Xpats Gateway: Expatriate work permit application shortened from 80 to 5 days - Rafizi
BERNAMA
May 31, 2023
Xpats Gateway: Expatriate work permit application shortened from 80 to 5 days - Rafizi
Rafizi said phase one involves the development of the Xpats Gateway System by TalentCorp and for agencies that are ready to use the system, will start implementing it on June 15. - Picture/ Shahir Omar/ Astro AWANI
PUTRAJAYA: The new system for the expatriate employment pass process, Xpats Gateway, will shorten the work permit application process from more than 80 days to just five working days, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.
In a press conference after the Platform Meeting of the Special Task Force on Business Facilitation (Pemudah) Number 3/2023 here today, he said the system in question using a single window approach will start to be implemented in phases from 15 June.
"This integrated system concept is part of the government's efforts to reform the government system, so that it is more user-friendly and saves processing time in government affairs," he said.
Rafizi said phase one involves the development of the Xpats Gateway System by TalentCorp and for agencies that are ready to use the system, will start implementing it on June 15.
The second phase involves agencies such as the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), which already have existing systems and only need integration to enable it to be implemented by August 15 next.
Meanwhile, Rafizi said the Pemudah meeting today agreed that the country's cleaning and washing industry should be given a new lease of life through contract restructuring involving changing the contract method from one based on the number of employees to one based on performance.
"With performance-based contract implementation, contractors must comply with certain criteria including productivity improvement plans, innovation, and technology, in addition to other criteria and contractors will be evaluated according to monthly scores and will be paid according to the performance achieved," he said.
He said the government will start a pilot project of the new method, within the next two months in places with a big impact before implementing it nationwide.
"The restructuring of this contract method, is able to transform the industry into a highly skilled and technology-based industry, and attract the interest of local workers to be involved in the industry," he said.
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