Stating that the MoLE has formed a six-member committee for this recruitment procedure, it informed that it will first prepare a 'care-giver training module' and later start sending caregivers to Israel.The MoLE signed the G2G agreement with Israel on August 7 to ease the problems faced by Nepali job aspirants since 2010 after Israel stopped issuing visas to them citing irregularities, malpractices and exorbitant fees for the aspirants by recruiting agencies. Israel agreed to reopen the job market for Nepalis after the government ensured to enter the G2G recruitment procedure.
Spokesperson at the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) Janak Raj Regmi said that they have already received application from 146 aspirant caregivers.
"We have received application from 146 candidates involved in the nursing field since the last two years. We first need to finalize a training module and then start the recruitment procedure," he said. "It might take us some time to prepare the module."
The government has also set an age bar of 25 to 45 for aspiring female caregivers. Also, there are mandatory provisions of SLC graduate, minimum height and weight of 5.1 feet and 50 kgs respectively. Under the new recruitment system, aspiring migrants are also mandated to have English language skills.
Regmi informed that around 50 to 60 caregivers will be sent to Israel in the first phase of the pilot project of 300 caregivers.
Around 6,000 Nepalis are currently working in Israel, mostly as caregivers and in agriculture sector, according to the Nepali embassy in Israel. Israel is considered to be one of the safest countries among 110 destinations opened for foreign employment. A caregiver in Israel receives a minimum salary of US$ 1,100 (approximately Rs 110,000) per month and is entitled to weekly day off on Saturdays.
Data from the DoFE hints that a total of 7,911 Nepalis have received work permit for Israel by June, 2014.
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