How We Will Help
From your first FDI application to running the business day to day, Public Affairs Nepal supports foreign investors at every step of setting up and operating a company in Nepal.
We Help You Run a Company Here, Every Step of the Way
Setting up a company in Nepal isn't a single form — it's a sequence of approvals, registrations, and relationships that has to be handled in the right order, with the right agency, in the right timeframe. Public Affairs Nepal manages that entire sequence for you.
Our support doesn't stop once your company is registered. We stay involved through hiring, compliance, banking, and repatriation — for as long as you're operating in Nepal.
We can assist with:
Investment Strategy & Sector Selection
We help you choose the right sector, the right entry route — Automatic or Approval — and the right investment size before you file a single form.
FDI & Legal Approval
We prepare and submit your foreign investment approval application via IMIS and see it through to certificate — the mandatory first step for any FDI industry.
Company & Local Registration
Incorporation with the Office of the Company Registrar, PAN/VAT registration, and ward-level local registration — handled end-to-end so nothing stalls your timeline.
Banking & Capital Remittance
We help you open the right bank account and remit your investment through proper banking channels, correctly recorded with Nepal Rastra Bank.
Talent Acquisition & Hiring
Connecting you with Nepal's young, English-speaking workforce — from skilled professionals to specialised technical hires.
Government & Regulatory Liaison
Ongoing liaison with the Department of Industry, local wards, and sector regulators, so you always know where an application stands.
Tax & Compliance Management
Guidance on corporate tax, customs, and reporting obligations — including the tax holidays and exemptions available in prioritised sectors.
Co-Investment & Local Partnerships
Matching you with trusted Nepali partners where a sector requires local participation, or where a local partner simply makes the venture stronger.
Profit Repatriation
Ensuring profits, dividends, and capital reach you smoothly, backed by Nepal's legal guarantees on repatriation.
Visas & Work Permits
Fast, correctly filed business and working-visa applications for you, your representatives, and your foreign staff.
Why a Local Partner Makes the Difference
Foreign investors who try to set up in Nepal without a local partner tend to hit the same wall: rules that are technically public but practically hard to apply correctly from abroad. That gap is exactly where a Nepali advisory team earns its place.
Navigating Nepal's Regulatory Maze
A local team knows exactly which office, which form, and which sequence of approvals applies to your project — minimizing the delays and rejected applications that trip up investors who go it alone.
Local Market Knowledge & Relationships
Understanding of local business norms and the informal structures of influence that make day-to-day operations run smoothly — knowledge that rarely appears in any regulation or guidebook.
Meeting Local-Participation Rules
Some sectors — consultancy, ride-sharing, aviation, casinos — cap or require local participation. Only correctly reading Nepal's current rules on these thresholds avoids a costly structuring mistake.
Access to On-the-Ground Information
Much of what matters — local-language records, government notices, regional press — never surfaces in an online search from abroad. A local partner already has it.
Avoiding Hidden Costs & Delays
The real cost of registering a company without local help isn't the paperwork — it's the operational delays and compliance errors that follow from missing local context.
Support That Doesn't End at Registration
From opening bank accounts to hiring staff and renewing licenses, a local partner keeps helping long after the incorporation certificate is issued.