We just move in Kuala Lumpur, my husband from Germany have a working visa and im Indonesian, were thinking to bring our indonesian maid with us now. Please help us if anyone know how and know someone that can help us..thank you much--
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Your situation is quite different rom the normal maid-hiring ones in Malaysia. It is best to consult the German Embassy, the Indonesian Embassy, the Malaysian Immigration Department and Malaysian Labour Department.....You may not be able to bring in your present maid - she would have to return to her country...and since you are not Malaysians, very different conditions apply..... It is also posible that as foreigners, you are not allowed to employ a maid, but that your local employer has to "sponsor" one for you. Locally, only the lady of the house can legally employ a maid.
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The easiest way is to go to a registered Maid Employment Agency. Most of them advertise their agencies in local newspapers, like The Star. Just go and check out. These agencies will processs everything from the beginning to the end. You only need to provide them with some personal documents and then wait for them to call you to pick up your maid. The fee these agencies charge is in the range of RM7000 to RM8000. If you prefer to apply yourself, it isn't difficult at all if you have fulfilled the requirements set by the immigration department. Here are some of the requirements : - your household income must be enough to cover the maid's salary ( i am sure you fulfill this requirement ) - having small children, if you do not have children then you have to justify the reason for you wanting the maid - the maid must be medically fit and not more than 45 years old Steps to apply on your own. - go to immigration maid's department to get the application form - ask your Indonesian maid to send you photocopy of her passport ( must be valid for more than 13 months ) and ORIGINAL medical report from a registered medical practitioner in Indonesia ( must be registered with the Malaysian Ministry Of Health - the list can be obtained when you collect the application form ) - fill up the form and attached the form with your personal identification documentts / income documents / the copy of the maid's passport, her photographs ( 3 copies ) and the ORIGINAL copy of her medical checkup report. - Submit all the above documents to the immigration. If all your documents are in order, you get your approval between 2 weeks to 1 month. Since you are in Kuala Lumpur, i suggest you send your application to the immigration headquarter in Putrajaya. * Actually presently the Indonesian government has frozen the sending of Indonesian maids to Malaysia due to a few ( isolated ) cases of maid abuse. What you can do is to ask your maid to get her documents ready, fly into Malaysia ( it's easy, Indonesian do not need visa to enter Malaysia ). Once she is in Malaysia, she'll be given one month social visit pass. On day one or two after her arrival, immediately submit your application to the immigration. If the immigration approves your application within that one month period, then your maid can continue working with you but if the application takes more than one month, then you have to apply for an extension of the maid's social visit pass.
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Please contact direct the right department http://www.imi.gov.my/
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The Maid abuse in Malaysia is widespread and is representative of a wider problem in Malaysian attitudes towards Indonesians in general, everyone I know in Indonesia who have been to Malaysia has a story about it. Many Malaysians are very nasty to Indonesians. They should get over it because they need to be good neighbours now more than ever. If you live in Malaysia you will experience the same. Bring your maid as a family member and leave her money in an Indonesian bank account.
