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Kathmandu. The government has also made arrangements to provide work permits from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Sharat Singh Bhandari launched the service at a program organized in Dubai on Thursday.
According to the Nepali Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Minister Bhandari said that the Nepali government will continue to make the services provided by the state easy, simple and technology-friendly, keeping in mind the interests and facilities of workers who have gone for foreign employment. He informed that the provision of labor permits through the respective embassies will benefit Nepali workers, free them from the hassle of having to travel to Nepal, and make it easier to continue their profession and business.
Minister Bhandari said that this provision will gradually be extended to other embassies as well. He mentioned that in the context of the country’s large youth force being in foreign employment and the main source of remittances being foreign employment, the government needs to formulate necessary policies for the rights, interests, and protection of Nepali workers and provide timely service facilities.
Nepal’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Tej Bahadur Chhetri, informed about the work being done by the embassy for workers and said that once the ‘online’ labor permit service is available from the embassy, it will be easier for the Nepali government to provide facilities to workers. .
He said that the Nepali Embassy in Abu Dhabi has always been committed to protecting the rights and interests of Nepali workers and has provided effective services despite the limited manpower and resources available at the embassy. Ambassador Chhetri expressed his belief that various services of the embassy have been provided through an online system since the past and that the process of obtaining labor permits will also be online, which will improve service delivery.
Representatives of various organizations in the UAE, including representatives of the Non-Resident Nepali Association and the Nepali Society in the UAE, were present on the occasion. In addition, Bikash Shahi, President of the Non-Resident Nepali Association UAE, and Ram Moktan, President of the Nepali Society UAE, also expressed their views, according to a press release issued by the embassy. A labor-related interaction was also organized at the event.
Abu Dhabi is the second embassy after Muscat to provide legalized labor permits. Meanwhile, Minister Bhandari represented Nepal at the ‘World Government Summit 2025’ held in the UAE from January 29 to February 1.
The summit, which was attended by more than 30 heads of state and government from around the world, was attended by 6,000 people, including representatives from 140 countries, representatives of various international and regional organizations, experts from the intellectual and academic sectors, and representatives from industry, commerce, and the private sector. Bagmati Province Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama also participated in the summit.
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