Check that we are licensed — in 2 minutes.
Empidia Hub is a foreign employment agency licensed by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). Don't take our word for it — check it yourself on the government website.
- SLBFE Licence No.
- 3817
- Registered office
- 1112/4D Pannipitiya Road, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
- Phone / WhatsApp
- +94 77 315 8767
- info@empidiahub.com
Verify our licence on the SLBFE website
- 1
Open the official SLBFE licensed-agency search using the button below.
- 2
In the box "Labour Licence Number", type 3817 and press Search.
- 3
The result page lists the agency's registered name (EMPIDIA FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT HUB (PRIVATE) LIMITED), the licence number, address, telephone, email and a "Valid upto" date.
- 4
Check that the name, address and phone number match the ones on this page, and that the "Valid upto" date has not passed. If anything is different, do not pay — contact SLBFE.
This opens the Sri Lanka government's SLBFE website (applications.slbfe.lk), not our website.
What a licensed agency must and must not do
These points come from SLBFE's own published pages. Each one links to the source.
You must register with SLBFE before you leave Sri Lanka for work abroad. Source: SLBFE
Your job must come with a valid employment contract, which SLBFE checks as part of your registration. Source: SLBFE
Registered workers get SLBFE support such as pre-departure orientation, counselling and legal assistance. Source: SLBFE
Registered workers are covered by SLBFE's insurance scheme for the contract period. Source: SLBFE
Licensed agencies are expected to follow fair, transparent recruitment with zero tolerance for exploitation or human trafficking. Source: SLBFE
Red flags of a fake agent
- Job offers on Facebook or TikTok with no office address.
- Pressure to pay immediately, "before the slots run out".
- A visa promised without any interview or employer check.
- The agent refuses to show an SLBFE licence number.
- Payment asked into a personal bank account.
- Contact only through unknown or unregistered phone numbers.
- "Guaranteed" jobs or visas.
- They ask for your original passport to "hold" it.
How to report
If you are unsure about an agent or want to make a complaint, contact SLBFE directly:
- SLBFE hotline: 1989
- SLBFE general line: +94 11 2 880 500
- From overseas only: +94 71 9 802 822
- SLBFE email: info_center@slbfe.lk
- Lodge a complaint online (SLBFE complaint management)
- See the official SLBFE contact page
Our promise
- Every contract is shown to you before you sign.
- You get a receipt for every payment.
- Your passport stays with you.
- You have a named case officer.
- You can track your progress in your own account at app.empidiahub.com.