Work permit deposits for expats to be made to Finance Ministry
04 May 2010, 12:52 PM
Laura Restrepo Ortega
Deposits made by foreign nationals wishing to work in the Maldives must now be paid to the Ministry of Finance and not the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
Controller of Immigration Ilyas Hussain Ibrahim, said there was no act regarding deposits before, and they were simply kept by the Ministry of Human Resources.
He noted the transfer to the Finance Ministry was “to make administration easier.”
The deposits are required by the government from all foreign nationals applying for a work permit in the Maldives and must be secured before entering the country, an issue that has caused consternation among employers seeking to employ foreign workers.
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