Jacob issues licenses for 62 PJTKIs

Jacob issues licenses for 62 PJTKIs

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration has
issued new licenses for 62 labor recruitment agencies to send
workers to Middle Eastern countries.

In early May, the same ministry issued 28 licenses for
recruitment agencies, also to send workers to Middle Eastern
countries.

The instruction, signed on May 22 by Director General for the
Deployment of Overseas Workers of the Ministry of Manpower and
Transmigration I Made Gusti Arka, was addressed to ambassadors of
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman,
and Bahrain.

The 62 agencies were chosen on the basis of certain criteria
such as owning a dormitory to accommodate departing workers and a
language laboratory. Authorities evaluated a total of 100 of 158
agencies specializing in recruiting and sending workers to the
Middle East.