Immigration: Only eight days to process foreign maid applications


PUTRAJAYA: The process of hiring foreign maids will only take eight days via the new Online Maid System (SMO).  

Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (pic) said the system will come into effect from Jan 1 next year, and employers can submit applications online through SMO (http://maid-online.imi.gov.my/maid/main) to hire maids from nine selected countries, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka , Thailand, India, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam and Cambodia.  

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RM 13.90/month

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RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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