For the benefit of indo maid employer, here list down on what it takes to renew indonesia maid passport at their embassy for future reference.
To get to the embassy, here the location at Jalan Tun Razak:
http://www.kbrikl.org.my/main_chancery.html
operating hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm, friday 9-12:30pm and 2:30pm-5pm. Closed on public holidays.
The only parking place nearby is the India restaurant next door, space is limited and parking fee is RM5.
One of the requirement is that maid and employer must go, however since agent can renew on behalf so I guess there must be loophole or leeway to this rule right? Bring your IC because employer will be checked at guardhouse, but bear in mind that wearing shorts will not be allowed to enter the embassy, but all is not lost yet because maid can still enter on their own to fill up the form and go to processing area. But you have to loitering outside the premise for the whole duration then. Hints: shopping time.
what you need to get ready with?
i)3 passport size photos with red background (can take inside embassy or at the car park at Rm15)
ii)photocopy of employer IC and maid old passport(can be done at car park at rm0.50 per copy or inside embassy)
iii)passport renewal fee is rm22 for 3 years.
Once everything verified by security guard, your maid will be send into processing and you can only roam the Embassy ground. Bring along reading material definitely make you feel like not wasting your life away, because the waiting period can be up to 4 hours(improve from what used to be 3 weeks to now within a day). Since there will be a lot of ppl, it's advisable to provide your maid with handphone so you don't need to turn part time security guard checking on everyone coming out.
In summary the overall cost barring inflation is about = RM22(renewal fee) + RM5(parking) + RM17(photocopy and photo). Hope this info can help you calculate your opportunity cost hence make a better judgement on what you are charged.
Come to think of it, actually if the mood is right, this author don't mind to be your part-time maid permit or passport renewal agent, with 50% discount of what your maid agent charging you :)
30 June 2010
Fast forward two years later ... I found the process already changed quite a bit.
What's new?
1) You don't need to take photos from outside anymore, because both photo shooting and photocopy are provided free in the embassy. Good move, get rid of those irritating service providers.
Detail of what to bring can be found here:
http://www.kbrikualalumpur.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=57
Note that their website address also change to a new one, at time of writing I can only browsed using IE, crashed on Mozilla Firefox.
2) Now they make you sign an employment contract with maid (3 copies) which stated minimum salary is RM600.
3) Passport renewal fee for 3 years reduce to RM18 (when will this ever happen to Malaysia passport?).
4) Next door parking charges now RM4 for first hour and subsequent hour at RM2, maximum per day is RM10.
procedures:
i)collect form
ii)get queue number, then only fill up all the forms and get your document photocopied while waiting
iii)after all documents are ready, go to take photo directly
iv)wait for your queue number to be called, expect 3 calls in total
v)first call mainly to verify the contract, and check on minimum RM600 monthly salary requirement fulfilled
vi)second call is to make payment and verify passport and picture
vii)third call is to collect the new passport, passport 3 years validity start from renewal date and not from old passport expiration date.
Prepare to spend an average 4 hours to get the job done, so bring along some good reading materials to feel less stupid.