Running a recruitment agency in Nepal: clients, overseas licences and placements
How HR and manpower agencies in Nepal can post jobs for clients, meet the Foreign Employment licence rules, track placements and send invoices from one account.
22 September 20263 min read
A recruitment agency in Nepal juggles many things at once: client companies, dozens of vacancies, candidates at every stage, and for overseas work, strict legal rules. This guide explains how an HR or manpower agency can run all of that on Alwass.
Post jobs for your clients
An agency keeps a list of its client companies and files each vacancy under the right one. The whole pipeline, the placements and the invoices for that client then sit together, so you can answer "how is our hiring going?" for any client in seconds.
Hiring for many roles at once? Agencies can upload many jobs from one spreadsheet, checked row by row before anything goes live.
Your agency must be verified too
The company a job is filed under must be verified. An agency is held to exactly the same rule as any employer, with business registration and PAN, and there is no carry-over from a client's verification. It protects job seekers, and it protects honest agencies from being confused with fake ones.
Overseas recruitment needs a DoFE licence
Under Nepal's Foreign Employment Act, an agency cannot legally recruit for work abroad without a licence from the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE). On Alwass:
You upload a photo of your licence with its number and expiry date.
An administrator checks it before any overseas job can go live.
Approved overseas jobs show a licensed for foreign employment mark, so workers can see you are legitimate.
What happens when the licence expires?
The verified status stops on the expiry date by itself, and overseas posting stops with it. You get reminders before the date, so it is never a surprise. Renew, upload the new licence, and you are back.
Track placements and guarantee periods
Every placement is recorded with the candidate, the joining date and the salary, and carries a guarantee window with the end date calculated for you. If a placement fails inside the guarantee, raise a replacement request and track it through to the new placement.
Invoice your clients
Raise invoices from the agency workspace. Each one has a payable link your client can open and pay online, and your dashboard shows what is paid and what is overdue, client by client.
Frequently asked questions
Can an agency post jobs for its clients on Alwass?
Yes. An agency keeps a list of client companies and files each vacancy under the right one, with the pipeline, placements and invoices in one place.
What does an agency need for overseas recruitment in Nepal?
A Department of Foreign Employment licence number and its expiry date, on top of the usual registration and PAN. An agency cannot legally recruit for overseas work without one.
What happens when our licence expires?
The verified status stops on the expiry date, and overseas posting stops with it. You get reminders before the date; renew and upload the new licence to restore it.
Where do we see placements and invoices?
On the agency dashboard: vacancies by stage, placements with their guarantee windows, and every invoice you have raised.
Get started
Create your agency account, get verified, and add your first client.