[Sri Lanka] - SLBFE announces revised costs for migrant workers, employment agencies

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has announced the revised fees charged from migrant workers and overseas employment
agencies, which will be in effect from July 01.The SLBFE revised the registration and registration renewal fees for migrant workers and
agency renewal fees in an Extraordinary Gazette dated 23 June 2023, issued as per the order of the Minister of Labor and Foreign
Employment.Meanwhile, it has been made mandatory for every Sri Lankan leaving for overseas employment to register with the Foreign
Employment Bureau.Further, the bureau will grant the license for a foreign employment agency only for a period of one year, however, if the
SLBFE says further details in this regard can be obtained via the hotline of its information center,which is operational round the clock.The
117,949.00 (tax included)