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Kathmandu. Tourism entrepreneur Basudev Ghimire, who returned from America and started his ancestral profession (restaurant, hotel business), has a dream of bringing the capital, skills and knowledge of many Nepalis like him to his homeland. However, turning this dream into a reality is no less challenging. Because the issue of citizenship, which is becoming very complicated, has worried Ghimire.
Ghimire, a non-resident Nepali citizen who has expanded his investment in the tourism sector in Nepal, does not have a permanent visa to stay here, so he has been traveling between Nepal and America. He claims that if he gets the status of a Nepali citizen, many Nepalis like him will bring investment here. Ghimire argues that if the Nepali citizenship of descendants is continued, millions of Nepalis like Vasu will return home, bringing capital and skills with them.
No matter what profession they have done abroad, they will be able to get a ‘pension’ from the state after they reach the age of 60. If the citizenship of descendants of Nepalis who have gone abroad is continued, then skills, knowledge and billions of rupees will enter Nepal with them, says Vasu Ghimire, coordinator of the ‘Citizenship is Lost?’ campaign. He argues that there will be no loss to the state by granting citizenship to descendants in this way.
‘NRN citizenship has not been able to bring investment into Nepal by non-resident Nepalis. That is why the need for citizenship for descendants has been felt,’ said Coordinator Ghimire, ‘We have been lobbying for the past five months to increase investment in Nepal of the skills, knowledge, and capital learned abroad.’
It is claimed that if Nepali citizenship is continued for NRNs based on descendants, five hundred thousand Nepalis will come from all over the world and billions of rupees will come into Nepal from this. Coordinator Ghimire said that ‘lobbying’ has also been done with the major political parties of Nepal regarding this campaign.
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