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Non-resident Nepali Act, 2064

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Year
२०६४ BS
Status
In force
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खण्ड १४: परराष्ट्र, शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद · Volume 14: Foreign Affairs, Education and Sports
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What does it do?

  • The Act aims to strengthen non-resident Nepalis' ties with Nepal and encourage them to take part in its development. A 'non-resident Nepali' is a person holding non-resident Nepali citizenship, a foreign citizen of Nepali origin (someone who, or whose parent or grandparent, was a Nepali citizen and who took citizenship of a country outside SAARC), or a Nepali citizen who has lived and worked abroad outside SAARC for at least two years (excluding diplomats and students). A 2081 amendment added the category of non-resident Nepali citizenship holders.गैरआवासीय नेपालीको नेपालप्रतिको सामीप्य बढाई उनीहरूलाई नेपालको सर्वाङ्गीण विकासमा सहभागी हुन प्रेरित गर्नु यो ऐनको उद्देश्य हो। ‘गैरआवासीय नेपाली’ भन्नाले गैरआवासीय नेपाली नागरिकता प्राप्त व्यक्ति, नेपाली मूलका विदेशी नागरिक (आफू वा बाबु, आमा, बाजे वा बज्यै नेपाली नागरिक भई पछि सार्कबाहिरका मुलुकको नागरिकता लिएका व्यक्ति), र सार्कबाहिरका मुलुकमा कम्तीमा दुई वर्ष बसेर पेशा, व्यवसाय वा रोजगारी गरेका नेपाली नागरिक (कूटनीतिक नियोगका कर्मचारी र विद्यार्थीबाहेक) पर्छन्। २०८१ को संशोधनले गैरआवासीय नेपाली नागरिकता प्राप्त व्यक्तिलाई यो परिभाषामा थपेको हो। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Preamble and Section 2(a)–(c), pp. 1–2
  • A non-resident Nepali can apply to the designated official to be entered in the official record and receive an identity card. For foreign citizens of Nepali origin the card lasts up to ten years, subject to their visa; for Nepali citizens abroad it lasts two years, or longer if their foreign residence permit is longer. The card of a Nepali citizen abroad is cancelled automatically if he or she takes foreign citizenship.गैरआवासीय नेपालीले तोकिएको अधिकारीसमक्ष निवेदन दिई अभिलेखमा नाम दर्ता गराउन र परिचयपत्र लिन सक्छन्। नेपाली मूलका विदेशी नागरिकको परिचयपत्र भिसाको अधीनमा रही बढीमा दश वर्ष र विदेशमा बस्ने नेपाली नागरिकको दुई वर्ष (विदेशमा बस्ने अनुमति त्योभन्दा लामो भए सोही अवधि) मान्य हुन्छ। विदेशमा बस्ने नेपाली नागरिकले विदेशी नागरिकता लिएमा उसको परिचयपत्र स्वतः रद्द हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–4, pp. 2–3; Section 17, p. 6
  • Card holders may open foreign-currency accounts in licensed banks and invest money earned abroad in convertible foreign currency in industries open to foreign investment, or in others the government opens to them, and they may take back the investment and its returns in foreign currency. No tax is charged on the invested capital, on up to Rs 1.5 million a year sent through banks to close relatives for personal use, or on money sent to non-profit social, religious, educational, charitable, sports or disaster-relief bodies.परिचयपत्रवालाले इजाजतप्राप्त बैंकमा परिवर्त्य विदेशी मुद्राको खाता खोल्न र विदेशमा आर्जन गरेको रकम विदेशी लगानीका लागि खुला वा सरकारले उनीहरूका लागि खुला गरेका उद्योग व्यवसायमा परिवर्त्य विदेशी मुद्रामा लगानी गर्न सक्छन्, र लगानी तथा त्यसको प्रतिफल विदेशी मुद्रामा फिर्ता लैजान सक्छन्। लगानी गरेको पुँजीमा, नजिकका नातेदारलाई निजी प्रयोगका लागि बैंकमार्फत वार्षिक पन्ध्र लाख रुपैयाँसम्म पठाएको रकममा, र नाफा नकमाउने सामाजिक, धार्मिक, शैक्षिक, परोपकारी, खेलकुद वा दैवी प्रकोप उद्धारसम्बन्धी संस्थालाई पठाएको रकममा कर लाग्दैन। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 6–9, pp. 3–4; Section 12, pp. 4–5
  • Foreign citizens of Nepali origin may buy land or other property in Nepal for their own or their family's residence within limits set by the rules, may run businesses like Nepali citizens, and, with their families, can get a non-resident Nepali visa free of charge for up to ten years; holders of non-resident Nepali citizenship get a free two-year multiple-entry visa. The government may form an advisory board of up to seven members, including representatives of non-resident Nepali organisations, and non-resident Nepalis may form an association in Nepal.नेपाली मूलका विदेशी नागरिकले नियमले तोकेको शर्त र क्षेत्रफलभित्र आफ्नो वा परिवारको बसोबासका लागि नेपालमा जग्गा वा अन्य सम्पत्ति किन्न सक्छन्, नेपाली नागरिकसरह उद्योग व्यवसाय गर्न सक्छन्, र उनीहरू तथा उनीहरूको परिवारले दश वर्षसम्मको गैरआवासीय नेपाली भिसा निःशुल्क पाउँछन्; गैरआवासीय नेपाली नागरिकता प्राप्त व्यक्तिले दुई वर्षको बहुप्रवेश भिसा निःशुल्क पाउँछन्। नेपाल सरकारले गैरआवासीय नेपाली संस्थाको प्रतिनिधित्वसहित बढीमा सात सदस्यीय सल्लाहकार बोर्ड गठन गर्न सक्छ, र गैरआवासीय नेपालीले नेपालभित्र संघ खोल्न पाउँछन्। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 10–11, p. 4; Sections 13–16, p. 5

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