............It  is indeed a privilege for me to introduce the   Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment, which was setup on 1st October, 1971 with the amalgamation of three federal government departments viz. i)  National Manpower Council ii)  Protectorate of Emigrants and  iii)  Directorate of Seamen’s Welfare under the directive of Government of Pakistan. Bureau started functioning under the Emigration Act of 1922 and Rules (1959) which were subsequently replaced   by the Emigration Ordinance 1979 XVIII and Rules made there under. As such, Bureau has evolved a conducive, pragmatic, effective and systematic emigration policy under the emigration laws.

.............Bureau being, a regulatory body/authority controls, regulates, facilitates and monitors the emigration process conducted by the Overseas Employment Promoters (OEPs), in the private sector which are more or less 1119, besides ‘direct employment’ by which mode  the individual procures foreign employment either  through his own efforts or relatives and friends serving abroad.

............Overseas employment, of course, is playing a vital and significant role in reducing the pressure of un-employment at home and increasing foreign exchange earnings by helping enhance the overseas workers’ remittances which are needed for the revival of the economy, improvement in debt services, balance of payment, alleviation of poverty & hunger and utilization for development projects and economic activities.

............Bureau collects, compiles, tabulates and collates emigration data of all those Pakistani workers who proceed abroad for employment purpose only, thus maintaining statistical record of all the migrant workers in different facets since 1971 to date.

............It is an admitted fact that statistics are indispensable for systematic planning and strategy in a country and play a paramount role in measuring the development of a country.  This Bureau therefore, has the important role to help planners and policy making in formulating prospective strategies of manpower export which in turn make a great contribution in the economic development of the country.

............Information Technology/Computerization has also been adopted as a latest tool in the quest for progress and achieving excellence. As such, it gives me great pleasure to invite through this message all concerned to visit Bureau’s website http://www.beoe.gov.pk  Feedback i.e. valuable observations, comments and suggestions, if any, for further improvement of the system will be highly appreciated.

Muhammad Umer Morio PSP
Director General