The International Relations and Labour Committee of the Parliament today directed the government to do the needful to stop consulting firms from ‘looting’ Malaysia-bound Nepali workers in name of visa processing and other charges.A Nepali aspiring to work in Malaysia has to pay at least Rs 17,600 visa fee and other charges under different headings. The Malaysian Embassy in Kathmandu has set up a consulting firm for visa processing. The House panel today summoned Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bimalendra Nidhi, Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and Labour Secretary Laxman Prasad Mainali and inquired why the workers were being charged exorbitantly in the name of visa and consultancy fees. The charges under different headings include Rs 4,500 for bio-metric identification; Rs 6,000 as One Stop Centre fee; Rs 3,200 for immigration security clearance, among other things. Besides, one has to pay Rs 700 visa fee at the Malaysian Embassy.The One Stop Centre and Immigration Security Clearance schemes were begun since September, which cost an additional Rs 9,200. Speaking at the committee meeting, lawmakers opined that the introduction of OSC and ISC were meant to fleece poor Nepalis. They said the government had to stop sending workers to Malaysia immediately, if it couldn’t stop consulting firms from fleecing poor Nepali job seekers. - See more at: http://www.lightnepalvdo.com/videos/nepali-workers-cheated-on-foreign-country-khabar-bhitra-ko-khabar/#sthash.Tact9CuM.dpuf
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