yup, you are right, if u are holding work permit, then its very very troublesome, like applying phone line and iPhone 4, u need to pay a lot of $$ for the deposit just because of the pass you are holding.

Permit and work pass, your employer will do it for you if they hire you. Malaysian doesn't need any Visa to enter Singapore. an international passport will do. If you wanna travel back and forth daily, are you taking a bus? then prepare to spend 2 hours for a 1 way trip daily. for example, if u start work at 8am. u need to leave home at 5:30am (this is what my friend do and he stay in Taman Sentosa). Very torturing unless you are planning to get in by bike. then its still acceptable.

i got my current job through phone interview. the 1st time i meet the employer (HR) is the day i come down to collect the medical chit to do the medical report. the 1st time i meet my hiring manager is the day i report to work

nola, i am those people that don't study 1...... so i only take S pass....

no matter how high u earn, without a recognize degree, its extremely hard to get an EP. If u have a degree but earning less than $2.5k, i heard that if ur degree is from a reputable uni, they will still give u EP.

stay in JB and travel in Daily... rental less than $150 frankly speaking, if u stay in SG, you can survive with a mere $1k per month la. no prob at all.

i normally sleep at 12am, wake up at 7am. leave my house at 730am, reach office around 845am. if u really wanna travel to work and go home straight, ca reach home around 715pm la. not that bad actually. because i sometimes will go to company gym for 1 1.2 hours, so reach home around 9pm after dinner. but u need to have a bike la. if u wanna travel by bus. then i would say forget about it. my friend stay near to JB kastam, he start work at 8am and he need to leave his house at 5:30am. crazy. if i stay at his place. i can leave my house at 8am to reach my office at 9am by bike.

u wanna stay in JB ar?? very very troublesome 1.... my friend stay in Sentosa and work in NUS, he start work 8am, he need to leave home at 5:30am. you need to take 170 to Kranji, then from Kranji take MRT to Clementi, from Clementi, there is a shuttle bus to NUS (according to him, i never tried). if u stay in JB, i suggest that u buy a motorbike and ride a bike better, save a lot of time.

PS : JB bus service sux... they like to wait for passengers at the bus stop... i tried once, the stupid driver waited for 30 mins at the bus stop before he jalan.

kalau tak da license, kita ambik license ... really cannot drive in SG la. unless you wanna get a Singapore registered car (even worst, you need to take SG license, get a guarantor if u wanna buy car). if u are driving a MY registered car in, you need to pay $20 VEP (weekdays if u enter or leave Singapore from 2am-5pm) and i assume that u taking woodlands, still need to pay $1.20 toll + RM2.90. if u take bike, only pay $4 VEP, that's it. no nid to take Singapore license, buy bike can get loan without guarantor. and it is common that a lot of Malaysian taking bike to work daily from JB (i am 1 of them). I got a car in JB as well. u will get 10 VEP free days every year. so use it wisely. the main reason for me to stay in JB is to enjoy a luxury life (so call luxury according to my Singaporean colleagues) because with my $2k salary, i can own a car, stay in a 3 rooms flat alone, got a bike, can go out makan makan... go back KL once in a while... but with $2k, if u wanna stay in SG, u will only stay in a room, take MRT, cannot go lepak etc etc.. Oh ya, if u are going from Woodlands to NUS, you need to cross 1 ERP at BKE. so u still need to add the BKE ERP fees (not sure how much).

i purchase it previously before i start work in SG. but i purchase a bike with my Singapore income document taking Malaysia loan. just need to give 3 months pay slip, your work pass, company name, company number,a nd they will call ur HR to confirm if u are working there, my HR refuse to do it. then they ask for a letter from the company that says i am working there. my manager prepared for me and the loan got approve. they say it will be better if u have the income tax form. it will help a lot. and of course, you need to give them a JB house address. then no problem at all since a lot of people that stay in JB work in Singapore.

such as? i already have a car loan, 3 credit cards with good payment records... so no issue with applying loan when they see that i am a good payee base on my CC records.

legally no, because your work pass stated clearly that u are permitted to work for the specific company that is stated on the EP/SP. but you can do some part time distributing flyers at MRT station (illegally)... anyway... "you are not guilty until you were caught". its just whether you wanna risk it or not.

This post has been edited by Lester1987: Mar 7 2011, 04:06 PM

i am getting about RM3k in Malaysia, when i move to Singapore. my pay got downgrade to 2.2k SGD. but i am in IT field.. not sure about finance...

Aeroline... comfortable and safe but a bit pricey

1 word says it all, "people mountain people sea(人山人海)" i went for the Sitex once in EXPO and another 1 in Suntec, all dam freaking crowded. and the worst part is, they got no leng lui model to cuci mata, not like KL, even got a lot people, we still think its worth it co can cuci mata, here so dam crowded and no model... sad case... haha

ya, because the job is simple and don't have to work shift. no stress and no nothing... so now i am quite satisfied with my job and life la. even pay is not very high, but because i am using it in JB. so i would say that it is very sufficient for me.

working in AMK, near yio chu kang MRT, from causeway to my office, can reach in 10 mins

IT support, i work as a helpdesk la. (call center type)

see so many forumers got their EP/SP/WP rejected recently makes me worry that my SP will get reject when i wanna renew it later on

answer is good, yes and yes.

if EP got rejected, then mayb u can try appeal, if appeal also fail, then u can pack ur bags and go back MY already. even the company willing to hire you, if SG gov doesn't welcome you, you can't work here at all.