According to the Foreign Employment Act 1985 and its second amendment of 1998, the Ministry of Labour has developed the procedures of recruiting manpower / workers from Nepal for the Gulf countries as follows:
Recruiting agencies are authorized by Government of Nepal, Ministry of Labour to recruit workers for foreign employment on behalf of overseas employers. These foreign employment companies make direct contact and negotiate with the recruiting agencies for manpower.
The licensed recruiting agent in Nepal applies to the Director General of Labour Department for the recruitment permission with the following documents: