{"id":116,"date":"2026-09-27T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/career-guides\/fake-gulf-job-offers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:58:30","slug":"fake-gulf-job-offers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/career-guides\/fake-gulf-job-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062a\u0643\u062a\u0634\u0641 \u0639\u0631\u0636 \u0639\u0645\u0644 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u062c\u064a \u0645\u0632\u064a\u0641\u064b\u0627"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"baj-jobs baj-contentpage\">\r\n  <header class=\"baj-listhead\"><div class=\"baj-wrap\">\r\n    <nav class=\"baj-crumbs\" aria-label=\"\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0642\u0644\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/\">\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629<\/a>\r\n      <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u203a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/career-guides\/\">\u0623\u062f\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0647\u0646\u064a\u0629<\/a>      <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u203a<\/span><span>\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062a\u0643\u062a\u0634\u0641 \u0639\u0631\u0636 \u0639\u0645\u0644 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u062c\u064a \u0645\u0632\u064a\u0641\u064b\u0627<\/span><\/nav>\r\n    <h1>How to spot a fake Gulf job offer<\/h1>\r\n    <p>The warning signs of a fake Gulf job, how to check an agent, and what to do if someone asks you for money.<\/p>  <\/div><\/header>\r\n  <div class=\"baj-wrap\"><div class=\"baj-prose baj-prose--narrow\"><p>Most Gulf jobs are genuine \u2014 but every year many Indian workers lose money to fake agents and false offers. These checks take a few minutes and can save you lakhs of rupees.<\/p>\n<h2>Warning signs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You are asked to pay for the job offer, the interview, or to \u201creserve\u201d a visa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The fee is more than the legal limit, or paid in cash without a receipt.<\/li>\n<li>The agent cannot show an MEA Recruiting Agent licence number \u2014 or the number does not match their name on eMigrate.<\/li>\n<li>You are asked to travel on a <strong>visit or tourist visa<\/strong> and \u201cconvert it to a work visa later\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The salary is far higher than normal for the job, or the offer came without any interview.<\/li>\n<li>There is no written employment contract, or it is not in a language you understand.<\/li>\n<li>Communication is only by WhatsApp, from a personal number, with pressure to \u201cpay today or lose the job\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What a registered agent may legally charge<\/h2>\n<div class=\"baj-callout\">\n<p>Under India&#8217;s Emigration Rules, a registered Recruiting Agent may charge a worker a service fee of <strong>no more than \u20b930,000 plus GST<\/strong>, and must give a receipt. Anyone asking for more, or asking for money without a receipt, is breaking the rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How to check an agent<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"baj-steps\">\n<li>\n<div>Ask for the agent&#8217;s <strong>RA licence number<\/strong> (it looks like B-0000\/MUM\/PER\/1000+\/5\/0000\/2020).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Check it on the Government of India&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/emigrate.gov.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0628\u0629 eMigrate<\/a>. Make sure the name, address and licence status match, and that the licence is active.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Visit the agent&#8217;s registered office in person if you can. Be careful with \u201csub-agents\u201d who are not on the licence.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Before you travel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Get your offer letter and employment contract in writing, and keep copies.<\/li>\n<li>Travel only on an <strong>employment visa<\/strong>. If your passport is ECR, you also need emigration clearance \u2014 see our <a href=\"\/ar\/career-guides\/ecr-vs-ecnr\/\">ECR vs ECNR guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Share your employer&#8217;s name, address and contract with your family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>If you have been cheated<\/h2>\n<p>Complain on the eMigrate portal and to the Protector of Emigrants (PoE) office for your area, and file a police complaint. If you are already abroad, contact the Indian embassy or consulate. You can also <a href=\"\/ar\/contact\/\">report the job to us<\/a> so we can warn others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"baj-muted\"><em>General information, not legal advice. Check official sources for the latest rules.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":115,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"baj_summary":"Warning signs of a fake Gulf job, the legal limit on agent fees, and how to check an agent\u2019s licence on eMigrate.","baj_tag":"Stay safe","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestarabjobs.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}