Fake documents used to secure student visas for ten foreigners in Nepal

Eight Chinese nationals, one Russian and one South Korean obtained one-year student visas based on forged documents submitted in the name of Balmiki Campus; one suspect and a Chinese visa applicant have been arrested.

As many as ten foreign nationals who entered Nepal on tourist visas were later granted student visas using forged documents purportedly issued by a Sanskrit studies institution in Kathmandu, exposing apparent weaknesses in the government’s visa verification process.