Over 500,000 people receive work permits

KATHMANDU, APRIL 19: Around 550,000 people have acquired work permits for overseas employment till April 12 of the current fiscal year 2023/24. Of them, 70,933 workers acquired such permits from March 14 to April 12. Director at the Department of Foreign Employment and Information Officer, Kabiraj Upreti, informed that out of them, 64,241 are men and 6,692 are women.

Similarly, 55,575 people received work permits from July 17-August 17, 2023; 50,884 from August 18-September 17, 2023; 56,235 from September 18-October 17, 2023; 43,622 from October 18-November 16, 2023; 71,276 from November 17-December 16, 2023; 65,813 from December 17, 2023-January 14, 2024; 62,147 from January 15-February 12, 2024 and 65,658 from February 13-March 13, 2024, according to data of the Department.

For overseas employment, 17,818 people have gone to the UAE, 13,614 to Saudi Arabia, 11,204 to Qatar, 12,602 to Malaysia, 4,076 to Kuwait and 964 to Bahrain from March 14 to April 12, 2024.

Similarly, 2,299 people have flown to Romania, 960 to Croatia, 789 to Cyprus, 1,351 to Japan, 493 to Maldives, 620 to Mauritius, and 657 to South Korea, according to the data.