🇦🇪 Working in United Arab Emirates

Where to check officially

Scams we see in this corridor

• ⚠Jobs on a visit visa that "will be changed to employment"
• ⚠Fake offer letters with MOHRE or ministry logos
• ⚠Recruitment fees — UAE law forbids charging the worker

Documents you should hold

• 📄 Passport valid for at least 6 months beyond travel
• 📄 Work visa / entry permit naming your employer
• 📄 Signed employment contract (attested where required)
• 📄 Medical fitness certificate from an approved GCC centre (booked via Wafid)
• 📄 BMET emigration clearance (smart card)
• 📄 Pre-departure orientation (PDO) certificate
• 📄 Probashi Kallyan / welfare fund receipt and insurance
• 📄 Issued e-ticket with a 13-digit ticket number
• 📄 MOHRE offer letter / labour contract with transaction number

From Bangladesh

• Overseas Employment Platform (OEP) — The government's digital system for the whole migration cycle: NID-verified registration, training and PDO, job matching, emigration clearance, the licensed agency list, and complaints if the job differs from what was promised.
• OEP licensed recruiting agency list — Check that an agency's RL (licence) number and name appear on the government's official list. This is the main check for any recruiter.
• RAIMS agency directory (BMET) — A second official lookup for recruiting agencies, with licence details.
• Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) — The overseas employment regulator: notices, maximum migration costs, training centres and links into OEP. 16135
• Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment — The parent ministry: policy, notices and links to BMET, WEWB, PKB, BOESL and OEP.
• Probash Bondhu Call Centre — The government's 24-hour helpline for migrant workers and families: information, problems abroad and reporting fraud. From abroad: +880 9610 102030. 16135
• Grievance Redress System (GRS) — National online complaints system for government offices including BMET. Complaints against an agency or a job mismatch can also be filed in the OEP worker portal.
• BOESL — Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd — The government-owned recruiter for G2G and low-cost channels such as Korea (EPS) and Japan. Check genuine BOESL circulars here.
• BAIRA member directory — The recruiting agencies' association. Secondary only — always confirm the RL on the OEP list.
• Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB) — Welfare-fund services: death compensation, repatriation, scholarships, legal aid and returnee support. 16135
• Probashi Kallyan Bank — State bank with low-interest migration loans (instead of moneylenders), rehabilitation loans and remittance services.