Israel selects 836 Nepali caregiver candidates in live G2G draw; more job pacts underway

KATHMANDU, July 16 — A live-broadcasted lottery in Jerusalem on Thursday selected 836 Nepali auxiliary workers for employment in Israel’s caregiving sector.

Conducted by Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority (PIBA), the draw selected exactly 75 percent of candidates from a pre-qualified pool of 1,115 applicants. The final cohort includes 588 male and 248 female workers, drawn from respective gender-segregated pools of 784 and 331 candidates.

Representatives from Nepal’s Department of Foreign Employment and the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal, Shmulik Arie Bass, monitored the proceedings remotely to ensure procedural integrity.

Following the lottery, Ambassador Bass indicated that more than 2,100 additional caregiving jobs are expected to open in the near future. He also noted that both governments are currently finalizing bilateral protocols to establish formal pathways for Nepali nationals in home-based caregiving and agricultural sectors.

The selected candidates will now undergo mandatory medical examinations and criminal record verifications. Those who clear these final screening phases will begin deploying to Israel in staggered batches starting September 2026.

Under the bilateral government-to-government (G2G) agreement, the recruited Nepali workers are legally entitled to the same minimum salary and employment conditions as local Israeli workers under Israeli law.