Immigration
US pauses green-card labor certification at eight tech firms
The pause could delay a common route to permanent residency for some Nepali professionals. It does not by itself cancel their existing work visas.
Topic
Labour migration
Nepal
Foreign-employment agencies' association faces split over Malaysia recruitment system
A dispute over Malaysia's new recruitment system for Nepali workers has pushed some manpower agencies toward forming a separate association, as the government investigates how they were selected.
Immigration
Australia's opposition proposes its biggest immigration cut yet, targeting students and temporary migrants
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.
BreakingDiaspora
Sri Lanka seeks clemency after Saudi Court sentences migrant worker to death over facebook post
Sivarasa Anojan's five-year prison term was raised to a death sentence on appeal. Sri Lanka's government and lawmakers are asking Saudi Arabia for mercy.
BreakingNepal
Another foreign employment scam busted, fake job promises to UK, Romania, New Zealand
Promise a country, collect the cash, disappear the pattern that police say five people ran exactly that playbook before getting caught this week.
Immigration
Nepal's remittance Inflow rises 21.2% to Rs 215.05 billion in first month of fiscal year
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.
BreakingDiaspora
Houthi Missile Strike Sparks Fire Near Riyadh's King Khalid Airport, Grounds Flights
For the first time in this escalation, a Houthi missile reached Riyadh itself grounding flights at the kingdom's busiest airport just weeks before it hosts the world's investors.
Diaspora
Pokhara finally gets its international airline as flydubai starts daily dubai route
Nearly three years after opening with big international ambitions, Pokhara's airport is finally getting its first scheduled foreign carrier as daily flights to Dubai starts September 23.
Immigration
Nepal Rejects Malaysia's 25-Agency Recruitment System, Launches Investigation
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.