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UPDATE: The company decided not to hire me as they did not want to go thru the trouble of appealing.

Guess I'll have to apply elsewhere. Huhu

First, congrats .. I think there is a standard letter in ica website .. I will PM you the link later. Thank you, I appreciate it. I called ICA call center and I was told that the hiring company should write the appeal letter on my behalf, requesting to allow entry for employment purposes and that t...

UPDATE: Spass approved!! For the employer ? You can say due to misunderstanding on return ticket, refused entry (I hope that is good) Thank you so much!! This is what I indicated when I declared "YES" to being prohibited in SG. Sent the application form back to HR and they didn't ask me any questio...

Yes I read the post and thank you. ☺ What I was wondering about was the format for the actual letter itself. But no worries, I will draft something. Hmmm back to my other question, should SC/PR write on my behalf? Or do I write the letter as myself and just indicate that I have a local sponsor and w...

Since you can't remember if it was a ticket or an itinerary, I seriously suspect it was just an itinerary, which is used to fool the ICA officers quite often, and even some went the whole 9 yards getting dummy tickets, which, while ICA has no prerogative to verify with the airline, for them, if it ...

Hi all, thank you so much for taking the time to reply and answer my queries. Appreciate it very much. :) @ecureilx: Im not sure if my sister can sponsor as she only holds an spass. I have a previous colleague/friend, a citizen, whom I can ask. ----- Now that you've mentioned it, I cant quite rememb...

Hi, I am female, from the Philippines. It was my second time going out of Singapore when this happened. Now I understand I have to submit an appeal and pray. 1. How long does it take and with a local sponsor, is it done by post? Or the sponsor must go to ICA bldg? 2. Again, would it help if I attach...

Background Story: My SVP was about to expire so I went out of Singapore (Malaysia for 6days) and came back. Upon entry to SG around 8am , I was held up at the immigration so I assumed they will not give me a 30day SVP and instead will let me follow the date of my return ticket to my country and sta...