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    Too late for a helper?

    I am going back to work on January 2011, and was planning to have a helper to take care of my baby starting sometime on December this year (next month)... I know it is too late now, specially if I want to hire someone oversea.... Is there a way I could find a helper that could start working in December? If I find someone that has just finished her contract and is still in Hong Kong, could it be possible for her to start in 1 or 2 months?


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    Possible, if the helper has just finished a contract in Hong Kong and is already here (has a HKID), so that you simply have to do a transfer. Agencies will sometimes have a list of potential transferees, but bear in mind that some of them may have been terminated with cause. I prefer to get a referral and hire an agent to facilitate the paperwork. Good luck!


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    We hired one from 'the other site' and it took three weeks for the visa to come through using the agent from 'the other site'.

    “If you want to get to the castle, you’ve got to swim the moat.” Richard Jenkins in Eat Pray Love

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    Really? Just 3 weeks? I went to some agencies and they said that even when the helper is in HK, they will have to go back to their country to wait for the new visa.
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    i have interviewed a helper who was looking for a new employer in HK and both she and my agent (whom we later asked and confirmed) that she has to return back to her home country for 6-8 weeks for her new work visa. and it costs HKD$5k for the process. anyone else with the same info?


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    doesn't have to cost $5k.... we only paid about $3.2k...


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    If the helper has finished her contract she doesn't need to go home. You can delay her return home by a year. She can also do the paperwork on her own, and it will cost less than $300. If you use an agency, Cara is right it is around $3K


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    Be careful as the contracts and visa delivery might be delayed now because of the new insurance policies with Philippines (SCMP yesterday).


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