The last step on the Pakistani side before a worker travels for a job abroad, and the one that protects the worker afterwards.
Protector clearance ("protection") is the registration of a worker's overseas employment with the Protectorate of Emigrants, part of the Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment (BE&OE). The worker's Foreign Service Agreement is countersigned, insurance is issued, the welfare fund and fees are paid, the worker attends a briefing, and the passport is stamped. Every Pakistani going abroad for employment needs it. In Karachi it is done at the Protectorate of Emigrants office in the city.
BE&OE describes protection as the Foreign Service Agreement between the worker and the employer (or the agency) being countersigned by the Protectorate of Emigrants. That countersignature is what gives the worker a formal route to complain if the contract terms are not honoured. It also comes with State Life insurance and registration with the welfare fund.
A worker can be registered through a licensed Overseas Employment Promoter, or directly when the worker found the job independently. The documents differ slightly.
The current list is published by BE&OE at beoe.gov.pk.
The fees are a registration fee, a welfare fund contribution, the protector fee, the insurance premium and an adhesive stamp fee. They are set by the government and are the same at every office. We do not list amounts here because they change; BE&OE publishes the current figures.
A licensed agency may charge only the service charges allowed under the Emigration Rules. BE&OE is clear that nothing beyond that may be charged.
Protection stays valid while the contract terms are unchanged. For a new job, BE&OE requires fresh protector clearance for that job.
Every licensed agency appears on the BE&OE list of Overseas Employment Promoters. Ours is Licence No. 2621/KAR. Check any agency on that list before paying anything.