All mechanisms of foreign employment also in Pokhara and Bhairahawa

"All the mechanisms to facilitate the process of sending to foreign employment have agreed to go to Bhairawa and Pokhara," Labor Minister Bhandari said The character certificate and insurance facility given by the office is Kathmandu focused.

Shram is about to send these mechanisms to support the operation of international airports located in Pokhara and Bhairahawa. These include health institutions that conduct health examinations, pre-departure orientation training centers, insurance companies, labor offices that issue work permits, and manpower companies. According to the Ministry, it has been agreed to provide the services provided by the Secretariat of Social Security Fund, Foreign Employment Board. Although labor permits are being issued from Bhairahawa and Pokhara, one has to come to Kathmandu for work such as orientation training, health examination, insurance, visa, etc., required for foreign employment.

The ministry has said that it will also request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish visa centers for Qatar in Bhairahawa and Pokhara. Nepali workers must go to the Qatar Visa Center to obtain a Qatar visa. The Ministry of Labor has indicated that there are obstacles in the laws, rules, and procedures to take these mechanisms to the province and if some amendments or decisions are required, they will be studied and decided immediately. Labor Minister Bhandari said that foreign employment offices will be established in all seven provinces under the Foreign Employment Department.

Currently, labor permits are issued for workers going to foreign employment from the offices under the Labor Department. Research Director of Center for the Study of Labor and Mobility (Seslam) Jeevan Baniyan says that restructuring of Nepal's labor migration system centered on Kathmandu should be the main agenda of the ministry.

'The minister should give more importance to making the necessary laws and policies and regulations and creating the necessary format and structure for foreign employment governance at the federal, state and local levels,' he said, 'along with the construction of the structure, the necessary authority and authority in various government institutions and bodies Their responsibilities and roles should be defined and delegated. In the financial year 2080/81, 741 thousand 297 people went to work abroad Of which 80,000 were female workers.