Employment Permits Act 2024
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Chapter 7 Renewal of employment permit | ||
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Renewal of employment permit | ||
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36. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 72 , the Minister may from time to time, on application to him or her under this section, renew an employment permit in accordance with this section. | ||
(2) The following employment permits shall not be renewable: | ||
(a) an intra-company transfer employment permit granted in respect of an employment referred to in section 9 (2)(d)(ii); | ||
(b) an internship employment permit. | ||
(3) An application for the renewal of an employment permit shall be made either— | ||
(a) within such period before the expiry of the period for which it has been granted (or for which it has last been renewed under this section) as may be prescribed, or | ||
(b) within such period after the expiry of that period as may be prescribed. | ||
(4) Subject to section 31 , an application for the renewal of an employment permit— | ||
(a) may be made by the holder of the employment permit concerned or the employer, or | ||
(b) where the application is— | ||
(i) for the renewal of a contract for service employment permit, shall be made by the contractor or subcontractor concerned, | ||
(ii) for the renewal of an intra-company transfer employment permit in respect of an employment referred to in section 9 (2)(d)(i), shall be made by the connected person concerned, | ||
(iii) for the renewal of an employment permit in respect of a foreign national referred to in section 12 (2)(c), shall be made by the person referred to in section 12 (2)(c), or | ||
(iv) for the renewal of a seasonal employment permit, shall be made by the employer concerned who is, at the time of the making of the application, an approved seasonal employer. | ||
(5) The person making the application for the renewal of an employment permit shall— | ||
(a) provide, with the application for renewal, such information, documents and evidence as may be specified in regulations under section 50 in respect of the renewal of an employment permit, and | ||
(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), in the case of an application for the renewal of an employment permit referred to in section 37 (2) or (3), as the case may be, provide, with the application for renewal, such information, documents and evidence as may be specified in regulations under section 50 , in respect of the payment of the additional payment referred to in section 24 (2) or (3) or, as the case may be, section 25 (2) or (3), during the period for which the employment permit, that is the subject of the application for renewal, has been granted. | ||
(6) The applicant for a renewal of an employment permit shall furnish to the Minister— | ||
(a) such information (being information of a similar nature to that referred to in section 13 ) as the Minister specifies in a direction in writing given by him or her for the purposes of this subsection, and | ||
(b) if the Minister so requests, such statement or evidence, in such form as the Minister requests, confirming that the applicant has complied with the terms of the employment permit and the provisions of this Act during the period ending on the making of the application for renewal. | ||
(7) The Minister shall publish, in such manner as he or she considers appropriate, any direction given under subsection (6)(a). | ||
(8) An application for a renewal of an employment permit shall be in writing and, subject to subsection (9), be accompanied by such fee (if any) as may be prescribed. | ||
(9) (a) The fee referred to in subsection (8) shall not be payable where the application is made in respect of a class of foreign national, employer or employment permit specified in regulations made under paragraph (b). | ||
(b) The Minister may make regulations specifying the class or classes of foreign national, employer or employment permit in respect of which the prescribed fee for an application under this section shall not be payable. |