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Did op ever apply for PR? Twice I think. Both times turned down. Not sure if it was my age (was nearer 50 than 40), no kids to do NS or their thought of lack of integration. You'd think having run a business here for probably 11-12 years on the 2nd attempt that it showed commitment plus the 10 loca...

Did op ever apply for PR? Twice I think. Both times turned down. Not sure if it was my age (was nearer 50 than 40), no kids to do NS or their thought of lack of integration. You'd think having run a business here for probably 11-12 years on the 2nd attempt that it showed commitment plus the 10 loca...

There’s a term they use, NIMBY - not in my backyard which exemplifies this perfectly for their attitude.

Even local companies have had the same issues - the carbon consulting firm I work at plans not to bring any of their EP holders back (which is a loss of tax revenue) but continue to WFH. The treatment of them rankled the management terribly. There's a bit of PRC mentality in the G (just look at Sha...

Wow! You probably remember me as Strong Eagle when I was active as a mod on the board, and I remember you as the individual who jumped through the many hoops put in place for an Entrepass. You led the way in showing how it could be done. I would be most interested in hearing about your experiences,...

It wasn’t the locals actually and in most cases they were as shocked as I was in how the G men handled foreigners. For a bit more detail I was personally disgusted in what happened with the dormitory workers. How can you forget, what is it, 500,000 people? Seriously disgusting. Then when it came to ...

As the title suggests it's bye bye from me. After nearly 15 years my journey has come to an end. Thanks to all the mods who initially helped me out all those years ago and whilst I haven't really been active these last few years on here, I did pop on occasionally to see what was going on. Sadly watc...

No problem with the ‘old’ bit. I know I’m on the cusp here. Wife is Fil Chi and is now 40. She earns in the 70k range and is working. I’ve still got at least another 10 years of working and probably more like 15 before I decide to settle down and retire. I’m gonna throw my hat in the pool and see wh...

Been a while since I posted on here but just wondered what your thoughts are on applying for PR again. My wife and I applied several years ago but got the usual thanks but no thanks letter but thinking of giving it another whirl. Reasons being, COVID19. Some backstory. I own a business here and empl...

Still here, just in the background. Don't get as much free time as I used to so don't get a chance to get on here that often.

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OP, I know how you feel. I've been here nearly 10 years, run my own business, employ a total of 9 staff of which 7 are locals, 1 foreigner and 1 on DP and yet I just got rejected on my 2nd attempt. Also a Brit, male and mid 40's. My business is now Private Limited with one of my long term employees ...

it'll help but like everything here there's no guarantee. As the application is looked at by Spring and not MoM they also look at your business viability, it's profit and loss and so on so as long as the company looks like and is able to cover your salary comfortably without it looking like you're b...

I'll reiterate my comment about being a sole prop or having a pte ltd. You never answered that so before we can really help we need to know what you're running as MoM makes a clear distinction and that'll affect you'll renewal. You'll also, more than likely, be on the new system which has very speci...

Depends if you're running a Pte Ltd or a sole prop. If a sole prop it makes no difference whatsoever as they consider all the net profit as income. If a pte ltd then only if the accounts stack up. They can ask for the accounts or if not they certainly will check against what you provided in the prev...