Gov’t to Suspend Employers if They Fail to Provide Foreign Employees Biometric Data

Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology to suspend local business owners if they fail to comply with the ministry’s efforts to update immigrant worker information.

In a notice on X, the ministry informed all employers to provide the biometric information of their foreign employees in the Greater Male’ area by March 15 to the ministry’s Foreign Labour Department. If employers fail to update this information by then, they will be suspended through the expat system, the notice said. 

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Employers with foreign employees stationed in Gulhifalhu and Thilafushi, as well as those in Male, Vilimale, and Hulhumale Phase 1 and Phase 2, must provide photographs and fingerprints of their foreign employees. 

ގްރޭޓަރ މާލެ ސަރަހައްދުގައި މަސައްކަތްކުރާ ބިދޭސީންގެ ބަޔޯމެޓްރިކްސް އަޕްޑޭޓްކުރުމާ ގުޅޭ pic.twitter.com/46TBKSPIgY— Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology, MV (@HomeMinistrymv) February 2, 2025

The government launched Operation Kurangi last May to address and regulate the country’s undocumented immigrant population. The biometric data of migrant employees is updated at the joint offices of the National Centre for Information Technology (NCIT), which is open from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday through Thursday. 

The ministry requested employers to contact them via 7690228 or operation.kurangi@mohst.gov.mv for more information.