Public urged to contact SLBFE before paying foreign employment agencies

 

Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) informs the general public to obtain details regarding relevant foreign employment agencies from the SLBFE prior to handing over passports or making any payments to them.

In a statement, the SLBFE highlighted that the legitimacy of the relevant foreign employment agency can be confirmed by contacting the SLBFE Information Centre via its hotline “1989”, which is operational around the clock, or by visiting the SLBFE website (www.slbfe.lk).

Meanwhile, the investigation officers of the SLBFE have raided an illegal foreign employment agency, according to a complaint received by the Special Investigations Unit of the SLBFE that the agency has defrauded an amount of Rs.450,000 from a youth who was promised employment in Dubai.

The concerned youth, who is a resident of the Thirukkovil area, had complained to the SLBFE that he was not provided with the job as promised.At the time of the raid, there had been two young women at the office, and they have been released after obtaining statements.