Doctors seeking higher degrees from universities in the US have to pass additional validation tests. The number of Nepali students invalidated by the agency is unknown.
The construction workers tasked with building the World Cup stadiums endured dangerous working conditions that resulting in thousands of deaths according to human rights organizations.
Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis were part of an army of migrant workers who remade Qatar for its World Cup moment. But in chasing desperately needed paychecks abroad, many pay a heavy price.