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Working Visa

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The Working Visa is designed for foreign nationals who have been authorised to accept employment and work in Nepal.

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    Only foreign nationals holding a Working Visa are allowed to accept employment and work in Nepal.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

An appointment/contract letter and the tax clearance of the hiring organisation are required; the visa is issued by the Department of Immigration (Non Tourist Visa section) upon recommendation from the relevant government line agency.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The official requirements centre on government authorisation of the job: a recommendation letter from the concerned Government line agency, a Work Permit from the Department of Labor and a Work Agreement from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

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  • The page states no occupation, qualification, experience, salary or shortage criteria.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the work allowed, any tie to employer or sector and family accompaniment.

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  • The only statement on work rights ("Only foreign nationals holding a Working Visa are allowed to accept employment and work in Nepal.") is the citation of protected R1; no other sentence on employer/sector tie or family accompaniment exists in the captures.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Renewal of the Working Visa requires the applicant's tax clearance if taxes were paid individually. The official source does not state the standard grant period or a longer-term residence direction.

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  • The page does not state the standard grant period or any longer-term residence direction.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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