Foreign Workers Insurance Guarantee
Foreign Workers Insurance Guarantee
Foreign Workers Insurance Guarantee
A Insurance Guarantee required by the Immigration Department
Overview

This is an Insurance Guarantee required by the Immigration Department from the Employer as a security deposit for the employment of foreign workers under Regulation 21 of the Immigration Regulations.

Coverage

This is a form of security deposit that pays the Immigration Department of Malaysia up to an aggregate sum of guarantee value, in the event that any of the foreign workers to be repatriated in their course of stay in Malaysia. Repatriation may arise due to the below circumstances:-

  • Breach of sections of the Immigration Act of Malaysia
  • Worker is caught involving illegal activities
  • The employer / company faces insolvency and unable to pay / provide travel expense for the worker.

The benefit(s) payable under eligible product is protected by PIDM up to limits. Please refer to PIDM’s TIPS Brochure or contact Berjaya Sompo Insurance Berhad or PIDM (visit www.pidm.gov.my)

Eligibility

Eligible persons for insurance under this policy are those present and future full-time foreign worker employees of policyholder, between the ages of eighteen (18) to sixty (60), and possessed a valid working permit issued by the Labor Department.