Malaysia Employers Can Apply For E-Card To Address Foreign Labour Shortages
2020-21 Recalibration / Rehiring Program News
Read here 👉 PATI Rehiring / Recalibration Program 非法外劳重聘 / 漂白计划 2020
Important Notice: E-Kad (E-card) is official closed on 30th June, 2017 and there is no more extension. Right now can only register for Rehiring program and legalise your workers.
Rehiring Program is for those who fulfilled the following requirement:
- Age between 18 – 44
- Posses Valid Passport For 2 years
- Posses Valid Entry Record, last entry/arrival date before 1st March 2016, if your workers arrived after this date, please contact us for more info
- Former / expired work permit (general & professional) under another company
- Former / expired student visa permit
- No Blacklisted record
- No “Lari majikan” report / Run away from employer record
- No Fomema (medical) unfit record
You can register for Rehiring program and get the Rehiring certificate in one (1) week time. Your workers can start work as soon as gotten rehiring certificate.
Contact us at +6019-355 6680 (Steve), +6017-6688 332 (Mang) to find out how.
“The government made this decision to register all employers who hire foreign workers to address labour shortages in several key economic sectors,” said Immigration Malaysia director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali.
The card will give these workers a one-year extension in the country and will act as a temporary validation for workers before they get their appropriate legal documents from their respective countries or embassies.
“The registration will begin on Feb 15 at all of our offices in the peninsula and state Immigration departments,” he told a press conference after visiting its Shah Alam headquarters at Kompleks PKNS Shah Alam today.
“The registration is free and we will only give them a one-year extension, that’s all, after that we will have to take action if they do not secure a legal status here,” he said.
He said employers must be present with their employees when applying for the E-card and warned employers against applying through middlemen or agents.
“The employers have to register their foreign workers with the necessary documentation and it will take two days to process,” he said.
He estimated that 400,000 to 600,000 foreign workers will turn up to register under the rehiring program.
E-Card (E-Kad) FAQs
Important Notice: E-Kad (E-card) is for those who fulfilled the following requirement:
- Lost of Passport
- Passport Expired
- Entry without record (Jalan Tikus)
- Last entry/arrival date before 1st March 2016
If you still have valid passport, you DON’T NEED to apply e-card, you can register for Rehiring program straight away. Contact us at +6019-355 6680 to find out how.
News Source: TheStar