COMPANY representatives are required to wait for the arrival of their new migrant workers at KL International Airport (KLIA) to ensure that the workers have legitimate employment, Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said.

According to Khairul, the employers are responsible for managing the documentation of the workers and verification.

He said the Immigration Department’s regulations give employers a period of six hours to receive their workers at KLIA but, in certain circumstances, that period will be extended.

“The workers in question will not be released until the employer stated in the application arrives at KLIA to receive them. This regulation aims to ensure that all workers have legitimate employment.

“Employers’ failure to comply will result in the workers being given a ‘not to land’ notice and will be sent home on the next flight,” he said in a statement today.

He was responding to a post on Facebook about sending back foreign workers who were not picked up after six hours of arriving at KLIA, and alleging that the Immigration Department did not want to take responsibility in the event of a delay.

According to Khairul, since the reopening of the national borders on April 1, the Immigration Department has managed the entry of more than 98,000 new migrant workers. – Bernama, September 28, 2022.