Saturday 7 November 2015

Working Overseas

Working overseas is an expectation of many people in our country, Indonesia. There are many people who work in various countries build upon to get better life, feasible and well established, even it’s an achievement and admiration of their selves. Currently there are many opportunities for working in aboard, some countries have opened foreign trade agreement which allow skilled workers to work in their country. You will be able to find some job opportunities in some countries as like USA, Japan, Middle East, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore and some countries in europe.

You can find the biggest job opportunities in education and Construction in Brunei, Singapore has Opened many job opportunities in hospitality & Technical and USA has opened many job opportunities in medical. But sometimes the biggest job opportunities in the countries always change to adjust their domestic market, you can find some information as follow :

Labor Department
Each Labor Department of big city in Indonesia usually advertise for job opportunities in some countries, well you can know the information for qualified there.

Authorized Labor Agency
You can search some authorized labor agency and give information from them, some companies have cooperated with labor agency for worker supplying. usually, if one company get new project and have new additional quota permits, they give to their agency labor partner to find and supply some workers appropriate the qualification.

But please carefully, there are many some fraud cases of labor agency, you must recheck to labor department near from your city.

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Easier and chipper you can search some website of job opportunities information as follow http://www.jobsdb.com/, http://www.jobstreet.com and other website you know. As in jobsdb, you can register and find what your qualification and country where you want to work. So every information for it will be sent by jobsdb to your email address for following to apply. Not only search here but also you can advertise your self.

International Company
If you have trouble to get work for foreign company, maybe you can try like me as the first step to work for International company which is established in Indonesia. If you have good capability and look qualified so you will be able to get opportunity to move in another overseas branch office.


Networking
This is one of the best way from get job in aboard, if you have friend who works in aboard you can get information from him and you have to do intensive communication. Company usually prioritizes to recruit worker from familiar recommendations who works as staff in their companies.

Before applying your application, you must prepare your self in other that you can pass technical and interview test well. The first you have to know scope of your work, whether in accordance with your skill capacity and whether you work for International Company, cooperated company or local company of those country. The second you prepare your skill not only technical skill but also language and basic knowledge about cultural, legal, social, behavior and national language. Third you prepare and understand formal legitimation for working in those countries as follow :

Passport
Passport is legal document which is issued by authorized officer / immigration officer in a country as identity for interstate traveling. For getting passport, you can come to immigration office in your city and the following steps for issuing passport :

Collect form in the counter and fill the form according to the instructions

Submit form to another counter and pay administrative costs, generally Rp.250.000 – 300.000,- make sure you get receipt of payment, than you will get schedule for taking picture and interviewing generally 3 – 7 days after submission.

According to the schedule, you come back to immigration office, giving confirmation to counter and please queue, your name will be on in time

After your name is called, go into picture room and ready for taking picture

After taking picture you go to another room for getting interview, immigration officer usually ask about what country you’re going and for what you go there.

After finishing all the processing as mentioned above, you’re getting your passport on 1 – 2 days.

Working Visa
Working visa is working permit in a country for foreign worker which is issued by government / commissioner of labour. Generally validity of working visa is 2 years and the following steps for issuing working visa :

Make sure you have Passed your passport, 4 pieces 3x4 size photo and Certificate of graduated to your company where you’re working.

The company will write request letter for working permit to commissioner of labour and they will get calling visa

After issuing the working permit from commissioner of labour, it will pass through to their embassy in Indonesia.

After accepting calling visa from your company, you can go to medical / hospital in Indonesia appropriate reference from government of those countries to get pass medical check up recommendation.

After getting result of medical check up recommendation, generally one day after getting test, you come to their embassy as like Brunei embassy or Australian embassy in Jl. Teungku umar, Menteng jakarta.

Make sure you come there with your passport, calling visa, photo according to embassy reference and medical check up recommendation.

Collecting registration form of specified counter and fill the form reference to instructions

Submit all requirements as mentioned above and pay administrative costs generally Rp.120.000–Rp.200.000,-

After 3 days you can collect your passport from that embassy and you will find new stamp with 3 months validity

Going to abroad where you’re working

After coming in your destination country and meet your boss of your company, they are helping you to next processing as follow :
  • X-ray
  • Medical test 
  • Working visa 
  • Identity card 
Multiple entry, if you get an agreement for multiple apply it lets you to travel another country but if just get single entry so you cannot go to another country for 2 years or during working visa validity period

Employments contracts
You have to understand your contract and know what your rights and obligations as follow :
  • How long the period of employment contract 
  • Your position and scope of works 
  • Salary and time / date the salary will be paid 
  • Food and Quarters 
  • Cost of return passage to your country 
  • Tax income in those countries.
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