UML proposes to give citizenship to foreigners marrying Nepali citizens after 7 years

CPN-UML lawmakers have registered amendment proposal to keep a provision in the new citizenship bill that requires foreigners marrying Nepali citizens to wait for seven years to get naturalized citizenship.

UML lawmakers including Bhim Rawal, Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, Surya Pathak, Shanti Maya Pakhrin and others have registered amendment proposal that requires foreigners marrying Nepali citizens to wait for seven years to get naturalized citizenship as was kept in report prepared by the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR).