Change of Employer

Application to change employers in the HKSAR within the two-year contract will not as a rule be approved. If the Helper wishes to take up employment with a new employer in the HKSAR, she must return to her place of origin and apply for the appropriate visa directly to the Director of Immigration either by post or through her employer.

Processing in the Consulate

For Indonesian maids
This must be process through employment agency, employers cannot process by themselves.

For Filipino maids
Documentary require for individual contract: Old contract; New contract (1 set); Passport with valid visa; Duly-accomplished registration form (available at the Consulate); Hong Kong ID of the maid. The authentication fees for one individual contract is HKD 212.50. All processing shall be completed less than a week.

For terminated workers, the same requirements plus the approval of the Immigration Department Form ID 522 (HK Immigration appointment letter).

For Nepalese maids
Documentary require for individual contract: Old contract; New contract (1 set); Passport with valid visa; Duly-accomplished registration form (available at the Consulate); passport size photo of both employer and maid; Hong Kong ID copy of employer and maid. The authentication fees for one individual contract is HKD 200.00. All processing shall be completed less than a week.

For terminated workers, the same requirements plus the approval of the Immigration Department Form ID 522 (HK Immigration appointment letter).

Processing in the Immigration Department
Applications can be submitted in person or by authorised person to the Foreign Domestic Helpers Section or the five Immigration Branch Offices. Documentary Requirements for Individual Contracts:

Employer

• An original copy of the new standard Employment Contract (ID 407)
• Application for Employment of Domestic Helper from Abroad Form [ID(E)407K]
• Copy of the employer's Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card/Hong Kong Identity Card/Passport
• Proof of the employer's financial position
• Proof of the employer's residential address (Original & Copy)
• Supporting letter for application of the maid
  

Maid

• Visa/Entry Permit Application Form [ID(E) 936A]
• Undertaking by the Helper [ID(E) 407L]
• An original copy of the current standard Employment Contract (ID 407)
• Original of the Helper's travel document
• Copy of the Helper's Hong Kong Identity Card (if any)
• Release letter from current employer showing the reason of termination and date of expiry of the contract

The Helper is not permitted to start work for the new employer until the application is approved by the Director of Immigration. The Helper is required to await notification from the Immigration Department for an interview in connection with the application. Where necessary, the new employer may also be required to attend. The Helper or employer will be notified of the outcome in about one week from the application. If the application is approved, the employer will be notified by letter to collect the visa at the Immigration Department. The employer will be required to pay a visa fee of HKD135 and the Employees Retraining Levy upon issuance of the visa. Application for a visa to enable the Helper to return to the HKSAR to start employment with a new employer may be made but the Helper is required to go back to her place of origin within her limit of stay before returning to the HKSAR to work under the new contract.

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