All About Full-Time Maids

[Awonder]

Hi,


I have a Phillipino maid who had work for me for 2 years and she will be taking her home leave soon. Just learn that I had to pay $285 to the Phillipine Embassy for her home leave and I think its quite a sum and ridiculous too. I mean I dont mind paying the sum but I find that its not fair to us, the employer as why should we pay since she is the one taking the leave and I had to cope w/o her for more than 1 month (she had requested for it), and pay for her 2-way air-ticket too.

Need advice from anyone here who had experience the same situation and I was thinking if I can want her to pay the sum instead.

Thanks.

[hquek]

Awonder:

Hi,


I have a Phillipino maid who had work for me for 2 years and she will be taking her home leave soon. Just learn that I had to pay $285 to the Phillipine Embassy for her home leave and I think its quite a sum and ridiculous too. I mean I dont mind paying the sum but I find that its not fair to us, the employer as why should we pay since she is the one taking the leave and I had to cope w/o her for more than 1 month (she had requested for it), and pay for her 2-way air-ticket too.

Need advice from anyone here who had experience the same situation and I was thinking if I can want her to pay the sum instead.

Thanks.

My colleague paid that and more to have her work permit renewed. It's ridiculous but necessary. Apparently, if there is ANYthing wrong or not correctly filled out - your maid will not be able to leave the country.

If yours is a good maid, I would suggest to swallow the bitter pill and treat it as like agency cost. If you were to try claw it from your maid - and knowing they like to share info, yours may not be too happy with your actions and choose not to come back.

FYI, other things like passport renewal cost, basic toiletries, airticket to airport of her choice are to be borne by employers according to MOM. IF they interview your maid and you are not in compliance, you may even be hauled up for interviews.

[lizuan76]

Any website where i can refer to if i want to employ filipino maid directly on my own without going through agency?


I need to know what documents i need to apply.

Thanks

[3darlings]

Hi


just wondering y do u hv to pay $$ to the embassy?

[verykiasu2010]

3darlings:

Hi


just wondering y do u hv to pay $$ to the embassy?

because their embassy says so

[MintyMin]

I was looking at the philippines embassy website, and saw tat for home leave the amount is only SGD110.


Here's the link:
http://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg/labor/hsw/oec/

[LOLMum]

we paid for all the necessary expenses because dh and i dont think it is fair for the maid to pay and it is too costly for her. all these $$$ are set by the embassy. doing all the necessary paper work yourself is much cheaper than going thru an agency but you must know the procedures otherwise it is going to be a few trips to the embassy.


the only thing we were worried about was her return to singapore. luckily every year, she returned. but now that we dont have a maid, no more worries for us.

cheers.

[carebear]

lizuan76:

Any website where i can refer to if i want to employ filipino maid directly on my own without going through agency?


I need to know what documents i need to apply.

Thanks

Maybe you can try the notice board at Cold storage supermarket?

[CMF]

lizuan76:

Any website where i can refer to if i want to employ filipino maid directly on my own without going through agency?


I need to know what documents i need to apply.

Thanks

For Philippine requirements, note http://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg/labor/hsw/employment-docs/

For Singapore requirements, note http://www.mom.gov.sg/services-forms/Pages/wp-online-fdw.aspx

[Awonder]

Hi,


Thanks all for your advice. Ya, I beckon that I had to pay this sum ultimately. My dh had no issue abt this matter as he wants everything to come out clean and do not want to own my maid anything. Had let my maid know that I had to pay so much for her to come back so that she will appreciate us more, infact she is very surprise abt this payment to their embassy.