Further, as per the Regulation on Bhutanese Overseas Employment Agent

“Except where the prevailing system in the country of destination, either by law, policy or practice, do not allow the charging or collection of placement and recruitment fee, BOEA may, upon successful placement, charge and collect from hired workers a placement fee in an amount equivalent to one month salary, exclusive of documentation costs.

Documentation costs to be paid by the worker shall include, but not limited to, expenses for the following:

a. Passport
b. Security Clearance Certificate
c. Birth Certificate
d. Medical Fitness Certificate
e. Skill Test, if necessary
f. Inoculation, if required by the destination country.

In the event of the BOEA agrees to perform documentation services, the worker shall pay only the actual cost of document based on the official receipts.

The above-mentioned placement and documentation costs are the only authorised payments that may be collected from a hired worker. No other charges in whatever form, manner or purpose, shall be imposed on and be paid by the worker without prior approval of the Administration. Such fees shall be collected from the hired worker only after he/she has been successfully placed with the principal employer