Eligibility for Hiring Foreign Domestic Helpers

• Have sufficient financial means to employ a domestic helper. Generally speaking, for each domestic helper employed, the employer’s household income must be at least $15,000 per month, or the employer must possess assets of a comparable value sufficient to cover the employment of that domestic helper for the entire duration of the contract;
• Both the employer and the employee must sign the "Standard Employment Contract (ID407)" provided by the Immigration Department;
• Domestic helpers may only perform the household duties specified in the standard employment contract;
• Domestic helpers are not permitted to engage in employment for others during their stay in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
• 僱主須承諾給予外傭的薪金不少於香港特區政府公布的規定最低工資HK$5,100。如不提供膳食予外傭, 經議訂的膳食津貼不得少於每月HK$1,236元;
• Domestic helpers must work and reside at the employer’s residence as specified in the standard employment contract;
• Employers must provide domestic helpers with suitable accommodation that offers reasonable privacy;
• There is no doubt as to the true purpose of the employment relationship between employers and domestic helpers;
• Neither the employer nor the domestic helper has a criminal record;
• 僱主須為居港之香港特區居民