Nepal requests that India accept Nepal’s national ID card as a valid travel document for cross-border movement. Under the current arrangement described by multiple outlets, Nepali nationals travelling to India—particularly by air—must present a valid passport or an original citizenship certificate. Nepal’s proposal would add another document option: a biometric National Identity Card issued to Nepali citizens. If India agrees, the national ID card would become the third recognised identification document for Nepali travellers departing to or entering India, alongside passports and original citizenship certificates, covering travel by air and land. The reports do not indicate whether India has made any decision yet, but they frame the request as part of efforts to simplify verification for cross-border travel. The proposal focuses on recognition of the national ID card at points of entry, including airports and land border crossings, subject to India’s approval of the card as a substitute or acceptable alternative to existing documents.