- Overview: Nepal
- Global PEO and payroll
- Global HR Compliance
- Work permit for hiring expats via PEO
- Expand without a company set up
- Contractor vs. employee: which is better?
Using a PEO Service For Immigration Support For Expat Hiring In Nepal
If you have plans to hire expatriate personnel for international assignments in Nepal, you have a lot of key considerations to make. Some of the most important include:
- Navigating Nepali unique immigration procedures
- Procuring all the documents required for a work permit
- Managing employment and payroll after your workers get their visas
Most of the time, expats are sent abroad to work on short-term projects, which means trying to set up your own subsidiary isn’t practical in terms of time as well as money. A simpler, more cost-effective solution is equal.
If you need to pay expats overseas, in Nepal, in particular, that ideal solution is a global PEO that offers work permit support as a part of their service. Rather than going through the long process of incorporation, a PEO service will guide you through all the steps for Nepali immigration procedures. When you get your permit/visa, the provider then helps onboard and payroll your expat team for you.
Acumen International has been providing this service for our clients’ expatriate personnel in Nepal for short- and long-term projects alike. If you want a quick and compliant way to manage this issue, we can help. No matter what business objectives or timelines you have to work with, Acumen International provides end-to-end work permit support. We also stay within full legal compliance with local labor legislation in Nepal and 190+ other countries.
So, with this in mind, who are the ideal candidates for Acumen’s ‘work permit and hiring expats through a Global PEO’ solution?
- Employer companies that want to relocate, hire, and pay expats in Nepal.
- Experienced, individual professionals that have an employer already prepared to finance their immigration and foreign employment in the country.
- Companies that plan to send their highly skilled personnel to work for them in Nepal.
Important thing that you may not be aware of. Having a single provider to sponsor your work permit and employ your expats in Nepal post immigration cuts down on the risks of visa getting rejected.
One thing that sets us apart from other global PEO Service providers is that Acumen also provides additional benefits along with a PEO employment and work permit for expats to be employed on-the-ground. These include:
- Medical insurance
- Housing
- Office rent
- Mobile phone/car provision for meetings
- Dependant relocation
Attention: we are not an immigration service! We do not provide a work permit and immigration support as a standalone solution to individuals looking to find jobs overseas.
Estimated time for work permit issuance
Typically, the procedure of work permit issuance in Nepal may take approximately 2-3 months from the date of publication of vacancy announcement as stated above.
Major steps to get a work permit in Nepal
- Work Permit in Nepal is granted by the Department of Labor under the Ministry of Labor and Employment upon recommendations of the local Labor Office, the Ministry of Home Affairs and any other concerned Ministry.
- The Department of Labor must be satisfied to the fact that even after publishing a vacancy announcement in a national newspaper or journal, no eligible Nepalese workers are available for the particular post for which the foreign worker is sought to be employed.
- Employment Agreement shall be in a language comprehensible to the foreign employee.
- Foreign Employee may repatriate income in foreign exchange.
Documents for work permit in Nepal, main applicant
| Type of documents |
| Actual Passport with at least 6 months’ validity. |
| Passport must contain at least 2 blank visa page. |
| A copy of passport ID page. |
| One recent passport-size photograph (2”X2” size). |
| Duly filled in and signed work permit application form. |
If you need to have your expat personnel legally work for you in Nepal without having to set up your own business entity for that, trust us to assist you with work permit and immigration support, and then employ your expats locally on your behalf.
Contact our team to let us take up your foreign employees’ immigration matters and relieve you of the responsibility of getting work permit by working with our local partners to organize and obtain all the necessary permits, as well as provide you with a detailed update on the progress of the process.
Contact us for more details about how you can get a work permit for your expatriate staff and employ them through Acumen International in Nepal.
