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I got my rejection in Feb 2015 and when I tried to apply again, the system automatically allocated a date in October 2015. I can't edit it to an earlier date though slots are available ( I checked with a friend's IC). So, may be they don't include apply after XX months, but directly allocate it to t...

Hi Smashing, My stupid ex-landlord did the same thing. Some crappy trend, I suppose. Made me sign a simple document on handover and later sent a bill claiming over 2.5 times my deposit withheld. In my case - the actual $$ was shared by 3 of us. We were friends renting out together. So, we held the l...

Hiya, I have two doubts about the effect of service obligation scheme. 1) What will happen if the person whom I had stood as guarantor for the SO scheme leaves SG permanently without paying the fine? Will I be prosecuted and blacklisted by the credit authorities in such a situation? 2) What happens...

I went to visit a friend of mine, and was surprised that there was a curtain in the living room, and there was a bed there. Turns out this fellow rented a 3 bedroom unit from JTC (Before JTC stopped rental) and rental all 3 bedrooms, and he himself was occupying the living room - living rent free ....

Well, we share rent. So if she leaves, we need to find someone else as a replacement or pay up more ( and not just me, there are 2 others - so we don't want to pay more) That apart, we just moved in to this place. So, she doesn't really want to move. (nice ppl, close to work etc) Of course, if she d...

Because moving out is not a solution. If she does move out, she won't be able to stay legally in any other hDB apartment. Her future landlords will have the same issue. Also, this issue is clearly due to the lapse of duty from one of her previous landlords. One of them ( the third one, we called and...

I don't know if and how the police will help too! She has lived three places so far. This is the status. Place 1 - Never got her IC. They were tenants themselves, good friends. So lived like a family member for 6 months. She didn't know it was illegal then. Place 2 - Never been registered, but gave ...

HDB is not revealing the details. She has already reached to the owners and they claim to have deleted her name off. I don't see the point here at all - She holds a valid EP. They can confirm with her employer in case. The contract is not in her name. So, why all this hassle? Today, she is going to ...

I don't know as well. We were informed by our agent on this. There is no question of overcrowding. It is a 3 bedroom apartment with 4 occupants only.

What happens when a owner doesn't remove the tenant's name from the HDB website as a occupant? There is a cap in the number of places a person can be registered in - only two places. A friend/housemate has just moved in to our place and our owner is unable to register her on HDB website. On visiting...

I got my first ( and current) job in SG via Linkedin too. I work with a Big4 firm. I had just graduated from a local university in a specialist management domain and was clueless how to get jobs in that area. Previously, I had some 3+ years experience with a market leading research firm in India. I ...

Nah, I am not. It was my second visit there and I was just passing by when I saw a good offer, so walked in. Anyway, all the indian parlours here are crappy. So, not worth patronizing at all. I agree. Let me see if I can go again and talk to those girls outside of work. Thanks!

This is just sad. The parlour is owned by a SC ( indian origin). I was pleaded not to voice this to her boss or to MOM as she may lose her job if they close down. This is what is sad. People who find out about the ruse that is going on and don't do anything about it. Okay, so you feel sorry for her...

I agree. Don't be the nice person to them. I think you must stop trying to sort this out and certainly not pay up.

There's no way you can be stopped in immigration for this.

Good luck.

Yes, I understood that. It's just sad. I don't know if anything can be done about it. MOM needs to look into several such issues. This is not the only one I have heard of in the Little India area.