Domestic helper in Hong Kong receives Bahamas work permit

by Alice Sy

A retired couple living in Nassau, Bahamas found top domestic helper agency Hong Kong - 1MaidHK.com and placed a live-in maid job order.

The job offer consists of 5-day work, free food, accommodation and airticket to Bahamas and four weeks paid annual leave upon completion of 2 years contract. Good news ! The much awaited Bahamas work permit has finally been approved.

One of the filipina domestic helper working in Hong Kong who applied for the live-in maid position is now very excited to work in Bahamas after receiving the work permit and air ticket from her Bahamas employer. “Don’t easily give up amidst trial, grab every job opportunity for your family’s future and apply through a reliable agency like World Champ International Employment Agency”, Lorena says.

The employer files the application in Bahamas and part of the requirement is to show that there is no suitable Bahamian candidate for the position. This includes advertising in newspapers. The processing of Bahamas work permit took approximately 2-3 months from the time the job offer was confirmed. Work permit fees range from $350 to $10,000 per year depending on the category. For the live-in maid category, the employer paid $650 work permit fee.

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Bahamas work permit is light yellow green in color, approximately 5 inches x 7.75 inches in size and valid for one year from the date of issue. The top of the work permit read as “Permit to engage in gainful occupation”. It also contain information such as employer’s name, employer’s residence address, live-in maid’s name, job position as well as the applicant’s photo.

Applicant who wish to enter through USA enroute to Bahamas is required to apply for a transit visa. The procedure and requirements of application is actually the same as US non-immigrant visa. Though the cost is considerably less to travel through the US, however, this does not guarantee that you’ll have the transit visa application approved. One surefire but more expensive option to avoid transit visa problem is to fly from HK to Bahamas via London.

Many lives have been transformed after the launching of 1MaidHK.com in a short span of time. It is believed that many more life changing job opportunity awaits many filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong who dares to face the challenges of working abroad in the days to come.

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