MVR 182 million received in 3 weeks in expatriate fee recovery

Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology has revealed that within three weeks of publicly disclosing names of companies that have failed to pay work permit fees, quota fees, and subsequent fines, MVR 182 million in overdue fees has been recovered by the State.

For the first time ever, on July 24, the government announced the names of companies who had been fined due to repeated failure to pay due fees. The list included names of 1026 companies, including major businesses, and cited an amount of MVR 636 million as overdue.