KATHMANDU, JANUARY 22
As many as 65 women have received naturalized citizenship from Solukhumbu district in the past two decades.
The District Administration Office, Solukhumbu, said that foreign women married to Nepali men have been receiving the naturalized citizenship since 2058 BS.
Chief District Officer of Solukhumbu Basanta Bhattarai said that 49 India born women and 16 China born women acquired the naturalized citizenship from the district.
As per the legal provision, the woman of foreign nationality married to a Nepali man is eligible to apply for the naturalized citizenship after submitting the marriage registration certificate.
Meanwhile, the District Administration Office has distributed a total of 2,408 citizenship certificate in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
