Rabi lamichhane has been a huge media figure in the Nepali TV industry and has created a ripple in the over all journalism industry with this presentation and morale values. He is indeed a nationalist and has done some fabulous job that many of us have seen and felt.
He was issued the non-tourists visa for Nepal certifying relation with Harishchandra Lamichhane from Bhaktapur to be his brother.
Relationship Visa
Kins of Nepalese citizen can apply for Relation Visa by producing following documents.
- Relationship Certificate issued by local bodies establishing relationship with Nepali kin (Original and photocopy)
- Citizenship certificate of kin (Original and photocopy).
- Concerned kin should not be foreign passport holder and should be present in person at DOI for the verification formalities. He/she should be related to applicant by blood.
- Passport and latest visa (photocopy).
- Online Form (Relation Visa) (Link to Online Visa application
- Relation visa holders are not permitted to work without acquiring 'Work Permit' from Department of Labour. Work Permit procedure, however starts from Department of Immigration. Contact the Department of Immigration, Non Tourist Visa Section for detail information.
Visa Fee : 5 USD/per month
Single Re-entry facility : 20 USD extra in addition to monthly Visa Fee
Multiple Re-entry facility : 60 USD extra in addition to monthly Visa Fee
Even the journalist ethics code in press council doesn't say anything about the legality of the journalist.
The recent controversy that he has been dragged in is very confusing about what is the problem all about.
1. Is he doing something illegal ?
2. has he harmed anyone ?
3. Has he created a social mess or anything to deteriorated the cultural harmony?
Facts about Rabi
1. He was an American citizen when he entered Nepal
2. He was working in Nepal with a non tourist visa with relationship Visa
Out of all this chaos, what I can see is the law has been confused in terms of its practice and interpretation. Press council Nepal please be updated with the your monitoring mechanism. The Law clearly states that a relationship VISA with a work permit can be allowed to work.
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