Anyone Hire a Filipino Helper Recently?

first off, my helper who is has returned to the philippines since 1 feb for her holidays has already called me and said that apart from the OEC cert ($36 hk), she didn't need to take any assessment tests so we expect her back on 13 feb.

secondly, many apologies for my dates! she finished her contract on 22/1 but she went to submit the application for the new contract on 17/1. they gave her an appointment on 31/1 to pick up her visa. i did write a supporting letter to request speeding up the process as i'm 4 months pregnant and my second helper was due to leave my home on 7 feb.

my first helper, due to go home for her holidays at the end of march, just told me after her day off that experienced helpers in the middle of contracts are exempt from any assessment tests. so i guess if you sign for any helper that is already in hk, it may help!

ggrizzy :agree:
 
if that is the case, i think i'm lucky because i processed the application for the helper while she is waiting in hk, and she only went home for her leave after she has already got the visa from the hk immigration.

maybe it's wiser to hire directly from hk instead of from the philippines??
 
just to confirm what my helper on home leave said about not being required to take any assessment tests or language tests if she processed her visa whilst in hk, she arrived home tonight already from a fortnight's holiday in manila and officially starts working with me today.

good luck to you all!

:banana:
 
Hi Kellyst, can you also pm me the contact details of the agency you and your family use? thanks.
 
We just hired our helper but heard nothing about this new rule. Our helper arrived a week ago with practically no hitch! This a new (direct) hire for us but she was in HK previously working for a dif employer who terminated her contract early. I processed everything with the Philippine Consulate and HK Immig in about 6 weeks' time and sent her the visa/documents about 2 weeks ago. Originally we thought she would have to be in Manila (from her home village) longer to process the POEA training/medical etc. but the POEA told her that b/c her prev contract terminated early (i.e. she had done all the medical/tests/training/fees etc. for her prev job which was less than 2 years ago), she didn't need to do any of it this time. So she was able to come to HK in less than a week after receiving the documents I mailed her. Our helper told us she only had to pay a total of 100 pesos for some mbrship fee and that was it!
 
hi kelly and other mommies
can u also pm me contacts for a god and reliable agency? Need to find a helper by feb 08.
 
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