Returning maids from some countries can serve stay-home notice at employer's residence: ICA

SINGAPORE: Returning maids getting into Singapore from some countries after 11.59pm on Tuesday (Oct 26) shall be allowed to serve their stay-home notice at their employer's residence, in line with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). 

According to ICA's web site, returning maids from Category II countries shall be allowed to serve their seven-day stay-home notice at their employer's home. Those returning from Category III countries can even be allowed to do the identical for his or her 10-day keep residence notice. 

This association is barely for maids who have been already working for his or her employers earlier than they left Singapore, in line with ICA. 

Maids returning from countries below Category II and III are additionally required to take a polymerase chain response (PCR) take a look at on the final day of their stay-home notice. 

Category II countries embody Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. Countries below Category III embody Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates. 

Confinement nannies aren't allowed to serve their stay-home notices at their employer's residence, in line with ICA. 

Maids serving their stay-home notice at their employer's residence are "strongly encouraged" to isolate themselves in a separate room if the family has unvaccinated weak people, in addition to minimise contact with these weak family members.