IMMIGRATION OFFICE

The Department of Immigration has an office at Ratna Chowk in south Lakeside where you can extend your tourist visa. You can stay in Nepal on a tourist visa for 150 days per calendar year, meaning that if you arrive in August you can stay until May. All applications must be started online first, which you then print out and take to the Immigration Office to finish the process. If you extend your visa, it must be a minimum of 15 days (US$30) and for more than 15 days it costs US$2 per day. If you forget to extend your visa you will be charged a penalty of US$3 per day in addition to the visa fee (US$5 total). Bring your passport, 1 passport photo, printed online application and visa fee in Nepali Rupees. Office hours for visa extension: Sunday – Thursday 10:30am – 1pm; Friday 10am – noon & Saturdays it is closed.

IMMIGRATION OFFICE

MEDICAL/DENTAL

If you need a dentist or doctor during your stay in Pokhara, both are now available in Lakeside.

The CIWEC Hospital & Travel Clinic in Central Lakeside provides western standard care and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year providing emergency, outpatient and inpatient services ranging from acute emergencies to primary care for both adults and children.In addition to these, they provide travel advice and immunisations and are well stocked with tissue culture rabies vaccine and human rabies immuno-globulin. They have a laboratory that can perform routine lab tests as well as tests for travel related illnesses like travellers’ diarrhea, dengue and malaria. The radiology department includes computerized X-ray and Ultrasound. Medical evacuation assistance and repatriation can also be provided as needed by closely liaising with the respective insurance companies. Payments are expected on the day of service and can be make through cash, Visa & Master card or through insurance. Weekly consultation fees are US$65 and on the weekend they are US$95.

Also located in Central Lakeside (Hallan Chowk) is Asta Dental Clinic, which offers excellent dental care including emergency treatment that rivals any practice you can find in the West.

Throughout Lakeside and Pokhara there are small pharmacies selling everyday medicines, antibiotics and first-aid supplies.

LAUNDRY

Some hotels offer in-house laundry services and there are many small shops all over Lakeside which charge Rs50-100 per kg, usually depending on the speed of the service.

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