maid settled!

i just recovered from a very bad fever spell. i'm still under the weather, but i've never been better. so i guess i got alot to update here. as soon as i can get my brain unscrambled.

first things first... so i finally managed to complete my maid application request, squee!

decided to check back with immigration about a week after i submitted my documents. the officer told me that everything was approved but i had to meet with the officer because there was a name still active under Significant Other's name.

i dropped by a couple more times, some of which were totally unnecessary. see below:

Friday: officer emergency leave
Monday: officer said i needed to write an appeal letter for the case of second PRA
Tuesday: met a different officer, said i need supporting documents for second PRA application #$(*@()#@ (and why couldn't they inform me about this on Monday?)

so after i picked up the referral letter from Norley that night (thanks Norley!) i dropped by immigration on Wednesday morning to submit supporting documents before she finally agreed to approve my application. i had to immediately pay for the JP visa, rm515.

i'd like to advise that if this is your second application (or if you have any other maids still active registered under your name), it's wise to mention this in the first place to avoid further complications in the whole application process later on. the immigration officer even told me someone submitted their first application in Melaka, then proceeded to submit their second application in Putrajaya with the hopes that their first application wouldn't be traced. lol. i didn't intentionally left out that information. i simply didn't know.

on Thursday morning i dragged the maid to get her medical checkup done. since Fomema only accepted Wang Pos, Money Order or Postal order as form of payment, the day before i went to the post office and made out Wang Pos worth rm190 payable to Fomema Sdn. Bhd. no cash. as soon as you submit the form and make payment, she can immediately go for her medical. you get to choose which panel clinic to bring your maid to get her medical done, some panel clinics didn't have their own x-ray facility so you might have to go to two different places for this service. i chose a clinic nearest in our area which has its own x-ray facility. once everything was completed (give it a couple of hours for the medical), i had to wait for about 5 working days before i was able to check the results online.

i literally waited 1 week before i checked the results, the results i got was 'passed, please proceed to immigration'. yay. phew.

25th May - made my way to Putrajaya for the last time, to settle the remaining payment and whatever unfinished business i had with immigration. made payment for the levy of rm640, then collected the multilple entry permit sticker for her passport.

i was told that if in any instance the maid failed her Fomema medical examination, the money you paid for the JP visa would be burnt. the levy was still transferable to another person, but you wouldn't be able to get back your initial rm515. nangis kan?

i brought Dayana along this time for fun, she quite enjoyed the trip haha.

since the maid's visitor's visa has expired (duh), i had to apply for a special pass, which costed an additional rm100 (it's like it's a compulsory amount that you have to pay, and it seems that the only way to avoid paying for this is that if you submit your application immediately the day after the arrival, because it takes slightly about 1 month or more for your application to be fully approved and settled. cheating, kan?). i had to go meet another officer again for this (officer tu sempat lagi promote Shaklee kat i), then make payment before getting the maid's passport stamped.

mission completed!

ugh. getting a maid is not easy. but alhamdulillah, so far so good. i hope everything else is smooth sailing after this. heck, in the process i even learnt how to change a flat tyre! T_T