BAIRA demands single Saudi visa without attestation

Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) has demanded 9 points, including issuance of exit permit for up to 24 (maximum 25) visas of Saudi Arabia without attestation by the embassy.
On Wednesday, these demands were made by forming a human chain on the road in front of Probashi Kallyan Bhaban in Dhaka.

Leaders of recruiting agencies said that manpower export business is considered as the main driving force of Bangladesh. The biggest source of foreign exchange of Bangladesh comes from this sector. Other countries are making the issue of manpower export in one sector easier every day, while our ministry, BMET and embassy are making it difficult. The behavior of the relevant government ministries, offices and embassies with the recruiting agencies is very much like a criminal and a judge. Where recruiting agencies have no protection.

Therefore, agencies are drawing the attention of the Adviser to the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment to facilitate the sending of manpower.
Demands of the recruiting agencies are-
* Resolving complications with employment authorization of verified demand;
* Facilitating and speeding up embassy demand attestation;
* Not taking disciplinary action against the recruiting agency before the offense is conclusively proved;
* Abolish the syndicate practice of sending workers to Malaysia;
* Stop abusing human trafficking laws;
* Introducing provisions for disciplinary action against employees who make false allegations;
* Taking strict action against air ticket syndicates and black marketeers and introducing labor fairs and redressing unscrupulous behavior of BMET and ministry officials.

The former vice presidents of BAIRA Riazul Islam, Noman Chowdhury, former joint secretary general Md. Fakhrul Islam, former EC member Shahadat Hossain, former executive member Mostafa Mahmud and others were present at the human chain.
After ending the human chain, the leaders of BAIRA went to give a memorandum to the adviser of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment.