Hiring in Pahang: the local picture
Pahang is the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia by area, reaching from the coast at Kuantan up to the Cameron and Genting highlands. The Department of Statistics (DOSM) records a population of about 1.7 million for Pahang.
Which process applies here
For Pahang: Peninsular Malaysia uses the federal route: the Immigration Department issues the permit and the Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM) licenses the agencies. The Employment Act 1955 applies here.
Pahang stretches all the way from coastal Kuantan up to the hill resorts at Cameron Highlands and Genting — if your household is in the highlands rather than Kuantan, confirm your agency actually covers your district before assuming coastal coverage reaches you too.
Costs and checks that apply here
In Pahang the statutory costs are the ones set nationally: the permit and visa fees — which Immigration's own guidance bundles with the annual foreign-worker levy at approval and at each PLKS extension — the FOMEMA medical and PERKESO cover. Use the first-year cost guide for the current figures rather than an agency estimate.
There is no official cap on the service fee an agency charges a household in Pahang, so compare written, itemised quotes and verify the licence on the JTKSM register before paying — a licence confirms legitimacy, not price.
What to do next
Write a short household brief for Pahang — who needs support, the main duties, timing and budget — then use it in every agency conversation.
Ask any agency serving Pahang for its legal name and licence number, and verify both before paying anything.