Return to Nepal Readiness Check
How ready are you — financially, professionally and personally — to build your next chapter in Nepal?
A$9.95
Return to Nepal Readiness Check
How ready are you — financially, professionally and personally — to build your next chapter in Nepal?
Return prepared, not just inspired.
What this is
A 40-page workbook and online scoring tool for Nepalis abroad who are seriously weighing a move home.
Returning is usually decided on feeling and worked out afterwards. This reverses that order. Forty-five questions across eight weighted areas produce a score out of 100 — and, more usefully, a pattern showing where the plan is thin while there is still time to fix it.
Because having savings is not the same as having financial security. Having relatives is not the same as having a professional network. And remembering Nepal from a holiday is not the same as living in it on a Tuesday morning in month four.
What's inside
The Nepal Return Readiness Index — 45 statements across eight areas, weighted by how often each one decides whether a return holds up.
Area | Points |
|---|---|
Financial readiness | 20 |
Income and career readiness | 15 |
Business and investment readiness | 15 |
Family and lifestyle readiness | 10 |
Nepal reality readiness | 10 |
Network and support readiness | 10 |
Administrative and practical readiness | 10 |
Purpose and adaptability | 10 |
The worksheets
A financial runway calculator — how many months your household actually has once the emergency reserve, business capital and setup costs are taken out
A staged commitment ladder for anyone planning to invest, from conversations to full commitment
Scenario planning across the best, realistic and difficult cases
A red-flag check — ten gaps that deserve attention whatever your total
The twenty conversations to have before you decide, and four questions for any adviser
A reversibility audit of what to keep open until the move is proven
The plans
A 90-day preparation plan: investigate, test, then decide
The "return before you return" experiment — 60 to 90 days living as a resident, not a guest
The first twelve months after you arrive, month by month, including the month-four dip
A re-score tracker, so readiness improves because the evidence improved
Who it's for
If you are | What usually decides the outcome |
|---|---|
A mid-career professional, 35–50 | Whether your income can be replaced, carried or rebuilt |
A business owner based overseas | Whether the business survives you not being there |
An entrepreneur returning to build | Whether the idea survives contact with local customers |
A family with school-age children | Schooling, and whether every adult genuinely agreed |
Approaching retirement | Healthcare access, and whether the income is truly passive |
Second generation, raised overseas | The gap between inherited Nepal and current Nepal |
Investing without relocating yet | Governance, and whether you can verify from a distance |
Returning to care for parents | What happens to your own household and work |
A remote worker making Nepal the base | Connectivity, tax residency and client time zones |
It is also for the person who has already decided and wants to arrive without avoidable mistakes.
How it works
Take it online in about twenty minutes and the scoring is done for you, with your weakest areas and next actions at the end. Or download the workbook, print it, and fill it in with a pen — the questions and weightings are identical either way.
Score the situation that exists today, not the one you hope will exist after you arrive. The most valuable answer in the workbook may be "I do not know yet."
What it won't do
It will not tell you to return, and it will not tell you to stay.
A score of 90 guarantees nothing. A score of 50 does not close the door. Deciding to delay because you found a real weakness is the check doing its job.
About the author
Shamim Anwar is a small business coach, strategist and investor based in Nepal. He returned in 2021 after more than two decades in Australia, and encountered enough friction in the process to be certain that preparation matters. He is Senior Vice President of FINYE, the Federation of International Nepali Youth Entrepreneurs.