Immigration Dept probes claims that only directors can renew foreign worker permits

Confusion: Under the Immigration Department

PETALING JAYA: The Immigration Department is investigating employers’ claims that its counter staff are no longer allowing company representatives to do foreign worker permit renewals, insisting instead that the company director has to be present.

Department deputy director-general Datuk Sakib Kusmi said he would check on the claims, but the department’s directive was clear that the new ruling required a company representative to be present, not necessarily its director.