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Experience, character, training or salary — issued properly, on your letterhead.

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The paper an employer or a training centre issues in five minutes and a person then needs for years — for an embassy, a bank, a university, or the next employer. Small organisations issue it on whatever letterhead is to hand, in whatever wording someone remembers.

A certificate is a letter, not a form

Every experience, salary and character certificate issued in Nepal follows the same shape: the organisation's letterhead, then the reference number at the left and the date at the right, then TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, then one to three paragraphs of prose, then Sincerely, over a signature and a stamp.

The facts live in the sentences. Position, department, period, basis of employment and salary are all stated in the paragraph — not listed in a table of labels and values. A certificate that sets them out in a grid is the clearest sign it did not come from the organisation named at the top of it, and that is what an embassy or an HR desk notices first.

Two or three bullets of responsibilities under the opening paragraph are usual on an experience certificate, and this asks for them.

Your letterhead, your logo

Add your logo once and it sits at the top of every certificate you issue, beside the organisation name, address, phone, email and PAN.

The registration or PAN number matters more than it looks: a certificate that can be checked is worth far more to a bank or an embassy than one that cannot, and it costs one line.

The reference number and the date print on one line at opposite margins, with the Nepali date first and the AD date in brackets after it — worth filling in for anything going abroad.

There is no printed footer, and nothing on the page names this site. It is your organisation's document.

The wording writes itself

The paragraphs are generated from the details above them, so the sentence never contradicts the dates printed beside it — which is the flaw in a template that ships one fixed paragraph.

Anything you write in the additional paragraph is added to that, never swapped for it, so the position, the period and the salary can never quietly drop off the page.

The wording stays in the third person, using "they" and "their". If the person uses Mr., Ms., Mrs. or Mx., set it — the certificate never guesses at it from a name.

Five kinds, and one of them is not a letter

Experience — for a past employee, with the period, position, responsibilities and optionally the salary.

Character — conduct during the period, with no salary. In Nepal this usually comes from a school or a ward office rather than a company, and the form works for either.

Internship — a completed internship, with the role and period.

Salary — current employment, gross and net monthly salary, and the figure in words. This is the one banks and embassies ask for.

Training or participation — a display certificate rather than a letter: A4 landscape, framed, the recipient's name set large, with room for two signatories. Nobody hangs a letter on a wall, and rendering it as one was the reason it looked worst.

Common questions

Who should issue a certificate?

Only the organisation named on it, and only for someone who genuinely held the position. Embassies, banks and employers rely on these, and a false certificate is a serious matter for whoever signed it.

Does it need a stamp?

Most organisations in Nepal stamp them, and many readers expect it. The layout leaves blank space under the signature for it — deliberately blank, because a printed box captioned "office seal" is what a template does, not what an issuer does.

Can I write it in Nepali?

Yes. Any field accepts Nepali and renders correctly in the PDF, and you can mix Nepali and English in the same certificate. Each type also carries its Nepali name under the title — अनुभवको प्रमाणपत्र, चारित्रिक प्रमाणपत्र, तालिम प्रमाणपत्र and so on.

Is my information sent anywhere?

No. Everything stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account unless you make one to sync your work across devices.

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