More than 1,500 Nepalis have been benefitted directly from the consular service at San Francisco, California. It was run by the Nepali Embassy in Washington DC, USA.
A total of 1,515 Nepali got consular services. The Embassy informed that 1,506 Nepalis were provided passport and visa related services, while five were provided documents for legal representation.
The camp earlier scheduled to run for five days from January 22 was extended for 3 more days in view of the influx of service seekers.
Chairman of the Non-Resident Nepalis' Association in California, Hari Ojha, informed that the Nepalis living not only in California but also in the neighbouring states reached the camp to receive services.
The NRNA and other organizations had been lobbying for long to conduct consular service in California in view of sizeable population of Nepalis there.
Charge d' Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission, Sharad Raj Aran, informed that Nepal government had adopted the policy to provide services to its citizens at their doorstep and the consular service camp was held in line with very policy.
It was difficult to provide services easily to the Nepalis living in the US owing to vast geography. So efforts were on to set up the extended offices of Nepali Embassy in San Francisco and Texas, according to him.
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