Event to promote Nepal-Oman trade held

JULY 5: The Embassy of Nepal in Muscat of Oman organized a Trade, Investment and Employment Promotion event on Wednesday (July 3) at Nepal House. The program was organized to provide detailed information about the launch of an e-portal for Institutional Demand Attestation for the sponsors in Oman willing to recruit Nepali Workers, seek opportunities for Trade between Nepal and Oman and promote the Investment opportunities of Nepal. The program was attended by more than 65 guests including eminent businesspersons, Country Managers, HR executives, Media persons and representatives from different establishments.

 

While speaking at the program, Ambassador Dornath Aryal highlighted the priorities of the Government of Nepal to diversify the Trading partners of Nepal and promote the vast opportunities for foreign Investment in Nepal and urged the businesspersons to consider expanding transactions with Nepali counterparts for better outreach. Ambassador Aryal informed the guests of the successful completion of the Nepal Investment Summit 2024 and its achievements. Ambassador Aryal introduced the launch of the e-portal for Institutional Demand Attestation in Oman and explained the benefits of the e-portal for a transparent and easy process without hassle.

Ambassador Aryal pointed out that the other processes related to the recruitment of Nepali workers will also be made online gradually and expressed hopes that such moves will assist in establishing cordial long-term relationships between the Embassy and the valued recruiters in Oman.

 

Mr. Nabin Jha, IT Officer, Department of Consular Services made a virtual presentation explaining about the e-portal (https://demand.nepalconsular.gov.np) to be used for Company Registration and Demand Letter Attestation. He explained that the recruiting companies need to first register their companies at the portal and once it is approved by the Embassy, then only they could create Demand for recruiting Nepali workers.

Mr. Bishesh Kumar Sah, Second Secretary, further, explained that the e-portal will replace the manual work with the Digital platform for completing the process of recruiting Nepali workers and responded spontaneously to the queries raised by the participants during the interaction.

 

The Company Registration of the recruiters in Oman has commenced from July 3 and all the institutional demands will be attested only through the e-portal from 16 July 2024 and physical Demand letters will not be accepted. The guests were provided with a Printed Manual of the Demand Attestation and Nepal’s Trade and Investment Opportunities document.