choosing the Right Structure
Choosing the wrong entity type in Nepal is expensive to correct later. The Companies Act 2063 offers several structures, each with different ownership...
Company Formation Documents in Nepal: The MoA and AoA Checklist
The memorandum and articles of association are the two documents that define a Nepali company. They are filed at incorporation, they govern the company...
Double Tax Avoidance Agreements and Investing in Nepal
Nepal has signed double tax avoidance agreements with a number of countries, and for foreign investors those agreements materially change the tax...
Mergers and Acquisitions in Nepal: Process and Sector Rules
Mergers and acquisitions in Nepal are governed by the Companies Act 2063 and, where market concentration is involved, the Competition Promotion and Market...