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Licensed recruitment agency, Kathmandu, Nepal

Licensed since 2006.
Every step on the record.

Nepal International Overseas supplies skilled and semi-skilled Nepali workers to employers across the Gulf, Asia and Europe. This site sets out the full legal recruitment path: the documents each stage needs, how long it honestly takes, and the points where files usually go wrong.

A welder at work, sparks flying from the joint

Illustrative photograph

Government licence
632/063/064
Continuously held since
2006
Regulator
Dept. of Foreign Employment
Office
Sinamangal-9, Kathmandu

Who you are dealing with

A recruitment agency that does one thing.

Nepal has more than a thousand licensed recruitment agencies, and from the outside they are difficult to tell apart. These are the three things you can check about this one before you send anything.

We only do manpower
Recruitment for foreign employment is the whole business. No study abroad, no student visas, no travel agency work on the side. One licence, one job, done properly.
One office, start to finish
Sourcing, screening, trade testing, documentation, permits and departure are all run from Sinamangal-9 by our own staff. Nothing is handed to a subagent you have never met.
Nothing happens off the record
Every stage runs through the Department of Foreign Employment, every payment is receipted, and every file can be produced if your compliance team asks to see it.

Our workforce categories

Every skill level, graded the way your demand letter is written.

Professional, skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled and security. The grading follows the Department of Foreign Employment’s own classification, so the category you ask for is the category that ends up on the labour permit.

  • Two people in an interview across an office desk

    Professional

    Engineers · IT · Medical · Architecture

    Degree and licence holders: civil, mechanical and electrical engineers, IT and network specialists, nurses and paramedical staff, architects, quantity surveyors and accountants. Qualifications are verified before shortlisting, and equivalence requirements differ by destination, so tell us the country first.

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  • A welder at work, sparks flying from the joint

    Skilled

    Welders · Electricians · HVAC · Heavy drivers

    Certificated trades that sit a practical test before you see them: 6G and 3G welders, electricians, HVAC and refrigeration technicians, instrument technicians, machinists and heavy vehicle drivers. Tested at a government approved skill test centre, with results sent alongside the shortlist.

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  • A construction worker in a safety harness on a steel frame

    Semi-skilled

    Masons · Carpenters · Painters · Fitters

    The backbone of most site demands: masons, shuttering carpenters, steel fixers, painters, pipe fitters, riggers, scaffolders and light vehicle drivers. Experience is checked against previous employers where they can be reached, and trade tested on request.

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  • A worker in a high visibility vest cutting steel reinforcement on a building site

    Unskilled

    Helpers · Cleaners · Loaders · Packers

    General labour for construction, facility management, warehousing and agriculture: site helpers, cleaners and janitors, loaders, warehouse pickers, packers and farm hands. Our deepest and fastest pool, and the category where batch mobilisation is routine.

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  • A security officer in uniform watching over a seated crowd

    Security service

    Guards · Surveillance · Safety officers

    Security guards, control room and surveillance operators, access control staff and site safety officers. Height, fitness and language requirements vary sharply by destination, and several markets require a local licence the employer sponsors, so confirm the standard with us before the demand is drafted.

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Photographs on this page are illustrative and licensed from Unsplash. They will be replaced with our own as they are taken.

Full trade inventory, sector by sector

Where we deploy

Eleven countries we actually process.

Gulf

  • Flag of United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
  • Flag of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
  • Flag of QatarQatar
  • Flag of KuwaitKuwait
  • Flag of OmanOman
  • Flag of BahrainBahrain

Demand documents are attested at the Embassy of Nepal accredited to your country before they reach us.

Asia

  • Flag of MalaysiaMalaysia
  • Flag of JapanJapan

Malaysia requires a JTK endorsed demand and accredited worker accommodation. Japan runs on the SSW and TITP frameworks, each with its own sending organisation rules.

Europe

  • Flag of RomaniaRomania
  • Flag of CroatiaCroatia
  • Flag of PolandPoland

The work permit is issued in country first, then the worker books a visa appointment. Budget longer timelines than the Gulf.

Three destinations no private agency can process, including us

If an agency offers you any of these, it is selling something it cannot deliver.

South Korea
EPS is a government to government programme. Only the EPS Korea Section of the Department of Foreign Employment processes it. No private agency can, and any agency claiming otherwise is charging you for nothing.
Israel
Caregiver recruitment runs under the Nepal to Israel bilateral agreement, which the Government of Nepal administers directly.
United Kingdom
A licensed UK sponsor must issue a Certificate of Sponsorship to the worker. It is a direct employer route and there is no agency step in it.

How hiring works

Four steps from your letterhead to arrival.

  1. 01

    Issue the demand

    Demand letter, contract, power of attorney and service agreement on your letterhead, signed and sealed.

  2. 02

    Attest at the Nepali mission

    The signed set is attested at the Embassy or Consulate of Nepal accredited to your country.

  3. 03

    Pre-approval through FEIMS

    We file the agency agreement and the pre-approval request with the Department of Foreign Employment.

  4. 04

    Source, test and deploy

    Interview and trade test in Kathmandu, then medical, insurance, permit, visa, orientation and departure.

Why employers choose NIOPL

Every claim here is attached to a document.

A welder in a protective mask and apron, seen against the sky
Illustrative photograph. Max LaRochelle / Unsplash
Licence 632/063/064, held since 2006
Continuously licensed by the Government of Nepal for the whole period. The number appears on every page of this site because it is meant to be checked.
Documentation handled in house
Demand attestation guidance, FEIMS pre-approval, the vacancy announcement and labour permits are processed by our own staff rather than subcontracted to a runner.
Trade tests before you interview
Skilled grades are tested at a government approved skill test centre first, so your interview is a selection rather than a screening.
Compliance built into the file
Foreign employment insurance and Social Security Fund enrolment are completed before departure, and the orientation certificate is on file. Audit ready as standard.
Workers pay no more than the legal ceiling
No charge above the ceiling set by the Department, and a receipt for every payment. Your supply chain audit will ask about this. That is the answer.
We tell you what will go wrong
Wage lines below the statutory minimum, attestation done out of order, medical attrition that nobody planned for. Named up front, because we have handled all three.

Worker care

What we owe the people we deploy.

This is on the site for two reasons. It is what we promise the worker, and it is the answer to the question a supply chain audit is going to ask you about your recruitment partner.

A worker in a high visibility vest cutting steel reinforcement on a building site
Illustrative photograph. Emma Houghton / Unsplash

कामदारका लागि: कार्यालयमा आउनुहोस् वा फोन गर्नुहोस्।

+977 01-5928542
  • Your contract is written down, and it is explained to you aloud in Nepali before you sign it.
  • You get a receipt for every rupee you pay us. Every one.
  • We do not charge you more than the ceiling set by the Department of Foreign Employment, and we do not accept payment through anyone except this office.
  • Insurance, Social Security Fund enrolment and your labour permit are completed before you fly, not after.
  • Your documents travel in your hand. No employer and no agent keeps your passport.
  • If the job abroad does not match your contract, you call this office and a named person answers.

Leadership

Min Bahadur Bishwokarma

Chairman

“We charge what the law allows and nothing above it, we issue a receipt for every rupee, and we give people an honest answer about how long something will take.”

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Before you write to us

The questions employers ask first.

What do we need to send you to start?

A demand letter, employment contract, power of attorney and recruitment agreement on your letterhead, signed and sealed, plus your company profile or trade licence. Send the drafts first. We check the wage line against the statutory minimum before you seal anything, which saves reissuing the whole set later.

How long does the whole process take?

Roughly eight to fourteen weeks from an attested demand to arrival for Gulf destinations, assuming a complete file and a trade we hold depth in. European destinations run longer, usually four to seven months, because the work permit is issued in country before a visa appointment can even be booked. These are ranges rather than guarantees, and the assumptions behind each stage are set out on the process page.

Can you supply workers for South Korea through EPS?

No, and neither can any other private agency. EPS is a government to government programme processed only by the EPS Korea Section of the Department of Foreign Employment.

Who pays for what?

The employer pays the recruitment service fee, the visa and, under the free visa free ticket provision, the air ticket. The worker pays for their passport, medical, statutory permit charges and no more than the service ceiling set by the Department, with a receipt for each. There is a full breakdown on the process page.

Can we interview candidates ourselves?

Yes, and we would prefer you did. Interview panels are hosted at the Sinamangal office, or we schedule video rounds and send you shortlists with trade test results beforehand.

Send us your demand letter.

Send the draft before you seal it. We check the wage line against the statutory minimum first, which is the cheapest hour you will spend on this file.

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