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PUTRAJAYA: Permit renewal cost for Indonesian domestic workers has been set at RM610 and must be paid by the employers, said Human Resources Minister.
V. Sivakumar (pic) said the cost, set by the Immigration Department, included a levy payment (RM410), temporary employment visit passes (RM60), processing fees (RM125), and visa (RM15).
The cost does not include health check-up (Fomema) for the domestic worker, which is carried out in the first, second, and third year and every two years thereafter at a price not exceeding RM200, he said.
"Renewal of expired passports also has a fee determined by the embassy of the respective domestic workers' country of origin,” he said in a statement, adding that complete information on the fees can be obtained from the Immigration Department website.
Sivakumar said the permit renewal application can be made by the employer or by appointing private employment agencies registered with the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department, where the list of private employment agencies is also available on its website.
He said employers are required to renew the domestic worker's work permits annually, and it must be done three months before the permit expires.
The payment that domestic workers' employers have to bear includes levy, temporary employment visit passes and processing fees for work permit renewals (temporary employment visit pass extensions). Employers also need to make payments for visas, the rate of which varies according to the country of origin, he said.
He added that currently, the management of domestic workers' employment for Indonesians is required to be done through private employment agencies registered with the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department.
Any additional costs imposed by the private employment agencies are subject to the agreement of both parties. At the same time, the domestic workers' permit renewal process for other than Indonesians can be done by the employer online through the e-PLKS@JIM portal, he said.- Bernama
