In this post about How to go to Tibet from Nepal?. Here we will cover Tibet Travel permit, Chinese Group Visa with the procedure in applying for the Group Visa, and Travel route from Nepal to Tibet.

Unlike traveling to other parts of China, Traveling to Tibet requires more additional documents and special procedures. This is why traveling to Tibet has been prejudiced as a challenging place to go to. Yet, in reality, if you have the correct information about how to visit Tibet. Then, getting to Tibet is very easy and very convenient.

Visa and Tibet travel permit

First, you will need to know that Traveling to Tibet from Nepal requires a Chinese Group Visa from the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu. Which makes Tibet travel regulation is different from That of those coming from another part of China. Besides this, all the tour arrangements need to be organized by a local travel agency in Lhasa. Chinese group visa is issued on a piece of paper rather than on your passport.

Procedure in Applying for Chinese Group Visa

Here are the detailed process in applying for a Chinese group visa

1st) Book a tour

First and foremost, you will have to book a trip with a local travel agency in Lhasa. While booking your trip, you must tell them that you are coming to Tibet from Nepal.

2nd) Visa invitation

After booking your trip, you will need to send a copy of your passport, which we will use to make your permit. Please consider sending it before 25 days before your tour date or more. We will send you a visa invitation to our partner travel agency by the end of the Tibet permit procedure. You will have to go to that agency and give them your passport to get the visa.

We often recommend our clients to visit them (our partner agency) at their office. At the beginning of 2016. We have a client coming to Tibet from Nepal. At the last minute, he didn’t trust our partner agency, and he chose to go to the Embassy directly with a copy of the visa invitation, and he was not granted the visa and lost all his deposit money. So you will have to give your passport to them to make your group visa.

Duration of Visa Process

The visa fees for group visas differ from country to country and the urgency of the visa requirement. Following is the Chinese group visa fees as per the nationalities and speed.

Nationalities Number of entries Normal Urgent Critical
United States Single 140 USD 155 USD 175 USD
Canada Single 120 USD 135 USD 155 USD
Herzegovina Single 17 USD 35 USD 55 USD
Bosnia Single 17 USD 35 USD 55 USD
Maldives Single 17 USD 35 USD 55 USD
Albania Single 17 USD 35 USD 55 USD
Pakistan Single 17 USD 35 USD 55 USD
Serbian Single 15USD 40 USD 52 USD
Montenegro Single 41 USD 59 USD 95 USD
Romania Single 80USD 95 USD 115 USD
Others Single 50 USD 65 USD 85 USD

Duration of Visa Process

The Chinese Embassy in Nepal has a Cancel one-day Critical visa service and two days of urgent assistance. So as of now, the only option available is three and four days of Normal Visa service. So plan three or days in Nepal for it.

Please check here for the holidays at the Chinese Embassy Kathmandu and other details.

Once you are notified by the travel agency in Lhasa about the visa invitation being sent to their partner agency in Nepal, it also indicates that your Tibet travel permit is issued too. But the Tibet permit should remain within the domestic jurisdiction of China. So it will be with your guide waiting for you are the border either at the airport or border port.

So it is relatively more comfortable to meet your guide.

The routes from Nepal to Tibet

There are only two routes from Nepal to Tibet. One is by taking a flight from Kathmandu to Lhasa Gonggar Airport or taking an overland Journey to and from Tibet. Read more about it here.

  1. Taking the flight from Nepal to Tibet

    Flight from Kathmandu to Lhasa is the only international flight in Tibet autonomous region currently. In the summer times, there are several flights in a day, and in the winter there is only one flight, and I would like to remind you all to book the flight ticket in advance.

  2. Overland tours from Nepal to Tibet

    Now The Tibet Tourism Bureau is issuing Tibet Travel Permit for International Visitors for Overland Journey from and to Nepal. Please read here for more updates about Tibet tourism Updates. We recommend everybody to first come to Lhasa by flight and then leave Tibet for the Nepal Via Overland journey.

In this way, there is a better opportunity for Acclimatization in the Lhasa area before heading to a higher altitude in the Himalayas. If your itinerary consists of both China ( Tibet and any other part of it) and Nepal, it is a better option to first come to China and then go to Nepal.

Hack

Recently, when we told our clients about the Chinese group visa. They had already applied for a Chinese visa from Home, and they do not have free days for a group. So we told them to get buy a flight ticket from Kathmandu to Chengdu and buy another flight from Chengdu to Lhasa. In this way, we could He could skip the Chinese group visa.

So We think if you want to go to Tibet from Nepal without making the Chinese group visa. We would suggest you take the flight from Nepal to Chengdu. Take another trip to Lhasa or take the train to Lhasa. Our agency will send someone to deliver you your permit at the airport if you are taking another trip to Lhasa. And read here on how to get your Tibet travel permit

Conclusion

This post explains everything we know about How to go to Tibet from Nepal from our ten years of operational experience.

If you want to know more about the Tibet travel information, please do let us know. We can be reached at info@itibettravel.com, or you can find us on WhatsApp or WeChat. We would highly recommend all the travellers download and start using WeChat. Everyone in Tibet uses it. This App will help you communicate better with your guide and tour operator.

Read here for How to go to Tibet from another part of China and Tibet Travel Informations

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