550,000 people obtain work permit till April of current FY

KATHMANDU: Around 550,000 individuals obtained work permits for overseas employment up until April 12 of the current fiscal year 2023/24. Of these, 70,933 workers obtained work permits from  March 14 to April 12. 

Kabiraj Upreti, Director and Information Officer at the Department of Foreign Employment, stated that of these, 64,241 are men and 6,692 are women.

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

A total of 17,818 individuals have gone for overseas employment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 13,614 in Saudi Arabia, 11,204 in Qatar, 12,602 in Malaysia, 4,076 in Kuwait, and 964 in Bahrain from March 14 to April 12, 2024.

Similarly, 2,299 individuals have gone for foreign employment in Romania, 960 in Croatia, 789 in Cyprus, 1,351 in Japan, 493 in the Maldives, 620 in Mauritius, and 657 in South Korea, as the data shows.