Emergency assistance
Phone: +977 1 437 1678
Outside business hours, calls to the Embassy will divert to a 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre (CEC) - phone: +61 2 6261 3305
Travel advice
- Travel advice for Nepal
- Nepalese visas (refer Travel section)
- Arrested or jailed overseas
- Someone is missing overseas
- Someone has died overseas
- I've been sexually assaulted overseas
- Scams that affect travellers
Useful contacts
Voting services
In-personal voting
You will be able to vote in-person at the Australian Embassy according to the following schedule:
|
Day |
Opening Hours |
|
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 |
10:00am – 1:00pm |
|
Friday, 25 April 2025 |
10:00am – 1:00pm |
|
Monday, 28 April 2025 |
10:00am – 1:00pm |
|
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 |
10:00am – 1:00pm |
|
Friday, 2 May 2025 |
10:00am – 1:00pm |
Times are local to this polling place.
You will be subject to security screening upon entry, including being asked to open any bags and packages you are carrying. You will also be asked to provide identification and must wear an identification pass while on the Embassy compound.
Postal voting
If you are overseas and are unable to vote in-person, you can visit the AEC website to apply for a postal vote.
Postal vote packs will be sent to you by international courier from Australia commencing three weeks before polling day. The latest date to request an overseas postal vote from the AEC is 6pm, Wednesday 30 April 2025. Please note this may be too late for your postal vote to reach you and you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. If you provided an email address or phone number when applying for a postal vote, you will receive an automatic notification when it is dispatched.
If you did not provide an email address or phone number and your postal vote does not arrive within 10 days from the date you submitted your application, call the AEC on +61 2 6160 2600.
You can mail your completed postal vote to
Australian Embassy
PO Box Number 879
Kathmandu
or drop it off in person no later than Monday 2 May 2025.
You can also return your postal vote directly to the AEC in Australia. The cost to return your postal vote by courier or mail to Australian Embassy, Kathmandu or to the AEC in Australia is your responsibility.
For your postal vote to be counted it must be completed before 6pm AWST time 3 May 2025, and received by the AEC in Australia by 6pm Friday 16 May 2025 AEST.
Further information
You must be enrolled to vote. You can enrol, update your details or check your details on the AEC website.
If you can't vote because you are overseas, you need to advise the AEC by completing an Overseas Notification Form.
Find additional information on the election and voting at these websites: