Sri Lanka, June 22 -- A new amendment will be made to the procedure for Sri Lankans seeking employment abroad through self-directed means to obtain registration with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), according to the Chairman of the SLBFE, Kosala Wickramasinghe.

The SLBFE has issued a statement explaining that before a person wishing to seek self-directed employment abroad can obtain registration with the bureau, the employer in the foreign country must certify the employment agreement by submitting the necessary documents to the Sri Lankan mission in that country.

The SLBFE also stated that a fee of $60 will be charged for this process.

The Chairman of the SLBFE added that, in the first phase, this law will be implem...