Now You Can Obtain Your Citizenship Copy from Kathmandu Valley Without Going to your Home Districts

Residents of the Kathmandu Valley from other districts can now obtain copy of citizenship certificates (Pratilipi) without visiting to their home districts, according to a notice by the District Administration Office, Kathmandu, under Ministry of Home Affairs directives and the Nepal Citizenship (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2026.

To manage service volume, responsibility is divided among three local offices:

• DAO Kathmandu: Applicants from Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini provinces.
• DAO Lalitpur: Applicants from Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces.
• DAO Bhaktapur: Applicants from Koshi and Madhesh provinces.

Citizens whose citizenship are lost, damaged, torn, or need update in new format then they can obtain by providing their biometric details and the details must match with digital data base of NIDMIS and CCIMS.

However, applicants can still return to their original issuing district office if their biometric records do not match, if they require corrections to personal details (such as name or date of birth), or if their application appears suspicious upon initial review.