shine_fs:

Elysdeon:

[quote=\"shine_fs\"]I tried to get direct for my mum's ex-maid here from Philippines few years ago. I went on line and booked a ticket for her to fly here. Work permit already approved. But on the actual day, when she checked in the airport at Philippines, she was stop by the officer. At the end, she can't go on board. Then I had to seek for help from Singapore agent to bring her in Singapore. I remember ONLY paid for few hundreds dollars for her services.

But why couldn't she board the plane herself? She has an air ticket right. I am sure their own citizens are allowed to travel.

Is not as easy as what we think....[/quote]er ya heard they have to pay the immigration officers kopi money and all that too haha.. Anyway settled already. If the maid wants to leave she can just insist to be transferred back to agency. Employers are unable to forcibly repatriate domestic workers who do not want to return to their home country if they can get relevant work permit etc.The maid can just call MOM and complain and mom will step in.

shine_fs:

I tried to get direct for my mum's ex-maid here from Philippines few years ago. I went on line and booked a ticket for her to fly here. Work permit already approved. But on the actual day, when she checked in the airport at Philippines, she was stop by the officer. At the end, she can't go on board. Then I had to seek for help from Singapore agent to bring her in Singapore. I remember ONLY paid for few hundreds dollars for her services.

But why couldn't she board the plane herself? She has an air ticket right. I am sure their own citizens are allowed to travel.

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I wonder did your ex-maid’s employer felt a sense of betrayal?? Therefore rather send maid home than transfer. Putting ourselves in her shoes, after all the training etc and now she said she want to go to work elsewhere? Also, it is a losing end for the ex-employer as she has to bear the levy+agent fees+maidless until her current maid’s work permit is properly transferred. Another reason is she probably "boey song" (in hokkien).
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ya lor i also think they are buay song cos like that we cause them to have more work to do. But if they agree to the transfer they won’t lose out on agent fees ma cos the agency will provide them with another maid once their present one has been transferred right.

They are from Hong Kong working here.

Si Si:

blurqueen:

Peeping out of my window, what do I see? A group of about 6 Phil maids having a picnic by the barbeque pit! Gosh, are they lucky or what? Every morning, they have their morning chats with breakfast there. Now ... picnic lunch? Where do we draw the line? Then again, what rights do we have since they're not under our employment? We can only hope our maids don't get jealous and start acting up because they're not seated there with the \"gang\".

My friend who is a first time maid employer had called me up to ask what are the typical expectations of maids before they deem over the board. The estate she lives in happen to have many expats. She said by middle of afternoon, all Phil maids would gather around the common area and hv picnic, hair down, food ready for sharing...(for her case is when she is not at home, the maid will join them).

I can't help but think that where we stay and the design of our house or apt has some effect of the social life of maids. Example, if our kitchen is facing our neighbour's likely, they will befriend their maids; walls too low or see thru fence also has some effect. Am sure we always see some maids strolling their care stop by another neighbours hse and chat, while the other maids 'pretend' to water the plants forever.

In my estate also quite common. Alot of maids walk the dogs and chit chat on their phones or with other maids who are also walking their dogs etc... But generally expat bosses give their maids alot of freedom i think.

eyktay:

But usually loan is cos they've paid maid's family a sum of $.

i.e. the $ is then transferred to agency, then to us when we take the maid.

But I still do not understand why they dun wanna send her back to agency, seems not right.

Your maid is also binded by contract now with that employer.
Are u processing all these by yourself if you want her?
If via agency, ask agency for advise.
Or maybe call MOM for advise, dun get urself into any legal issues.

Think the sum is the fees paid to the agency which the maid owes the agency for arranging.

We will check with a maid agent who we know and see what he advises. If not like what hquek said, if they send her back can just buy her a ticket and apply a WP for her to come back again.

yup, their employer actually called us to discuss. We want her back cos went she was around she was pretty good, hardworking, can look after infants etc. They did not want to send her back to the agency. They are willing to let her go provided we paid them what they paid the agency (ie: the 7-8 month loan). Those under the table deal.


Like that the maid would end up having no salary for like 1 year and they will have got like free labour for the past few months since we pay them.
Our maid just went back for like 1/2 months then came back to SG le cos. That time she went back cos her husband wanted to go to Msia to work. End up in the end never go so she came out again.

I have a maid query.


My prev maid is quite good but unfortunately went back after 2 years. Now we have a new maid and she decided to come back to SG to work. She is now working for another employer in SG.

We intend to get a 2nd maid and want her to come back which she is willing. Unfortunately her current employer is not agreeable to the transfer and does not want to send her back to the agency. Instead they are considering sending her back home.

What can we do? or what can my ex-maid do? Run off to embassy?