NEPAL 

CITIZENSHIP: Nepalese citizenship is based on the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, updated and amended in 1990, and the Nepal Citizenship Act of 1964.

• BY BIRTH: Child born in Nepal, regardless of the citizenship of the parents.
• BY DESCENT:
• A child whose father is a citizen of Nepal at the time of the child’s birth.
• Child found within the Kingdom of Nepal whose parents are not known, until the father of the child can be traced.
• BY NATURALIZATION: Nepalese citizenship can be acquired upon fulfillment of the following conditions:
• Person can read and write the national language of Nepal.
• Person is engaged in any occupation in Nepal.
• Person has resided in Nepal for no less than 15 years.
• Person has taken steps to renounce the citizenship of their former country.
• OTHER:
• Woman married to a citizen of Nepal, who has initiated steps to renounce her previous citizenship.
• Person is an internationally distinguished professional who has applied for Nepalese citizenship, and is granted an honorary Nepalese citizenship.
• Whenever any territory is incorporated into the Kingdom of Nepal, every person having domicile within such territory shall become a citizen of Nepal.

DUAL CITIZENSHIP:  NOT RECOGNIZED. LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP:

• VOLUNTARY:
• Voluntary renunciation of citizenship, when living in Nepal, may be directed to the Office of the Chief District Officer in any major city.
• If abroad, renunciations may be sent to the nearest consular section of a Nepalese embassy.
• INVOLUNTARY: The following is grounds for involuntary loss of Nepalese citizenship: Voluntary acquisition of foreign citizenship.