PUTRAJAYA: The reduced extension levy fees for foreign workers in five sectors is finally enforced, says the Immigration Department.
Its Foreign Workers division director Datuk Khairul Khar Yahya said that reduced levy from RM10,000 to RM6,000 for the construction, manufacturing and service sector had been gazetted on April 30.
He said the gazette will also come in force for those in the plantation and agriculture sectors from RM3,500 to RM2,000. He said that this is because the reduced rates as announced by the Finance Minister could only come into effect after the due legal process. "Even after getting the Royal Assent, it has to be gazetted first. I only received the gazette last night ," he said.In the 2019 Budget announcement, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the government allowed employers to extend the services of their foreign workers, who have worked for more than 10 years, for another three years.
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