OCR Nepal: Urgent Notice on Temporary Service Delays

OCR Nepal Urgent Notice: Temporary Service Delays

Dated: 16^th Shrawan, 2082 (1^st August, 2025)

In an official notice dated  (1^st August, 2025), Office of the Company Registrar (OCR) acknowledged a significant operational disruption due to staff reshuffle. OCR is currently operating with a minimal number of newly transferred employees, which has slowed down company-related processing.

What was the key highlights of notice from OCR Nepal?

• Widespread staff transfer has disrupted normal OCR operations.
• A Corporate Action Room has been established to train and deploy new staff under Deputy Registrar supervision.
• Pending digital signature applications approved by outgoing staff are being fast-tracked.
• Annual return notices archived at OCR will now auto-sync to company CAMIS accounts.
• Name approvals and new company registrations are being handled by newly assigned staff.
• Most post-registration filings are targeted for resolution by mid-August 2025.
• Deregistration cases (starting with liquidation matters) to be addressed sequentially.
• OCR aims to move toward a faceless, fully digital service model post-clearance.

What Was OCR Nepal’s Planned Digital Service Direction?

The OCR has publicly acknowledged a major disruption in service delivery following the large-scale transfer of its former staff. With only a limited number of newly transferred personnel currently on-site, daily operations have been constrained. Nevertheless, the OCR is maintaining essential services through the following measures:

1. A designated Corporate Action Room has been created where new staff receive training and perform tasks in a supervised workshop-style format.
2. Applications already approved by former staff but pending due to digital signature delays are being prioritized for immediate completion.
3. Archived annual return-related notice letters are now automatically uploaded to companies’ CAMIS accounts, eliminating the need for separate follow-ups.
4. The new team is now handling name approval and company registration tasks, marking a return to procedural normalcy for front-end filings.
5. The office is accelerating efforts to clear a significant backlog of post-registration filings (e.g., amendments, share updates, board changes) with a goal of completion by the first week of Bhadra 2082 (mid-August 2025).
6. Following this, deregistration applications, starting with liquidation-related cases, will be processed in a phased manner.

Once the pending applications submitted through the CAMIS system have been cleared, OCR has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming its service delivery into a faceless, fully digital system, ensuring service seekers can process applications remotely within prescribed legal timelines.