[The Nepal] government has made it mandatory for recruiting agencies and foreign companies, seeking Nepali migrant workers, to get their work demand letters approved by the Nepali foreign missions based in destination countries. The new provision has been introduced after there were rampant cases of cheating of Nepali migrant workers through fake demand letters. For dealing with such illicit practices, the government has brought in a new directive, ‘Foreign Employment Related Demand Letter Enquiry Directive (2018)’, which was endorsed by the cabinet on Monday. From now onwards, the Nepali mission abroad... would verify the demand letter submitted by companies or recruiting agencies on behalf of such hiring companies for obtaining manpower from Nepal.