Nepal Implements Stricter Immigration Requirements for Migrant Workers

Kathmandu. The government has implemented stricter regulations at the airport for workers traveling abroad for foreign employment. The Department of Foreign Employment has issued a notice stating that starting from Chaitra 29, additional mandatory documents must be carried when passing through airport immigration. 

According to the new rules, every worker going for foreign employment must now carry the official bill or receipt of their flight ticket to their destination country. The department has clarified that this provision applies equally to both workers going through manpower agencies and those obtaining individual labor permits. Previously, showing only the flight ticket was sufficient, but now proof of payment for the ticket is also required.

Similarly, for workers traveling through manpower companies, an official receipt for the service fee paid has been made mandatory. Workers must present the receipt showing the amount paid to the licensed agency for the foreign employment process to immigration officers at the airport. Workers with institutional labor permits will no longer be allowed to depart from the airport without this receipt.

The department has also directed all manpower companies to mandatorily provide vouchers, receipts, or acknowledgments for service fees collected from workers. The government adopted this strategy of checking receipts at the airport following widespread complaints that many manpower agencies charge exorbitant fees but fail to provide receipts or issue receipts for lower amounts.