Sarawak state government gives 5 years work permit for expatriate in selected industry

-

The Sarawak government will be giving expatriates working in selected economic industries, for instance digital and energy industry, a 5 years work permit, repeal the current way of renewing the permits every year in a try to get in-need universal expertise to its states.

"Any expatriates who will be working with any company from selected industries will be able to make application for a 5 years work permit directly instead of yearly,” mentioned Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.

Abang Johari was speaking at a media conference at the fifth International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak (IDECS) 2022 held at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) on Tuesday (June 21).

Abang Johari was talking at a media forum at the 5th International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak (IDECS) 2022 made at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) on Tuesday (June 21).



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Digital scientists, technical experts working in Sarawak will get five-year work visas, says premier

-
Image
  KUCHING, June 21 — The Sarawak government will issue automatic work visas for a duration of five years, instead of annually, to foreign digital scientists and technical experts working in the state, Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said today. He said Sarawak, with its small population, is short of people with expertise in these fields. “The companies coming here also need scientists and that is why we have to revisit our immigration process,” he said after witnessing the signing of eight memorandums of understanding (MoUs) held in conjunction with the two-day International Digital Economic Conference Sarawak 2022 (Idecs 2022) here. He said top-tier professionals and scientists who come to Sarawak to work with such companies will be issued “work visas straight for five years”. He said a five-year work visa would benefit the state’s economy as a whole, as well as have a spill-over effect to the people. One of the MoUs signed this afternoon was between the state government and Mi...
Read more

5 years work permit for executive soon

-
Image
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...
Read more