MoLTM asks foreign jobseekers not to travel in visit visas

Following incidents of cheating from brokers, the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM) has asked Nepali workers seeking employment abroad not to go abroad for employment on visit visas.

Issuing a statement on Thursday, the MoLTM said, "The ministry has learnt that many individuals are leaving the country seeking jobs abroad on visit visas. Some foreign employment agents are swindling large sums of money from job aspirants and sending them abroad on visit visas."

The ministry made it clear that visit visas are legal documents that allow one to visit the destination country for a short period of time only.

"Such visas do not ensure job placement and it would be against the law of that country to go and work with such visas," adds the statement.

Those who want to go abroad and work must take the permission from Department of Labor and Employment Promotion, added the statement. nepalnews.com pb Jan 13 06