India is a major nurse-sending county to the world. In response to the prevalence of informal recruitment to Arabian Gulf countries, the Government of India implemented a directive requiring nurses to undergo the requisite procedures to obtain prior government approval before departing for overseas employment, effective April 2015. The objective of these new procedures is to safeguard migrant nurses from exploitation and human rights violations. This chapter presents an analysis of the efficacy of the recently introduced regulatory measures in safeguarding the interests of nurses from India. Our analysis indicates that nurses typically obtain employment in Arabian Gulf countries, the most popular destination, through both formal and informal channels. Some nurses pay considerably higher service charges than the legally stipulated rates, irrespective of the recruitment route. Private recruitment agencies play a significant role in the phenomenon of nurse migration. These phenomena are not exclusive to migration to Arabian Gulf countries; they also manifest in other destinations. This chapter emphasizes the significance of examining the configuration of the migration industry and recruitment practices in the context of the policy and regulatory framework in India. At the time of writing, only those agencies registered under the Emigration Act are subject to its provisions. However, registered agencies rely on numerous non-registered agencies for the recruitment of personnel. The existence of numerous, disparate recruitment agencies, coupled with the asymmetry of information between job seekers and recruitment agencies, provides ample opportunity for deceit and abuse for job seekers. This chapter posits that the present regulatory Regulatory proceduresframework creates unregulated processes and undermines the formal processes of emigration from India to Arabian Gulf and other countries.