Unsurprisingly, there are employers who require maids urgently and willing to pay a premium price to have a maid within a week or less. Very often, these “instant maids” do not come from licensed or professional maid agencies. They also do not possess specific skills training and can be readily available due to:
- These so-called “maids” are on loan from someone to temporary appease the employer or to cut short the waiting time, which is ILLEGAL or
- These “maids” are already in Malaysia and came into the country via Social Visit Pass. They are termed as tourists, and are not permitted to work or
- Maids who have overstayed and are now trying to renew their visas, which may be rejected by Immigration Department or their country of origin’s embassies if they did not enter the country legally.