Visas, work permits, residency and citizenship — rule changes explained before they hit your inbox.
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The government is withholding a first payment to Muehlbauer ID Services while a corruption case is pending. The company says non-payment makes operations hard to sustain in Nepal.
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A federal court told the State Department to announce DV-2027 registration by midnight Eastern time on 15 October.
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The pause could delay a common route to permanent residency for some Nepali professionals. It does not by itself cancel their existing work visas.
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The Liberal–National Coalition says it would cut net overseas migration to 100,000 a year if it wins power. The plan is a proposal and not law.
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Nepal is not on the UK's visa brake list, and the Student visa fee stays at £558. But higher student funds are required from November 30 and the post-study visa gets shorter in January 2027.
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Since October 1, 2026, federally funded Medicaid and CHIP cover US citizens, green card holders and a few other groups. Immigrants with refugee, asylum or parole status are no longer eligible.
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The US began a wage weighted H-1B selection on October 1, 2026, while a second federal judge blocked the $100,000 entry fee. President Trump has extended that fee for another year.
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New rules to take effect from Oct 2, 2026 that stop most temporary visa holders from applying for a student visa inside Australia and most new students can no longer bring a partner or children.
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Starting October 1, 2026, foreigners applying for permanent residency in Japan must pay ¥200,000 and show an above-average income, with tougher language and pension rules to follow in April 2027.
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The US is closing one more privacy gap in its visa process and this time, it's foreign journalists' turn to open their accounts for review.
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Nepal's remittance engine keeps running strong up by 21.2% in a single month though the pace itself is cooling compared to last year.
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A federal judge has temporarily stopped a Trump administration rule that would have replaced the long-standing duration of status system with fixed admission periods for foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists.
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A same day form swap, with zero transition window, means thousands of students and OPT applicants risk an automatic rejection if they file the wrong edition, here's exactly what changed and what to check before hitting submit.
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Six lawful permanent residents and one undocumented immigrant have been charged in Texas over alleged illegal voting in U.S. federal elections, as authorities intensify investigations into non-citizen voting.
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A federal court forced Washington to lift its blanket visa freeze on Nepal and 74 other countries — but a $15,000 bond requirement remains.
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A dispute over who gets to send Nepali workers to Malaysia has frozen part of the country's largest labour corridor, with Kathmandu accusing Kuala Lumpur of creating a monopoly that could squeeze out most of Nepal's 1,100 recruitment agencies.
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The Department of Home Affairs is preparing its next Subclass 189 invitation round for later this month, even as new government data shows the number of people on graduate visas a pathway many Nepali students in Australia rely on has surged 170 percent since 2021.
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Nearly 3,933 Nepalis won the US Diversity Visa lottery for this cycle. After an eight-month freeze, a federal court has ordered visa issuance restarted but the law gives selectees no extra time beyond September 30 to finish the process.
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Nearly 69,000 Nepalis are working as domestic staff in Kuwait, despite a nine-year-old government ban meant to protect them. Diplomats and labour experts say the ban has pushed women into informal channels with no access to Nepal's legal protections.
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Nepali students on F-1 visas will no longer be admitted for as long as their studies take. A new US rule caps stays, tightens grace periods, and requires a formal application to stay longer — and it takes effect in less than a week.
