Foreign Employment
11 posts tagged "Foreign Employment".
- 16 min read
Your Gulf employer owes you: end-of-service gratuity and unpaid wages, country by country, and how to claim from Nepal
What a Nepali worker is owed on leaving the UAE, Qatar, Saudi, Kuwait, Oman or Bahrain, in rupees, the one-year clocks on every claim, and what Nepal's own system can and cannot recover.
- 14 min read
Paid the manpower agency and never flew: the refund Section 20 guarantees, and how to file at DoFE
If the agency did not send you within three months of your labour permit, Section 20(2) owes you every rupee back plus 25 percent a year, inside 30 days.
- 10 min read
Rs 21 kharba in remittance came home this year. Here is the receiving family's playbook
Nepal received Rs 2,120 billion in remittance in 11 months while savings rates fell to 2.75%. What the family at home should do with the money, step by step.
- 8 min read
How much gold can you bring from abroad? Nepal's customs limits for returning workers
Duty-free gold jewellery is 25g for men, 50g for women, plus up to 100g more with duty. The slabs, the 2083/84 duty doubling, and what gets confiscated at TIA.
- 10 min read
What going to Japan actually costs from Nepal: language school vs SSW, lakh by lakh
The language-school route costs Rs 12–13.5 lakh in year one from Nepal. The SSW worker route should cost a fraction of that. The lakh-by-lakh math, sourced.
- 8 min read
Foreign employment insurance in Nepal: the cover every migrant worker pays for
The mandatory life insurance and separate Welfare Fund every Nepali migrant worker pays into, what each pays on death or injury, and how a family claims both.
- 8 min read
The foreign-employment IPO quota: how migrant workers get 10% reserved shares in Nepal
Nepali migrant workers get 10% of every IPO reserved for them. The rule, the bank-account and Demat setup from abroad, and a worked Himalayan Re example.
- 8 min read
EPS Korea: what it really costs to go from Nepal, and how to fund it
Going to Korea via EPS costs about Rs 1.5 lakh all-in, including the air ticket. The exam fee, medical, welfare fund, and why a lakhs-charging broker is a scam.
- 9 min read
The cheapest way for your family to receive your remittance in Nepal
The family collecting remittance in Nepal pays no fee — the cost hides in the exchange-rate margin. How to pick the channel and account that keeps the most.
- 9 min read
Going abroad for work from Nepal: what it really costs, and the scams
A Gulf job should cost about Rs 18,000 out of pocket; workers routinely pay Rs 130,000–700,000. The real cost, the payback math, and how the overcharging works.
- 9 min read
Hundi vs the bank: the real cost of sending money home the illegal way
Hundi looks cheaper than a bank transfer to Nepal until you price the tail risk. The fee gap, the FX edge, the 3x fine, and what formal channels now cost.