All About Full-Time Maids

[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.

[beanstalk]

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.

The sum is for a pass that is valid for 2 years, so if her next leave is say at 1 year, 10 months after, the pass is still valid and you need not pay for it again.

See it as a present to her; it's not her fault that her government has asked for this. She should not be made to pay as she earns alot less than you.

It is better to give her all the necessary documents for returning back without hassle.

[hquek]

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.

It'll be a lot for her to bear, you guys did the right thing (I feel). I'm sure she'll be happy to continue with you since you don't claw back every cent.

:celebrate:

[Awonder]

Hi beanstalk, thanks for the valuable info. We had a cordial relationship with our maid and that is why I can wait for her for 6 weeks to come back. It is really not easy for me cos I had 3 kids, 2 in primary school and a 17 mths old toddler, but we know that she really need so much time to be at her home with her kids too. Moreover, we do not want much hassle employing a new maid again as its not easy to find a good, honest and hardworking one.


Infact, she was worry for me if I can handle all at home, well, I just had to take it in my strike, its also a good chance for me to see how I could handle and probably might not need a maid when my younger one was older.