Is there anyone who knows how I can process the visa for a terminated helper? An agency that I contacted said she must go back to the Philippines and find go their training school before she could start work here and this will take 2 months before she can start work, but I can't wait till so long as there will be no one to look after my son after a month, so I was wondering if there are any other methods that the helper can start work immediately?
processing visa for terminated helper
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I employed a terminated helper. She did have to go back to the Philippines. However, she didn't have to do training - I think that's only for helpers who have never worked in HK (please cross check). She did have to do a medical; however, she did it in HK before she left.
I wrote a letter to immigration with her application requesting that they speed up the process because I was pregnant, unwell and my husband travels a lot and they came through very quickly... within a month. In fact, my helper barely got two weeks in the Philippines before her papers came through.
We processed it through an agency, though I had a friend who hired a terminated helper and processed everything herself (the helper did most of the legwork).
I wrote a letter to immigration with her application requesting that they speed up the process because I was pregnant, unwell and my husband travels a lot and they came through very quickly... within a month. In fact, my helper barely got two weeks in the Philippines before her papers came through.
We processed it through an agency, though I had a friend who hired a terminated helper and processed everything herself (the helper did most of the legwork).
i found them very useful because i was hiring 2nd helper so that when i had my helper at home communicate directly with them in tagalog. there were not great in updating you on the status of things and you had to call themselves to check every once in a while, but apart from that i found there service to be similar to the other agency i used.
I used Emry recently as my former helper recommended it (she has used it to help process some relatives). They are okay, not great. The staff are not that nice or helpful but they got the job done. And they don't update you, you have to email them for updates. I would try another agency myself if I have to to it again.
As I said, 10 weeks for a very straightforward hire. I didn't get the notification from immigration that the papers were being processed until 5 weeks after I'd handed the fees and forms over. I was waiting for the approval, she was ready to go to the airport - immigration didn't even have the application! Will do it myself next time.