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Just received my 3rd time rejection :( Caucasian from Scandinavia with wife and 2 kids going to pre-school and primary here. Masters in Engineering Yearly basic income 130k without bonus Employed 12 years by local company on local contract. Spend 5 years overseas in between on an assignment but las...

Wd40 wrote:The title is very misleading. I got a completely different picture

D'oh! Well spotted, the lack of a comma does kind of change the meaning there

I am on an EP and have been for many years. I currently employ a Domestic Help on my EP. Later this year I will be leaving my job (my decision) and will be moving to a dependant pass, attached to my wife's EP. Can I keep employing the DH, or do we have to transfer her to my wife? Thanks in advance! ...

Interesting thead, We applied in early November with my wife and son (almost 5 month), and we are in Pending status. The officer told us that a reply should come between 4 to 6 month. It seems to be a various rule apparently :) Could you guys give an advice on our application based on the latest po...

Well a lot of that is true and thanks for the kind words, but its not the total story. There are certain benefits PR does have over EP for us - the ability to start our own company being one. Can't do that on an EP. Also if one of us loses our job for whatever reason, I'd rather the whole family wer...

The rejection letter has arrived. Its the worst rejection - no invitation to re-apply, just "you are free to remain on your existing passes". I am totally at a loss for words. I fail to see what else I could do to get PR and then we get totally rejected. I guess I can try to appeal, because I really...

enslaved wrote:From looking at the amount of time ICA had taken, they might have carried out a tedious back-ground check in England and Philippines.

And if they did, they would have found out our lives were just as boring as we had claimed

Well, my wife works in finance, but she has worked for the company for about 7 years, 5 of them in Singapore where she was transferred in to open the then new department. I work for the government, but not financial and have worked in the same job since I arrived in SG, 5+ years ago. I'm not sure ho...

Maybe the Gahmen have a particular problem with you, I know a chap who worked on a particular IT contract that he said he thought it unlikely that he would ever get a PR if he continued on there as they had a terrible relationship with the customer. That would be amusing if true, as I work for the ...

We applied for PR in 2012, approaching 12 months ago now. I am European, educated in Europe to Masters level, work for the government. My wife, Filipino, educated to Degree level, works for a major MNC here in Singapore at a VP level. Married for nearly 8 years, we have been in Singapore over 5 yea...

We applied for PR in 2012, approaching 12 months ago now. I am European, educated in Europe to Masters level, work for the government. My wife, Filipino, educated to Degree level, works for a major MNC here in Singapore at a VP level. Married for nearly 8 years, we have been in Singapore over 5 yea...

My PR application has been pending for 7 months About me Race : North Indian Profession: IT Sales in one of top American MNC P1 EP have been staying in Singapore for close to 6+ years, (earlier 4 years on P2) Education : Masters for one of reputed Indian Colleges + many professional certifications....

I personally thinking "PR Pending" is really becoming a secondary form of PR - sort of waiting room. I wouldn't worry about it - it's a lot better than 'denied' and the winds of change are coming (i.e. they want to bump the population up). Well yes, its better than being denied. But there are still...

Remember India, China and the Phillipines have highest population in the world and only 1% of them migrate to any country will already cause a massive social effect. When supply is over demand, the price will be higher, be it in US, Australia, Canada or Singapore. Err what? India and China yes, but...

Westfield, If you already are working for the gahment here, then you already should have been fully indoctrinated into the racism cunningly cloaked in meritocracy via the very obvious, if not publicized, quota system here. This ain't the USofA and ain't ever gonna be. We just have to learn to live ...