Kathmandu — The government is set to issue emergency work permits for Nepalis going for foreign employment even during the Dashain holidays.
The Department of Foreign Employment has made arrangements to issue work permits to workers in need.
According to the Department of Foreign Employment, arrangements have been made to issue work permits to those in need.
Kathmandu – Among Nepalese who have gone abroad for foreign employment, 174 dead bodies were brought back to Nepal in just the past month.
According to the statistics from the Tribhuvan International Airport Customs Office, 174 bodies were repatriated to Nepal during the month of Shrawan alone. On average, 4 to 5 bodies are sent to Nepal every day, the office reported.
The data shows that the bodies were repatriated from countries including Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Qatar, among others.
According to the Foreign Employment Board, 1,255 Nepalese migrant workers died abroad in the fiscal year 2081/82 BS. This figure is based on families who received financial assistance from the board after the death of workers who had gone abroad with official labor approval.
Similarly, police records show that in the previous fiscal year 2080/81 BS, 1,517 Nepalese died abroad, while 1,401 bodies were repatriated to Nepal during the same period.
Kathmandu- The application process for the Korean language test for 2025 under South Korea’s employment permit system EPS is set to begin on August 11 for Nepalese workers. The application deadline has been set for August 16.
The EPS branch under the Department of Foreign Employment of Nepal has issued a public notice inviting applications for the first phase of the language test to be conducted in Kathmandu. Candidates who succeed in this phase will get employment in the industrial and animal husbandry sectors of South Korea.
The target for this phase is to recruit 5,300 Nepali workers. Out of which 3,500 will be selected in the industrial sector and 1,800 in the animal husbandry sector.
The notice states that this number may increase or decrease based on demand. Only Nepali citizens between the ages of 18 and 39 will be eligible to participate in the language test. One person can apply for only one sector.
In the fiscal year 2081/82 alone, 14,224 Nepalese have obtained work permits for Korea. So far, more than 110,000 Nepalese have gone to Korea, and about 50,000 are currently working in Korea.
South Korea signed an agreement with the Nepalese government in 2007 to send workers through the EPS system, and the process has been operating regularly since 2008.
Kathmandu – The bodies of 1,401 Nepalese who died during foreign employment in the fiscal year 2080/81 have been brought to Nepal and handed over to their families.
The largest number of deceased were 233 people in the age group of 26 to 30 years. This was followed by 172 people in the age group of 21-25, 226 people in the age group of 31-35, 225 people in the age group of 36-40, 215 people in the age group of 41-45, 117 people in the age group of 46-50 and 71 people in the age group of 51-55.
It has been mentioned that 29 people were below the age of 20, 24 people in the age group of 56-60, 12 people in the age group of 61-65 and 66-70 and 6 Nepalese above the age of 70 have also died.
According to the Department of Foreign Employment, out of the 1,401 bodies, 481 bodies were brought to Nepal directly through the department and 1,086 through other means.
Similarly, the department has provided a total of Rs 1.2 billion as financial assistance to the families of 1,517 deceased . The government has currently arranged to provide compensation of Rs 1 million to the families of each deceased Nepalese migrant workers.
Kathmandu- 839,000 Nepalese have obtained work permits for foreign employment in the last fiscal year.
Organizing a press conference , the Department of Foreign Employment informed that 839,266 people obtained work permits for foreign employment in the last fiscal year 2081/82.
According to the department, 744,811 men and 94,455 women received work permits.
The ten countries with the highest number of workers in the last fiscal year were UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Malaysia, Romania, Japan, Korea, Croatia and Bahrain.
Speaking at the press conference, Director General of the department, Kamal Prasad Bhattarai, mentioned that 3,516,965 people have obtained work permits in the last five years.
According to him, 1,687 organizations have obtained permits so far, and 212 organizations have been renewed by mid-Ashar 2082.
He also said that the ‘Work Permit on the Same Day’ service is being fully implemented for labor approval.
He also said that in the case of incomplete online applications, messages are being sent immediately to submit the necessary documents. He also said that the department has fully adopted the zero tolerance policy by making the foreign employment sector free from intermediaries.
Director General Bhattarai said that the department has a future plan to amend the foreign employment law to make it simple, easy and timely and to reduce the time and cost of going for foreign employment.
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