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India Business News: The Indian government, through the Ministry of External Affairs, has released a statement addressing the exploitation of overseas job seekers by unreg

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has cautioned Indians seeking a job offer abroad to not overpay service fee to overseas recruitment agents. This is because it was noticed that individuals were paying money to the tune of Rs 2 to 5 lakh for overseas job offers.

The US authorities "encountered" with over 200,000 illegal Indian immigrants in the last five years with the highest cases of 96,917 reported in 2022-23, according to details furnished in Parliament by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

The MEA disclosed that many of these unscrupulous agents conduct their operations through social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, as well as text messages. These agents often provide scant or no information about their locations and contacts, preferring communication solely through WhatsApp, making it challenging to verify the callers identity and the legitimacy of the job offer.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday urged people to use the safe and legal services of registered Recruiting Agents (RA) while applying for overseas jobs

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday called upon Indians seeking employment abroad to not fall prey to fake job offers and urged them to use safe and legal services of registered recruiting agents.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday called upon Indians seeking employment abroad to not fall prey to fake job offers and urged them to use safe and legal services of registered recruiting agents. In an advisory, the MEA also warned all unregistered agencies promising jobs abroad not to involve in overseas recruitment saying such activities are in violation of Emigration Act 1983 and amount to human trafficking, which is a punishable criminal offence.

According to the Emigration Act of 1983, no recruiting agent can collect more than ₹30,000 and GST at 18% from prospective migrants for services provided by the agent | Latest News India

The total number of illegal Indian immigrants encountered by the American authorities comes to 200,760. | Latest News India

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday called upon Indians seeking employment abroad to not fall prey to fake job offers and urged