Kathmandu, March 16
Around 35 non-resident Nepalis (NRNs) and foreigners have been deported by the immigration office at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) after they failed to comply with the new travel advisory of the government.
Sagar Acharya, chief of TIA immigration office, informed that these people were deported to their respective nations since March 9 from when the government imposed its travel advisory. As a precautionary measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country, the government had stopped issuing on-arrival visas to foreigners of eight coronavirus-affected nations while it had imposed a blanket restriction on on-arrival visas effective from March 13 till April 30.
Under the new travel restriction, all foreigners who already have a visa to enter the country are required to submit a health certificate of polymerase chain reaction test, issued at least seven days prior to their arrival, at the immigration office at TIA.
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