KATHMANDU, APRIL 19Around 550,000 people have acquired work permits for overseas employment until April 12 of the current fiscal year 2023/24. Border checkpoints in Sudurpaschim Province sealed until April 19 evening What is controversy surrounding Nepalis' work permits for Russia? Of these, 70,933 workers acquired work permits from March 14 to April 12.

Kabiraj Upreti, the Director at the Department of Foreign Employment, stated that out of these, 64,241 are men and 6,692 are women.Similarly, the data from the Department shows that 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. During the period from March 14 to April 12, 2024, a total of 17,818 people have gone for overseas employment in the UAE, while 13,614 have gone to Saudi Arabia, 11,204 to Qatar, 12,602 to Malaysia, 4,076 to Kuwait, and 964 to Bahrain.Similarly, according to the data, 2,299 people 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. .

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