[2] On 15 April 2008, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah gave his permission to provide Brunei's high commissioner to Canada, her letters of credential,[3] in which would officially be handed over to Michaëlle Jean on 18 June 2008.

[4] From August 2012 to October 2013, Rakiah was appointed as the secretary to the ASEAN Summit 2013 Logistics Committee.

[5][6] While based in Germany, she has been appointed as the non-resident ambassador to Switzerland in November, Poland in December 2015, and Austria in February 2016.

She was given letters attesting to her appointment as Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Brunei Darussalam to the UNESCO.

[9] As the new ambassador of Brunei to Monaco on 6 November, she presented her letters of credential to Prince Albert II.