Levy

[merichan]

Well, we just paid our last installment in July... so the cancellation of the levy will be for the renewal in January...


However, my helper told me that quite a lot of her friends were being terminated-rehired and that the queuing at immigration and consulate were endless.

 

[elodienyc]

Hi, I heard that the fees to rehire your helper are not more than HKD 500 (visa+paperwork)

 

[bbvv]

We paid our HKD2400 levy at the end of June and now considering terminating and renewing her contract. Ours is an Indonesian Helper, do we have to go via agency or can she renew via the immigration?

 

[Neha]

it should be the same for all DH u can probably check with the immigration

 

[AnpanBaby]

i've heard that unlike Philipino helpers, Indonesian helpers can only renew the contracts via the agent, hence the agent fees are part of the cost of renewing the contract if you so selected. Hope this helps.

 

[peainpod]

We paid our HKD2400 levy at the end of June and now considering terminating and renewing her contract. Ours is an Indonesian Helper, do we have to go via agency or can she renew via the immigration?

Hey Vivienne, you should wait until the time when your next levy installment is due (i.e. end Dec for you?) as you are already paid up until then anyway. There's no percentage in renewing earlier for you (since the govt won't be refunding levies that are already paid) and by then, the lines at Immig should be more manageable.

Not sure if it's dif with the Indonesian consulate, but I think our Filipino helper says she can do all the paperwork herself with the Philippine Consulate and HK Immig.

 

[Query]

for termination of contract and re-hire, isn't your helper entitled to a return ticket to Philippines? So minimum cost of rehire will be any admin cost, visa plus return airfare?

 

[peainpod]

According to the papers, the govt has waived the requirement for a return trip back to the Philippines in the case of early termination/rehiring.

 

[Mommy Poon]

I paid my levy in late June. My agent told me there is no point to renewal contract now since, I have already paid the levy up to end of Nov and I should renewal in Oct.

Also, I asked her what payments do I need to give my helper, she said I have to give her one month notice in writing or money and ticket back to home country and ticket back to HK (this can be settled by payment since she doesn't have to physically leave HK). I would also have to pay the agent HKD1800 admin fee and HKD358 admin fee on behalf of the helper. My helper is Indonesian btw. Tickets to indonesia cost around 3000-5000 for a return ticket. So all of these costs add together and you are really going thru all this hassle and in the end you will only saving a few thousand.

Also this so called early renewal of contract is bascially early termination and then re-hire. "Early renewal" is just a nice way of putting it. I personally believe it can damage the employer/employee relationship if you don't handle it well.

 

[mushi]

Can someone pls. make this easy for me to understand..... i have paid the first installment of capital levy, the next installment is in September....do i still have to pay it?