All About Maid's passport renewal

[NewMomOnDBlock]

Hi there,

I jus received the notice for renewal of my maid WP. My maid agreed to continue for another 2 yrs. Her WP expiring in Dec 2012, however her PP is expiring in Oct 2013. Do u think I should just renew her WP till Sep 2013 first or should I renew her passport and get a 2 yrs WP renewal.

I am also thinking abt the new ruling of weekly off-day which will be effective from Jan 2013. My maid do not want off-days. I heard, we need to pay $70 if she do not want off-days. Is this true?

Oh please… I need advice.

[bluebellas]

Hi, can anyone advise where to collect the passport? Also take queue no?

[nms1]

NewMomOnDBlock:

Hi there,

I jus received the notice for renewal of my maid WP. My maid agreed to continue for another 2 yrs. Her WP expiring in Dec 2012, however her PP is expiring in Oct 2013. Do u think I should just renew her WP till Sep 2013 first or should I renew her passport and get a 2 yrs WP renewal.

I am also thinking abt the new ruling of weekly off-day which will be effective from Jan 2013. My maid do not want off-days. I heard, we need to pay $70 if she do not want off-days. Is this true?

Oh please.. I need advice.

Depending on which nationality she is and when in December the WP expires, it may already be too late to renew the passport first.

For the off-days, given that this is a renewal you can just negotiate a salary with her to reflect the lack of off-days. If you want to play by the book then the way it should work is that you decide a monthly salary from which you calculate her daily rate which is salary/26 then compensate for that x 4.

eg If her salary is $400, her daily rate is $15 so you have to compensate her $60 giving her a total of $460.

I have just renewed by maid's contract and what I did was increase her salary from $400 to $450 (which I probably would have done anyway) then instead of her current 2 off-days I have told her that she can decide what she wants to do on Sunday. She can go out all day or half-day, stay at home or come with us to Church then to lunch.

[happyheart]

Hi,

I can’t find a proper place to ask this question, hopefully can get some advice and not out of context here.
My helper has decided not to go back to her country for home leave ( philipino). Past years, we normally let her go off for a full month. Any advice on what we should compensate her on top of airfare equivalent? Thanks.

[nms1]

happyheart:

Hi,

I can't find a proper place to ask this question, hopefully can get some advice and not out of context here.
My helper has decided not to go back to her country for home leave ( philipino). Past years, we normally let her go off for a full month. Any advice on what we should compensate her on top of airfare equivalent? Thanks.

According to the contract you only need to compensate her for the airfare. It's up to you if you want to give her an extra bonus on top of that. Maybe take into account what you would have paid for the paperwork and for any help you would have needed while she was away e.g. if you have a part-time cleaner come in while she is away.

[happyheart]

nms1:

happyheart:

Hi,

I can't find a proper place to ask this question, hopefully can get some advice and not out of context here.
My helper has decided not to go back to her country for home leave ( philipino). Past years, we normally let her go off for a full month. Any advice on what we should compensate her on top of airfare equivalent? Thanks.

According to the contract you only need to compensate her for the airfare. It's up to you if you want to give her an extra bonus on top of that. Maybe take into account what you would have paid for the paperwork and for any help you would have needed while she was away e.g. if you have a part-time cleaner come in while she is away.

Thanks. I have also heard we need to pay half her pay on top of yhe airfare because if she stay behind, she will still help out with the housechores etc. Is it true?

[nms1]

happyheart:

nms1:

[quote=\"happyheart\"]Hi,

I can't find a proper place to ask this question, hopefully can get some advice and not out of context here.
My helper has decided not to go back to her country for home leave ( philipino). Past years, we normally let her go off for a full month. Any advice on what we should compensate her on top of airfare equivalent? Thanks.

According to the contract you only need to compensate her for the airfare. It's up to you if you want to give her an extra bonus on top of that. Maybe take into account what you would have paid for the paperwork and for any help you would have needed while she was away e.g. if you have a part-time cleaner come in while she is away.

Thanks. I have also heard we need to pay half her pay on top of yhe airfare because if she stay behind, she will still help out with the housechores etc. Is it true?[/quote]Normally if they stay behind they will be working as normal and therefore receive their full pay.

[minnie]

I have just renew my indo helper passport today. The interviewer only asked 2 questions, 1) any off day? 2) how much is the salary? Everything was done within 2hrs.

[AmandaSG]

Hi… I need some help please. My maid’s passport is expiring by 29 Jul 13. Her work permit is issued till 29 Jun 13. If I renewed her passport by 29 Jan 13, does it mean that I need to renew her work permit at the same time or I can wait until 29 Jun 13 to do the work permit renewal? Really appreciate some kind souls to help advise please . Thanks v much!

[prancingpony]

You can renew your maid’s passport first without having to renew her work permit but you need to update online on the MOM website her new passport number. You can only renew her work permit after you received a letter from MOM, not before.