Guys, i had been in Singapore for 2 months (include extension) undergoing job hunt and hopefully can get a job within 2 months but i was unlucky, till now i still haven got a job yet and my visitor pass expired on 15th November. I had extend my visitor pass already and i can't extend anymore. Also, recently, there are few agents calling me and they had help me to submit my resume, one of the agents kinda in hurry of hiring 2 chemical engineers and somehow, i had confident that i gonna get shortlisted and maybe got tat job. But now the problem is that my visitor pass end on 15th, what if i am short listed and that time my visitor pass ended and i am back in Malaysia, can i come over Singapore right away or i have to stay in Malaysia for few days or week or month to reset my visitor pass?

I really don't know. Perhaps you can ask the agent. They might know.

If not, call up the Singapore immigration department and ask.

In any case, you don't have much of a choice. You need to get out by 15th, right?

yup, so hard for an engineer to get a job in Singapore these days as Singapore try to fill all the job with PR or Singaporean first before hiring Malaysian

Yeah, times are tough. How old are you? What are your qualifications? Where did you graduate from?

Just curios.

Ex-Singapore PR.

I am 25, fresh grad Chemical Engineer, graduate from curtin university of technology malaysia. Try so hard to get a job, even team up with agents. Worst is tat i apply for those low requirement job that the next day agent called up saying i over qualify. Oh my. I hope by next week can get a job asap as i told the agent already and she said she will try to arrange with the company to hav an interview asap. I am not giving up so fast yet and i gonna try till day 15th D:

I see. Errr.......Singapore only now recovering a bit. And you are right about those positions going to Singaporeans and PRs.

All the best.

yeah, thanx bro. btw, why u dun wanna continue work in singapore? salary quite nice le.

aiyor, Singapore in bad recession ma
y u still want to go there? Better work few years in Malaysia first to gain experience then only jump to Singapore for better salary, after their economy recovers

my RM0.02!

i ever think of working in malaysia, the worst part is that, Malaysia exp is totally insufficient, is like erm, totally not to the singapore's exp. Singapore company all running on ISO and Malaysia company le? only a few. They hav those weird weird tool tat Singapore company use for chemical engineer, but in malaysia, u know la, basically u gain nth in malaysia unless those big company like shell or petronas.

Money isn't everything.

Errr...it isn't that bad here. Go for those MNCs lor.

I am from Kuching le, i really would prefer to go in oil and gas company, but those job require at least 3 years of exp. I am trying to apply for training for shell in singapore here, hopefully can get accepted and train for 6 months + then will let them determine whether i can work in shell or not. Sigh, not sure wanna give up job hunting in Singapore or not.

Those management trainee jobs in those big companies are not easy to get. Big companies will still hire, but they are selective though.

I got Chem Eng friends who started in electronics industries, medical, other chemicals before they moved on to oil and gas.

yeah, and Kuching dun hav much industry also. Hmm, can try bintulu or miri but i dun like there. Worst place ever. Anyway, i decide to continue fight in Singapore till 15th. Have more faith and pray more.

Yes, not much industries over there. Try Peninsula Malaysia. Penang, Shah Alam, etc.

my experience, once visitor pass expire, i had to cross to johor for about 3 hours, lepak, then re-enter singapore. this was 6 years ago tho, so maybe youd like to check before attempting