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11. The various employment passes to be issued to expatriates will be in a digital form
and transmitted online. The renewal, extension and repatriation processes of the employment
passes will also be undertaken online.

12. The online expatriate module will have the capability to issue a standard digitalized
ID card specific for expatriates, including virtual Smart online IDs sourced from biometric
information and the unique ID number for each expatriate stored in the online database. All
enforcement officers must give recognition to this expatriate Smart ID cards. Enforcement
authorities must no longer demand sight of hardcopy IDs like passports whose absence
currently constitute an offense.

V. The Foreign Domestic Worker System

13. MOHR and other stakeholders, through a subcommittee governance structure, are to
develop a module for the Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) process to be integrated into the
online application and approval system and database.

14. All the FDW processes should be undertaken on line, to reduce and even eliminate the
need for the services of employment agencies in the source country and in Malaysia.

15. The online FDW module must have similar capability (like for other PLKS workers)
to issue standard digitalized ID cards specific to FDWs, including virtual Smart online IDs
sourced from the biometric information and the unique ID number for each FDWs stored in
the online database. All enforcement officers must give recognition to this FDW Smart ID
card. Enforcement authorities must no longer demand sight of hardcopy IDs like passports
whose absence currently constitutes an offense.

VI. The Refugees System

16. MOHR working in coordination with JIM, UNHCR and other concerned stakeholders
in refugees matter, through a subcommittee governance structure, are to develop a module for
incorporating the right to work process of identified refugees into the online application and
approval system and database.

17. The online refugee module will have links to UNHCR and must have the capability to
issue standard digitalized ID cards specific to registered refugees, including virtual Smart
online IDs sourced from biometric information and the UNHCR registered refugee unique ID
number stored in the online database. All enforcement officers must give recognition to this
refugee Smart ID cards. Enforcement authorities must no longer demand sight of hardcopy
IDs like passports whose absence currently constitutes an offense.

18. Employers must accept the refugee Smart ID card, following verification, as
equivalent to a foreign worker employment pass to allow the refugee to be formally
employed. Refugees in possession of this Smart ID card may work in any occupation and
sector for which they are qualified or may be offered a job position, in accordance with the
Malaysian employment and other applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and good practices.

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