Cardinal Bro-
I just notice this thread yesterday, and totally understand this issue is important to all asylee and lot of other people. I totally agree they are still Nepali citizen, even though they have applied for asylum and got approved, and I am not in position, to influence this decision of Nepal government, I think they will eventually give it.

There is not difference in people who got GC by other way and asylee, if we think and accept that they did it just to find legal way to stay in US. But people need accept that thing. Asylum is granted for people whose life is at risk the moment they put their feet in their home country, and they appealed that their home state can’t provide them any security, they and their family’s life is at complete risk. Other type of GC holder didn’t agree to that.

Now I think they will easily get passport, if they go home and try to renew it or fight in court system. But filing asylum means, one no longer have trust on any state body, which includes judicial system too. The conflict of interest, is in one hand asylee agree that they don’t trust any government authority and other hand they try to maintain passport and use service of Nepal government. Remember that passport is not citizenship; Nepal government is responsible for its passport holder in case emergency, receiving in case of deportation, evacuation etc, but not for travel document holder. Do asylee want to travel with Nepal government passport and evacuated to Nepal in case of emergency, where there life is already in risk? These are reason I think there is conflict of interest.

But do Nepal government cares about this thing, I don’t think so. They are not renewing it, because they don’t know what to do, they think asylee already denounce the citizenship.