Hire an Indonesian helper in Singapore

By APEX Maids Agency Pte. Ltd. · MOM EA Licence 25C3180 · UEN 202547196H. Based in Jurong West and serving households across Singapore. Our website is apexmaids.sg and our phone is 8405 6661.

Find an Indonesian helper for your Singapore household

Browse Apex’s Indonesian helper biodata on SearchMaid (opens in a new tab). A published profile is a starting point: ask Apex to confirm the candidate’s current availability and hiring route before making plans.

Ask for an Indonesian helper shortlist

Include your main duties, the language used at home and preferred start date. Apex normally provides video interviews, and the biodata records previous work experience. Use both to discuss the role before choosing.

Finding a domestic helper from Indonesia

If you are looking for an Indonesian maid or a helper from Indonesia, start with Apex’s linked Indonesian biodata or ask for a shortlist for your Singapore household. Include the care, cooking and housework involved, the language used at home and your preferred start date. Confirm each candidate’s experience and availability before deciding.

Match the shortlist to the work at home

• Baby or child care: specify the child’s age, daytime routine and who else provides care. Compare documented duties using the infant and child-care guide.
• Elderly care: explain daily assistance, mobility and communication needs. Use the elderly-care guide to discuss the actual role.
• Cooking and housework: describe regular meals, home size and other duties. See the cooking and housekeeping guides.
• Transfer or previous Singapore experience: ask where the candidate is now and what work she has done here. Compare transfer and ex-Singapore hiring.

For an Indonesian helper, compare her previous household duties with yours and use the interview to check the language your family actually uses. Ask which dishes she has cooked regularly rather than assuming a cuisine from nationality. The helper interview checklist gives practical questions to use during the conversation.

What Apex Maids can help you find

We place Indonesian helpers for households across Singapore, not only families near our Jurong West base. Depending on the current pool, the shortlist may include a first-time helper, an ex-Singapore helper with previous local employment, or a transfer helper who is already in Singapore. Those labels affect the evidence available and the likely timeline. They do not tell you whether the person fits your family.

Current availability changes as candidates accept roles or complete documents. That is why we confirm availability before sending a profile. You can also check Apex Maids and its currently listed biodatas on SearchMaid. A listing is useful for discovery, but the current shortlist and interview remain the source of truth.

Start with the work your household actually needs

An Indonesian helper may be considered for housekeeping, cooking, child care, elderly care or a combination of duties. The right shortlist starts with your household, not a nationality label. Tell us:

• Who lives at home. Include children's ages, an elderly person's mobility or care needs, and whether anyone is home during the day.
• The two duties that matter most. A newborn routine, dementia care and daily family cooking require different experience.
• The languages used every day. Ask each candidate questions in the language she will actually use with your family.
• The food your household eats. Ask what she has cooked regularly instead of assuming that nationality proves cuisine skills.
• Your preferred start date. A transfer, ex-Singapore and overseas candidate can have different processing timelines.

What to verify in the interview

Use examples, not yes-or-no questions. If child care matters, ask the ages she cared for, what she did from morning to bedtime and how she handled illness. For elderly care, ask about mobility assistance, medication routines, personal care and night duty. For cooking, name several meals your family eats and ask which she can prepare without guidance.

For a transfer or ex-Singapore candidate, read the unedited MOM employment history and ask about each placement. Length of service, actual duties and why a placement ended are more useful than a generic description such as experienced or hardworking.

MOM eligibility and the hiring process

Indonesia is one of the approved source countries for migrant domestic workers under the Ministry of Manpower's current eligibility rules. The individual candidate must also meet MOM's age, education and other Work Permit requirements. Check the current rules on the MOM eligibility page.

After you choose a candidate, we handle the Work Permit application and guide you through the insurance, security bond, medical, arrival and onboarding requirements that apply to her hiring route. Read the full step-by-step hiring process.

Costs and timing depend on the actual candidate

There is no responsible single price or timeline for every Indonesian helper. Agency fees, salary expectations, airfare, source-country processing and whether she is already in Singapore can change the total. We provide an itemised quotation for the actual candidate and route before you commit. Our helper cost guide separates government-set costs from the amounts that vary.