Aspirant expats won’t need ministry’s approval to go abroad anymore: Asif Nazrul 

Aspirant expatriates will no longer need to obtain approval from the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment to go abroad for work, Adviser Asif Nazrul said today (24 September). 

“From now on, only the embassies of the [foreign] country concerned and the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) will take care of the matter,” the expatriates’ welfare adviser announced in a press briefing today. 

The ministry took the decision in a bid to reduce delays and sufferings in the process of sending manpower abroad, he said.

“There is a lot of suffering in sending expatriate workers abroad. It takes a lot of time. We have investigated and found that if expatriates want to go abroad, approval is required at three levels. One is the relevant embassy, the ministry and BMET,” said Asif.

“But from now on, the ministry will no longer play a role in the process,” he stated.

The adviser said the new initiative will shorten the duration to get the approvals by 15-30 days and reduce the suffering workers face. “If the preparation time for them to go abroad took three months, now we expect it to take two to two and a half months.”