As of 2026, company registration in Nepal no longer requires a single visit to a government office. The entire process — from checking name availability to receiving your digital certificate of incorporation — runs through CAMIS, the Company Administration and Management Information System operated by the Office of the Company Registrar.
What CAMIS replaced
Before CAMIS, registering a company meant physically submitting paper forms at OCR, tracking a file number, and returning in person to collect approvals or respond to queries. The portal digitized every step of that process, which has meaningfully cut both the time and the friction involved — though it hasn't eliminated the need for accuracy in what you submit.
The stages inside CAMIS
Name reservation happens first: you submit a proposed name (with backup options) and the system checks it against the existing company registry. Once a name is approved, you move to document submission — Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, and shareholder/director details, all uploaded digitally. OCR reviews the submission online, and if everything is in order, issues your registration certificate through the portal itself.
Where most applications get stuck
The OCR rejects applications for surprisingly mechanical reasons: inconsistent company names between the MOA and the application form, missing National ID numbers, or unsigned documents. None of these are complex problems — but they're also exactly the kind of thing that's easy to miss when you're filing for the first time without someone checking behind you.
What CAMIS didn't change
The underlying legal requirements are the same as before — you still need accurate MOA/AOA drafting matched to your shareholding structure, still need to choose the right entity type before you start, and still need PAN and VAT registration as separate follow-on steps once your certificate is issued. The portal changed how you file, not what you need to get right before filing.
Whether to file it yourself
CAMIS is genuinely more accessible than the old paper process, and a straightforward single-shareholder Private Limited registration is within reach for a comfortable, detail-oriented founder. Where it gets harder is anything with multiple shareholders, foreign investment, or an unusual objects clause — small drafting errors there tend to surface as OCR queries weeks into the process, which is exactly the delay a second pair of eyes on the documents is meant to prevent. See our full company registration guide for the complete process and document checklist.
