How do I claim from the Foreign Employment Welfare Fund?
वैदेशिक रोजगार कल्याणकारी कोषबाट सहायता कसरी पाउने?
Families of migrant workers who die abroad can claim Rs 10 lakh from Nepal's Foreign Employment Board. Injury support, free body repatriation and how to apply.
- Cost
- Free to claim
- Support for a death is Rs 10 lakh per family.
- How long
- Weeks to months
- Depends on documents. Pending claims have built up in recent years.
- Where
- Foreign Employment Board Secretariat
- Last checked
- 8 Oct 2026
- Against the official source
What it is
Every worker who takes a labour permit pays into the Foreign Employment Welfare Fund, run by the Foreign Employment Board. In return the Board provides financial support if the worker dies, is injured or falls seriously ill during foreign employment, helps bring stranded workers home and transports bodies back to Nepal free of charge.
Support for a death was raised to Rs 10 lakh per family by the Sixth Amendment to the Foreign Employment Rules in 2081. The Board's charter covers deaths during the work period and, since a 2074 amendment, within one year after it ends. The claim has to be made within a year of the body reaching Nepal.
Who needs it
- Families of Nepali workers who went abroad with a labour permit and died during their work period, or within a year after it ended.
- Workers injured, disabled or seriously ill during foreign employment.
- Workers' families who need help paying for medical treatment.
What you need
- Official
The application on the Board's set form
Available from the Foreign Employment Board secretariat and its website.
- Official
Proof of the worker's labour permit
- Official
Death certificate or medical reports, as relevant
- Official
Relationship certificate showing the claimant is the close next of kin
- Official
Citizenship of the claimant and the worker
- Official
The claimant's bank account details
Support is paid into a bank account.
How it works
- 1
Bring the body home free
The Foreign Employment Board arranges free transport of the body for workers who went with a labour permit. Contact the Board or the Nepali embassy in that country.
- 2
Collect the documents
Register the death at the ward and get a relationship certificate listing the heirs. Keep copies of the labour permit and any documents from the employer or embassy.
- 3
Apply within one year
Submit the claim within one year of the body arriving in Nepal. Since the Fifth Amendment to the Foreign Employment Rules, families can apply through their local level instead of travelling to Kathmandu.
- 4
Track the payment
Call 9851361448 for the status of death, injury and family treatment payments.
Where to go
Foreign Employment Board Secretariat
Babarmahal, Kathmandu. 01-5320311, welfare@feb.gov.np
feb.gov.npYour local level (municipality)
Accepts death support applications
Cost and time
- Official fee
- Free to claim
- Support for a death is Rs 10 lakh per family.
- Processing time
- Weeks to months
- Depends on documents. Pending claims have built up in recent years.
| Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Support to the family after a deathRaised from Rs 7 lakh by the Sixth Amendment to the Foreign Employment Rules, 2081 | Rs 10 lakh |
| Bringing the body homeFor workers who went with a labour permit | Free |
Common problems
The worker went on a visit visa, without a labour permit.
Board support is for workers who went with a labour permit. That's one of the main reasons not to go abroad for work without one.
The death happened after the contract ended.
The Board's charter covers deaths within one year after the work period ends. Take the contract dates and labour permit to the Board and ask before assuming you can't claim.
Are the worker's children eligible for anything?
The Board runs scholarships for children of workers who died or were seriously injured in foreign employment. Ask when you apply.
Who do I call with a complaint?
The Board's toll-free number is 1141. Its labour call centre is also on 16600150005, and Viber and IMO on 9851347222.
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