Foreign woman marrying Nepali man to get citizenship after 7 years: CPN

Ruling CPN has decided on the citizenship bill proposing any foreign woman marrying a Nepali man should get naturalized citizenship only seven years after marriage.

CPN Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha told Setopati that the decision was taken by the party's secretariat meeting at Baluwatar Saturday after discussing on the provisions of the bill. "We reached conclusion on provisions about naturalized citizenship that a foreign woman marrying a Nepali man can get," Shrestha said. "We have reached conclusion that it would be appropriate for a foreign woman marrying a Nepali man to get naturalized citizenship after confirmation that she has stayed inside the country for seven years and submitting evidence of starting the process to renounce her foreign citizenship or other similar certificate."