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Visa-free provisions for NRN citizens will be introduced soon: FM Deuba (rep 03/02/2025)

Supreme Court clears way for National ID card implementation, but people continue to face hassles : NID has been incorporated into the Nagarik App to provide additional services to the public, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 02/02/2025)

Naturalized citizenship for children born abroad to Nepali mothers with unidentified fathers (rep 30/01/2025)

Children raised by single mothers to get citizenship (rep 29/01/2025) [Children of Nepali women, whether married or not, must have the unrestricted right to Nepali citizenship! According to Article 18 of the Constitution, women and men enjoy equal rights, which in turn contradicts Article 11, which therefore needs to be amended urgently!]

National identity card is basis of good governance: Communications Minister Gurung (rn 27/01/2025)

Foreign spouses struggle to navigate Nepali immigration laws : A group of Nepalis seeks to change the immigration laws in favour of their spouses, by Xenia Klaus (kp 27/11/2024)

Govt to provide diplomatic passports to high-ranking army and police officers (rep 18/11/2024)

Govt files writ petition in SC against interim order on National Identity Card (rep 09/11/2024)

गैरआवासीय नागरिकता : अन्योल र अस्पष्टतामै कति वर्ष बिताउने ? [Non-Resident Citizenship: How many years will you spend in confusion and ambiguity?] (ka 29/10/2024)

EC seeks details of those renouncing Nepali citizenship (kh 17/10/2024)

PM Oli stresses ‘serious discussion’ on dual citizenship issue (kh 09/10/2024)

Citizenship directives will be reviewed: Home Minister Lekhak (kh 14/09/2024)

Travails of the orphaned, landless and stateless : Ramrati Tharu, elderly and frail, is denied her elderly allowance because she lacks citizenship. Several others in Madi share her plight, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 04/09/2024)

726 people receive National ID cards in Taplejung (kh 03/09/2024)

The (Anti) National Identity Card!, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 30/08/2024) [By the way, are only the clothes and cultural attires of the 30 per cent Khas Arya part of the Nepalese identity or also those of the 70 per cent rest of the population?], The (Anti) National Identity Card - II, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 18/10/2024)

National ID not mandatory for Social Security allowance: SC (kh 25/08/2024)

Ideate before implementing : Authorities must first weigh the utility, functionality and safety of the national ID before imposing it (kp 21/08/2024)

State incurs loss of over Rs 2 billion in passport procurement and distribution, by Tapendra Karki (rep 14/08/2024)

Singapore becomes country with most powerful passport, Nepal remains at 98th position (rep 26/07/2024)

Government backtracks on plan to make National ID cards mandatory for social security allowance : Cabinet meeting extends terms of two transitional justice commissions until mid-July 2025 (kp 12/07/2024)

State increases surveillance on citizens, by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 02/07/2024)

National ID mandatory for real estate transactions starting 2025 (kh 28/06/2024) [And what about the descendants of Nepalese mothers and foreign or unknown fathers in this extremely patriarchal state?]

NA Session: Lawmakers call for easing process of providing citizenship in mother’s name (kh 27/06/2024)

Experts call for more efforts to end discrimination in citizenship rights : Meanwhile, experts and other participants called for more media coverage on legal identity issue (kp 21/06/2024)

National ID number is sufficient. You don’t need a hard copy : Citizenship and National ID are fundamentally different. Unique digital identity numbers can help drastically decrease frauds, interview with Yubaraj Katel (kp 17/06/2024)

'GO AWAY' : Nepal is undermining international goodwill and losing revenue by driving out long-staying foreigners, by Sonia Awale (nt 14/06/2024)

National ID card mandatory for social security allowance (rn 13/06/2024) [And what about the millions of people who are denied citizenship by the state for reasons of patriarchal thinking?], Plan to make National ID cards mandatory draws flak : MPs say government has terrorised citizens by introducing the rule in haste. Department official defends the move (kp 14/06/2024)

Dual identity dilemma, by Animesh Ghimire (rep 08/05/2024)

Consular services will now be available at home: DPM Shrestha (rep 04/04/2024)

National Identification Number to be provided at time of birth registration (rep 15/03/2024)

Digital identification to be assigned during birth registration : As distribution of national ID cards falls behind, they are yet to be made mandatory for public services, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/202)

2024 passport rankings revealed: France leads, Nepal holds 103rd position (rep 19/02/2024), For A Strong Nepali Passport (rep 26/02/2024)

Two individuals fined Rs. 50,000 each for false citizenship information in Ilam (kh 17/02/2024)

Expedite Distribution Of National ID Cards, by Uttam Maharjan ((rn 30/01/2024)

Integration of biometrics system: Passport Department to streamline processes with National ID software (rep 23/01/2024)

No state for women : Nepali mothers can confer citizenship to their children, but conditions still apply, by Neha Gurung (nt 12/01/2024) [Only males are real Nepalis and they are best from the so-called high Hindu castes! This country belongs to them! Only men are real Nepalis and they are best from the so-called high Hindu castes! This country belongs to them! Therefore, they have to bear the burden of holding all responsible posts!]

Documents / Websites

Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063 (2006)

Nepal Citizenship Rules, 2063 (2006)




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