Overseas Nepalis or Non-Resident Nepalis are

Nepali people Nepalis (English: Nepalese ; ne, नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under the provisions of Nepali nationality law. The country is home to people of many different national origins who are the descendants of immigrants from India, ...

who live outside the South Asian nation of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

. Under the Non-Resident Nepali Act of 2007, Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) ( ne, गैर आवासीय नेपाली, ''Gair Aawasiya Nepali'') means the following: (a) A person who currently holds citizenship of Nepal, who may or may not have acquired a citizenship of another country or countries, who currently does not reside in Nepal for any reason. (b) A former Nepali citizen (/"Bhutpurba Nepali Nāgarik") means a person who once held Nepali citizenship (By birth, ancestry blood rights or by other means) and has denounced (legally) his/her Nepali citizenship. (c) Foreign citizen of Nepali origin (/"Nepali Mulko Bideshi Nāgarik") means a person who him/herself or whose father, mother, grandfather or grandmother was/were a citizen of Nepal at any time and has subsequently acquired the citizenship of any other foreign country other than a member country of the South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation (SAARC). (d) Nepali citizen residing abroad (/"Aaprabashi Nepali") means a Nepali citizen who has been residing in any foreign country for at least two years by doing any profession, occupation, business and employment except a Nepali citizen residing in a member country of SAARC or serving in a diplomatic mission or consulate situated in a foreign country under the assignment of the Government of Nepal. (e) Person of Nepali origin is a person of Nepali origin or ancestry who was or whose ancestors were born in Nepal or other nations with Nepali ancestry but is not a citizen of Nepal and is a citizen of another country. A person of Nepali origin might have been a citizen of Nepal and subsequently taken the citizenship of another country. The majority of non-resident Nepalis reside in India. The Non-Resident Nepali Association was established by the conference held by 11–14 October 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The seventh NRNA global conference was held on 14–17 October 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The mother tongue languages of Non Resident Nepalis are

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

(Khas),

Nepal Bhasa Newar (), or Newari and known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Nep ...

(Newari), Tharu, various Kirat languages, Limbu,

Tamuwan Tamuwan or Tamuwan Autonomous Republic is a proposed Tamu ethnic state within multicultural Nepal, which has had many ethnic groups striving for autonomy. It is represented by the Mongol National Organisation as an umbrella group for all ethni ...

(Gurung), Magar , Maithili and

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

. Activities NRN are opening business opportunities in Nepal by investing in various sectors such as banking, tourism, hotel, hydropower and many more. Map of the Nepali Diaspora in the World

Notable persons

Amrita Acharia Amrita Acharia ( ne, अमृता आचार्य, also spelled Acharya) is a Norwegian actress of NepaleseUkrainian origins. She is best known for her roles as Irri in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' and as Dr. Ruby Walker in the ...

, actress *

Amita Suman Amita Suman (born 19 July 1997) is a Nepal–born British actress. She stars as Inej Ghafa in the Netflix series ''Shadow and Bone''. She had a recurring role as Naya in The CW series '' The Outpost''. Early life Suman was born in Kalikama ...

, Nepalese British actress *

Anish Giri Anish Kumar Giri ( ne, अनीश कुमार गिरी; russian: Аниш Кумар Гири; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian-born Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at ...

, chess prodigy * Balram Chainrai, businessman * Bhaskar Thapa, Nepali American architect * Chandra Giri *

Daya Vaidya Daya Vivian Vaidya (born May 20, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Nina Inara in the television series ''Unforgettable''. Early life Vaidya was born on May 20, 1980 in Kathmandu, Nepal to an Indian Gujarati father ...

, actress * Deepak Shimkhada *

Dichen Lachman Dichen Lachman (; born 22 February 1982) is an Australian actress. She earned recognition starring as Katya Kinski in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' (2005–2007) and as Sierra in Joss Whedon's science fiction drama series ''Dollhouse'' (2009� ...

, Australian actress * Dipprasad Pun, military * Dona Sarkar, * Drona Prakash Rasali, *

Gaurika Singh Gaurika Singh ( ne, गौरिका सिंह; born 26 November 2002) is a Nepali Swimming (sport), swimmer. She has held many national records since beginning her swimming career at the young age of eight. She has set the record of winnin ...

, swimmer * Hemant Mishra * Jal Shah * Jiba Lamichhane, businessman, writer *

Kiran Chetry Kiran Carrie Chetry ( ne, किरण क्षेत्री, born August 26, 1974) is a former American television broadcast journalist who, until 2011, was a cable news anchor for CNN's ''American Morning''. From 2001 to 2007 she reported� ...

, former CNN reporter * Lujendra Ojha, scientist *

Manjushree Thapa Manjushree Thapa (born 1968 in Kathmandu) is a Nepalese–born Canadian essayist, fiction writer, translator and editor. She is one of the first English writer of Nepali descent to be published internationally. '' Forget Kathmandu'' and '' The T ...

, Canadian writer *

Payal Shakya Payal Shakya is the winner of Miss Nepal 2004, which was held in Birendra International Convention Center, Kathmandu. She is currently residing in Sydney, Australia. She works at Optus. While she was Miss Nepal, Payal worked to save the wetlands a ...

, Miss Nepal *

Prabal Gurung Prabal Gurung ( ne, प्रवल गुरुङ) (born 1979) is a Singapore–born Nepalese–American fashion designer based in New York City. Early life and education Gurung was born on March 31, 1979, in Singapore to Nepali parents an ...

, fashion designer *

Ram Pratap Thapa Ram Pratap Thapa Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, OGDB ( ne, राम प्रताप थापा transliteration: Rām Pratāp Thāpā) is an Honorary Consul General to Germany at Cologne and chairman of German-Nepalese society. He is also th ...

, Nepali German diplomat * Resh Marhatta, actor in Nepali film industry *

Samrat Upadhyay Samrat Upadhyay ( ne, सम्राट उपाध्याय)(born 1964) is a Nepalese born American writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing and has previously served as the Director of the Creative Writing ...

, author *

Santosh Shah Santosh Shah is a Nepalese chef based on London, known for competing in the UK’s reality cookery TV series BBC MasterChef: The Professionals in 2020. Declared second runner up, Santosh is credited for popularising Nepalese cuisine in the UK. ...

, chef *

Sanu Sharma Sanu Sharma ( ne, सानु शर्मा ) is a Nepali novelist and short story writer. She has published six novels and one book of short story collection. Her book of short story collection ''Ekadeshmaa'' was nominated for the Madan Pur ...

, Nepalese Australian writer *

Shesh Ghale Dr Shesh Ghale is an Australian businessman of Nepalese origin, billionaire and the former president of Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Ghale is the CEO of Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT), which h ...

, businessman *

Shriya Shah-Klorfine Shriya Shah-Klorfine (January 11, 1979 – May 19, 2012) was a Nepal-born Canadian woman who died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest in 2012. Early life Shah-Klorfine was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, according to ''CityNews''. At the a ...

* Sofia Shah, Danish *

Sudarshan Gautam Sudarshan Gautam (Nepali: सुदर्शन गौतम) is Canadian mountain climber and actor. He is first person without arms to have reached the summit of Mount Everest without the use of prosthetics. He did this on May 20, 2013. Gautam l ...

* Teriya Magar, Dancer * Upendra Mahato, businessman & politician *Raju Kandel , businessman

References

External links

Non Resident Nepali Association

Non Resident Nepali Association europe

Non Resident Nepali Act, 2007

I am NRN
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