Have questions about the levy concession for migrant domestic workers? Learn how you can lower the cost of care for your loved one.
If you hire a migrant domestic worker (MDW) to care for yourself or loved ones, you may want to find out about the Migrant Domestic Worker Levy Concession for Persons with Disabilities. It lets families pay a monthly foreign domestic worker levy of just $60, instead of $300.
Each household can get concessions for up to two foreign domestic workers, caring for two loved ones, at any one time.
Related: Home Caregiving Grant (HCG)
Who Can Apply
MDW employers caring for Persons with Disabilities can apply.
Same address: If you are hiring the migrant domestic worker, you must be the care recipient, or related to the care recipient and living at the same address.
Activities of Daily Living (ADL): The care recipient needs to be assessed by a qualified assessor to be permanently unable to perform at least one of the ADLs, as indicated below.
- Eating
- Dressing
- Bathing
- Toileting
- Walking or moving around
- Transferring from bed to chair and vice versa
Singapore Citizen: The care recipient must be a Singapore citizen or Permanent Resident and has a Singapore Citizen Immediate Family Member (IFM)*
* IFM refers to Parent, Spouse and Child
Age: There is no age restriction for the MDW Levy Concession for Persons with Disabilities.
For greater convenience, Singapore Citizen care recipients below 16 years old or 67 years old and above who meet the age, citizenship and residential address eligibility criteria, need not apply for MDW levy concession (PWD) as they would be eligible for the Young Child scheme or Aged person scheme administered by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) respectively.
Related: Nursing Homes
How to Apply
For more information on this scheme and its application, visit the AIC Website.
If you need more assistance, please do not hesitate to contact AIC. You can also talk to the customer care officers at 1800 650 6060 for more information or visit the AICare Link branch nearest to you.
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