The House of Representatives on Friday endorsed an amendment to Nepal’s citizenship law by majority votes. The bill will now move to the National Assembly before the president enacts this to become a part of the citizenship law.

Over recent years, Nepal’s parliament and other stakeholders have talked a lot about the country’s citizenship law. The bill to amend the had been pending in parliament since August 2018.

The bill was discussed time and again, yet the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives was not able to build a consensus on the bill. Despite the discussions, even major political parties have been at odds over the provision to grant citizenship to foreign women married to Nepali men.

Citing this, the government, as recently as July 5 to amend the citizenship law. This brought a lot of criticism, but the government was so determined that it made the House pass the bill through a fast track method at the House of Representatives.

A company's articles of formation or other governing documents must normally be amended in order to change its goal, and the necessary paperwork must be filed with the proper government body or corporate affairs commission.

Once the essential paperwork has been completed, it must be submitted to the appropriate government agency or corporate affairs commission along with any costs that may be due. If everything is in order, the agency will evaluate the paperwork and change the company's registration details to reflect the new goal.

Internal and external materials will need to be updated to reflect the new objective after the company's official change of objective has been made. This may entail notifying clients, suppliers, and other stakeholders of the objective change and altering the business' website, business cards, stationery, and other marketing materials.