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36 To Get Maids Via New Online System This Week

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Channel: 7Edition · 2018 · News & Politics

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36 employers will receive their foreign maids by this week through the newly-introduced Maid Online System (SMO).

Immigration Department Director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said this first batch was able to apply and receive their domestic helpers in just six days after the online application was opened on January 1st.

According to Datuk Mustafar, initially the department had promised that the whole maid-hiring process via the online system would just take about eight days, but the first group of applicants managed to get it done two days earlier than expected.

Once the 36 employers have received the approval of their Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency (FOMEMA), application they would received the Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS) and the maid's i-Kad, which is the colour-coded identity card issued for foreign workers according to sectors of employment.
 
As of today, 3,141 employers have been granted access by the department.

From the total, 76 have submitted completed documents, including the 36 who are currently waiting for their FOMEMA results.

Previously, the maid-hiring process could take months or in the case of some employers, even years.

To address the issue, the online application for foreign domestic helpers was announced by Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, when tabling the 2018 Budget in October last year.

He said employers can recruit foreign maids directly from nine cource countries, without having to go through agents.

(Soundbite Of Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali / Immigration Department Director-general 

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The Maid Online System is fast, accurate and can save money. It can save you a lot as what was announced before, you only need to pay RM1,635 for the processing fees to the government compared to between RM12,000 and RM18,000 via an agent, previously. It's not a small sum and it's a burden.)

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