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5 years work permit for executive soon

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Kuching : Sarawak will be initiating the addition of work permit for executive to 5 years rather than renew it every year. In accordance to Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, Sarawak requireds much more professional such as the upper echelon, researchers, and others to develop in technology. “We are short of people with expertise here. That is why we want to give those who are working for companies under the strategic sector a five-year straight work permit. “However, this will be effective within the next two to three months after we go through the necessary process. One of them is that we would have to revisit our immigration process first.” He said this during the closing ceremony of the International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak (IDECS) at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching yesterday. Adding on, he stated that with the effectiveness of the extended work permit, these professionals would be called ‘nomad professionals’. “This will be a new terminology for the...
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Sarawak premier: State govt to establish special committee to expedite issuance of work permits

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 Sarawak Premier Chief Minister mentioned the state government will rope in the plantation, manufacturing, and construction areas in building a committee to expedite the issuance of work permits to oversea workers. He said the the committee, under Deputy Minister of Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring Datuk Gerawat Gala, will look into the procedures of work permit approval. “What is happening now is that it takes quite a bit of time to issue work permits because of bureaucracy as it involves the Immigration Department, Labour Department and the Sarawak State Secretary’s Office,” he said at the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) annual dinner and award presentation last night. “We have established a common platform or data through the use of one app. The application for work permits can be processed through this app,” he told construction industry players.   He said it is only appropriate that the construction, manufacturing, and plantation ...
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