Red flags before you pay
Be careful when a person promises a guaranteed foreign job, guaranteed visa approval, or unusually fast processing without showing official documents. Real work routes still depend on employer, government, embassy, and applicant checks.
Scammers often create urgency, ask for money before providing verifiable paperwork, or use fake screenshots of visas, contracts, or appointment letters.
- The offer is advertised only through social media messages or informal groups.
- You are told not to contact the employer, embassy, SLBFE, or official application centre.
- The agent cannot show a valid license, contract, employer details, or official route page.
- Fees are requested through personal accounts, crypto, gift cards, or informal cash handovers.
- The salary, accommodation, or country promise sounds inconsistent with the role and your experience.
Verify the agency and employer
If an agency is involved, check whether it appears through SLBFE licensed agency information. If an employer is involved, verify the company website, address, email domain, job posting, and whether the role matches the visa or work permit being discussed.
A legitimate offer should include a role, location, salary or wage terms, working hours, contract duration, employer name, and a route that matches the destination country rules.
Check the visa route separately
Do not rely only on the agent explanation. Search the official destination immigration website and embassy or visa application centre instructions. Confirm whether the route requires an employer, sponsor license, language test, qualification recognition, medical exam, police clearance, or proof of funds.
If the route is employer-led, ask how the employer is approved to sponsor or hire foreign workers. If the country uses a government portal, confirm which steps happen there and which steps happen locally.
Keep a document trail
Save copies of the advertisement, agency details, contract, receipts, passport submissions, emails, chat messages, and official appointment confirmations. Do not hand over your passport casually or sign a blank contract.
If something feels wrong, pause before paying. This guide is not legal advice, but a cautious applicant should verify documents with official authorities and consider qualified professional help where needed.