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Hi, Blaze. Yeah, definitely I'll let you know when I get an approval! BTW, you mentioned that I should fulfill the LPR requirements. What are they? I think the following are the only requirements? 1) hold tertiary qualifications or have other outstanding merits AND 2) are not more than 50 years of ...

Good luck to you. Let me emphasise the need for you to fulfill the requirements of LPR, which I believe you do, failing which, you wouldn't be pursuing this course. Beyond that, pay attention to the details. Include all the documents required and explanations for that you do not have. Do post when y...

It is the carrier/airline that will check (at the time of check-in) to see if you are allowed to travel to Canada. You will produce your Canadian Passport for this purpose. This is the first step. Next, you will go through immigration with your Chinese passport. If the official does ask for any othe...

Hi there, When you turn in all the required documents for changing from LPR to PR, the official time they quote is 8 weeks. In reality, it could be faster: In my case, I applied for the conversion on Dec 15, 2005 or so and got the official notice on Jan 8 2006. That's about 3 weeks. There are 2 ways...

tobeexpat, HSBC will definitely work as a local bank. Your problem probably will be that your banker issuing the draf will not undertand the 'drawn in a Sg local bank' part. I did not undersand it and neither did my banker in the US. What seems to be critical is that you get the payee name exactly r...

You only need the rental contract for that particular proof. You will, ofcourse, need other documents depending on whether you are relocating with family or getting employment in SG.

Blaze

Hi tobexpat, I did it by myself through the only consulting company (SMC) authorized by ICA. The standard fee is S$1500, which is all I had to pay.(A student applying within a year of graduation can get a discount.) The agency charging you S$4500 will have to forward your application to SMC. So, the...

Hi Blaze, Thanks - I really meant SHIFT, of course. By the way, is this "foreign talent" status you'll get automatically when finding a job or is it something you'll apply for? :wink: Thanks again. I do not know how they reconcile the term "foreign talent". In my case, I showed the employment lette...

In your original post item #2, you mentioned SWIFT. I assumed it was a typo and thought you were referring to SHIFT which is a housing scheme for foreign talents. It is run by JTC and their website with apt listing is this:

http://www.jtc.gov.sg/Housing/apartment ... r+rent.asp

Good luck.

I took advantage of the SHiFT thingie or whatever it is they call it, for foriegn talents. Quite straightforward if you have all the paperwork listed on their website. They do hold 3 months rent as deposit. So, you have to pay 1st month rent + 3 times rent ( = 4 x rent) when you sign up. If you are ...

Would age be a big issue in getting LPR ?? According to one requirement is that those 50 & below would be acceptable but heard news that age could be a big issue in Spore but would ICA think otherwise. Any truth in this?? Thanks in advance. Liberto, I wouldn't know the answer to your question. You ...

Personel effects are exempt from tax as long as you have owned them for >3 months in your home country. I am told that they tend to open and look at boxes if they contain cds/dvds. So make sure you don't have any unauthorised copies. In my case, they did not open my boxes even though I mentioned tha...

If you are humor impaired, skip this post. I think showing the middle finger is a universally well understood gesture.

It will not be possible to get done in 1 week. You need a 1 year (minimum) rental contract, proof of utility connection (electricity + water) and proof of telephone connection to prove relocation. Remember that all these require extra deposits since you are not a PR yet. Alternatively, if you have a...

S$1500