What to check, what to prepare and what to expect on this route. Every official name and link below comes from a government or ILO page we read; we say plainly where there is none.
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE)
SLBFE licenses foreign employment agencies, registers migrant workers and takes their complaints.
How to check: Look the agency up in the SLBFE licensed-agency directory. If something is wrong, SLBFE takes complaints online and by phone.
SLBFE hotline 1989 or +94 11 2 880 500
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Every candidate completes the same intake checklist. Your source country adds its own clearances on top. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones
Temporary residence as a migrant worker is for foreign people who enter to do lawful paid work under an employment relationship. The procedure is personal and needs no intermediary, and starts online through RaDEX.
Labour secretariat advice line (labour complaints): 0800 666 4100
Last checked 29 September 2026. Links go to official sites we do not control; treat each site as the authority, not this page.
What the government and the ILO publish, in plain words. Laws change: your contract and the official page always win over this summary.
The labour secretariat's advice centre takes questions on the Employment Contract Law, workplace violence, contracting arrangements and registering workers, and you can report unregistered work there. Call 0800 666 4100 or write to consultas@trabajo.gob.ar, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 20:00.
Argentina.gob.ar: Centro de Orientación al Ciudadano (Spanish), read 8 October 2026SECLO is the compulsory administrative conciliation step before a labour lawsuit, for employers based in the City of Buenos Aires. It is free for the worker, who must be represented by a lawyer registered with the Buenos Aires bar association or by an authorised union representative.
Argentina.gob.ar: Servicio de Conciliación Laboral Obligatoria (Spanish), read 8 October 2026Checked against the linked pages on 2026-10-08. This is general information, not legal advice.
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$50.00 USD + 18% VAT (Sri Lanka) = $59.00 USD (about Rs16,540 LKR + Rs2,977 LKR = Rs19,517 LKR)
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Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). Look the agency up in the SLBFE licensed-agency directory. If something is wrong, SLBFE takes complaints online and by phone.
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Temporary residence as a migrant worker is for foreign people who enter to do lawful paid work under an employment relationship. The procedure is personal and needs no intermediary, and starts online through RaDEX.
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist: Passport (First Page), Passport (Last Page), Photograph, CV, Education Certificate, Health Declaration, Consent. Sri Lanka adds: SLBFE registration, SLBFE pre-departure orientation certificate. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
It depends on the employer and your contract, and it should be written in your offer before you pay or travel. Use the offer checker to see what is missing.
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