Australians in Nepal face additional visa problems due to COVID-19

Hundreds of Australians stranded in Nepal for weeks leave on repatriation flight. Nepals prime minister to decide on extending lockdown that is scheduled to end tomorrow after 45 days of closure.  (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A stranded Australian woman sits in a bus on her way to take a rescue flight from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Source: AP

The government has extended the visa period of foreign tourists stranded or wanting to stay in Nepal till September 30. Some Australians are tensed that their visas are about to expire despite the latest decision by Nepal Government reports Girish Subedi from Kathmandu.



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