Malaysia will hire foreign workers in plantations. The country has re-introduced the closed calling visa amid the announcement of manual verification of ‘applications’.
Bangladesh High Commission in Malaysia informed this information in a circular on Tuesday (September 17).
According to the circular, in view of the above, the Malaysian government has decided to recruit foreign workers in its plantation sector. The relevant Ministry of Malaysia has already started approving the quota for recruitment of workers in Malaysia. Bangladesh High Commission is already verifying the demand letter of plantation sector by manual method. All concerned have been instructed to submit the information requested in the said notification to the Bangladesh High Commission for verification of the demand letter for recruitment of workers in Malaysia.
All concerned have been requested to submit about 15 types of information to the Bangladesh High Commission to verify the demand letter for recruitment of workers in Malaysia.
These include company authorization letter (at least one employee of the company should be at manager level), original bank slip of attestation fee, last pay slip of workers (sample pay slip of four/five workers), a profile of company background information mentioning number of existing workers ( Domestic and Foreign), phone numbers of two/three workers, company bank statement (last three months) with a minimum balance of 200,000 Malaysian Ringgit for 100 workers.
Also Foreign Worker Compensation Scheme Socso Document (Existing Worker Specimen Document), Foreign Worker Hospitalization and Surgical One Scheme (SPIKPA) (SKHPPA) Document (Existing Worker Specimen Document), JTK Approved Certificate about Existing Worker Accommodation, Land Ownership Deed/ Prepare two sets of all documents including land lease deed, letter of undertaking/guarantee, demand letter signed by director, power of attorney, employment agreement, contract between recruiting agent (BRA) and company, quota approval letter from concerned ministry of Malaysia, one set original and one set To be given as a copy.
On January 16 this year, after a meeting with Malaysian Human Resources Minister Steven Sim, Interior Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail informed him of this decision, but recently Dr. Malaysian expatriates are happy with such a decision after Muhammad Yunus became the head of the interim government.