Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- Nepal has officially opened consulate general offices in Dallas, Texas, and San Francisco, California, serving sizable Nepali communities in both cities.

The launch in Texas and California comes six months after the Cabinet, led by then prime minister KP Sharma Oli, approved the plan. With rising workloads at the Washington DC embassy and New York consulate, and growing Nepali populations across the US, the government opted to expand services by opening these two new consulates.

The San Francisco consulate will cover 11 western states-California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. The Dallas consulate will serve eight states-Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, ...