got few questions to ask :

1. within 1 year of working in Sg , can i apply for PR ? Construction field, EP, electrical engineer.

2. if i want to let go of my PR in the future, while i'm stil working in Sg. izit possible ?

3. the employer normally prefer PR or without PR ? between paying for our CPF, or being limited to certain amount of foreigner ? construction field ...

anyone got any other advice?

hey , bros , dun nid to start a fight for the PR or not to be PR matters.

All i asking is about the employer preference with PR or non-PR . other than that i dun wanna knw or i've ald knw.


totally disagree with u. when the HR interview someone with SAME qualification , how they knw which one can finish the task and who cannot.

and from other point of view. PR applying for 3k salary will require company to pay another portion of money for their CPF, while non-PR applying for 3k dun have to.

if that amount of money is small difference, i think everyone in the working line now can simply start asking their boss for increment


CPF is capped at 900 ie. 20% of a max salary of 4500. Any salary above 4500 is not subject to CPF. Anyway, I don't see an issue with being forced to save 900 per month, if I get a return of 675 per month (employer portion) - which is like 75% interest per month!

If PRs are not safe, what makes you think work pass holders are safer?


different ppl got different view .

my fren studying actuarial science , the professor done calculation on the CPF compare to the MYR u bring home if u non-PR。that would tell another story.

a agent from insurance company selling u a saving plan will tell u another story.

a boss uses his money to start business will tell another story and earn million . another story.

even my colleague (singaporean) is 50 - 51- 55- 60 . maybe after 30 years later , we have to wait till 70 years old then we eligible to take out the money then we can use the $ to cure our sickness

oso like u said , u save such a big amount of money in a foreign country until u reach the age of 55+ (if u r lucky, the policy didnt change), whats make u think the money will be safer than u bring it home monthly

This post has been edited by kl87: Jan 18 2011, 08:09 PM

welcome to the club .... u been here how long ? really female mah ?

hahaha, sorry, everytime i heard of changi make me remind of the jokes between my colleague - changi village
chinese or malay？

chinese

changi village oso famous for another activity

mind to share ?

i do knw some company who hire a lot of foreigner , do have a system to cash back the cpf for employee.

??? i do remember if we work more than certain days in Sg, we will be taxed same rate as the citizen so no worry about the tax rate....

is ur company write that "cash back CPF " scheme system in the employee handbook ? coz mine dun have ....

maybe is different for different working field and company after all jealous ...

i have a friend and it did stated in the employee handbook (insurance line).

thats y i in dilemma , whether i should apply for PR or should ask my company about this pratice

for me PR is useless , but without the PR oso can get the CPF thats my dream come true

[quote=r1v3r,Jan 19 2011, 03:49 PM]
save the cash money from employer and self CPF contribution. save and wait for a good time (or bargain) to buy condo. You have less restriction to rent out condo than a HDB. IMO, the hot money is pushing up the price way over its true value. Time will come, you have to time your purchase but if you don't have enough cash in hand when the opportunity jump on you then you are not in the game. People paid a few 100k less from current market price for a condo during last economy downturn.

The price of a HDB is more than enough to buy you a SG car and a landed JB house with nice garden. If you or your family are ok to drive in SG daily for work/school, why pay more for maid, SG petrol and small HDB?

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Added on January 19, 2011, 3:56 pm


nice say , thats y if it is possible, i really dun want to apply PR and lock up my 20% cash

i dun plan to buy any properties in sg . i only interested in MY

frens n family ~

y should i nid to rent a room in Sg if i got my own properties, like in Johor ?

and i damn sure i can afford it in MY, not like a HDB in Sg, i dun even knw if i can OWN the house in my remaining life time not to mention how hard to buy a HDB in Sg, and not converting to currency , i dun think my salary would allow me to buy any properties in SG....

just went to the ktm station , all ticket coming to sg , from new year to 7th feb all finished -,-' 8th feb stil leave little ....

anyone wanna fetch me , i wanna come back on 7th feb nite, from KL cheras area ....

i remember saw someone talking about riding motor into Sg, our motor lesen in MY will only last us the 1st year , after that we will nid to apply the Sg motor lesen ? izit true ?

btw, anyone going back to Sg on 7th feb , from KL ? mind if i wanna carpool ?

i remember the tax is counted yearly -,-？

so from 1st jan 2011 to 31 March, i think is more than 60 but less than 180+ so sure kena tax , the highest rate possible, but if u find another job in the future , u can get back the money .

anyone to clarify ? i not very sure ~

something to share,

went to an interview 2 weeks ago, was ask if my degree recognized in "england" and worldwide ?

i said my degree is recognized by board of engineer malaysia and malaysia higher education.

then he keep pressing if my degree is some how related to england anot -,-' as his impression that england degree is the best and recognized worldwide. however, from my fren who is graduated from notthingham , his degree(3 years) is not recognized by engineer board, and he had to go for master , which is an extra 1 year. dun wanna piss him out, so didnt told him that....

ok, back to topic. then he ask me if i'm getting EP or S pass ? as EP will only issue to degree holder recognized by "singapore and worldwide" -,-' if the degree is not recognized, we can only get s pass even our salary is more than 2.5k~

dun knw is true or not , but just to share

a joke from one of my singapore fren :

anyone knw what DBS means ?

Nope

is : Dun Be Singaporean


DBS oso means something for those who wanna become Singaporean ~ keep guessing ~

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Added on February 9, 2011, 12:04 ami dun knw but he keep pressing about my degree recognized by england or not -,-'

really dun knw what to answer him

may i ask , how to knw if my degree is internationally recognised professional qualification ????

This post has been edited by kl87: Feb 9 2011, 12:04 AM

Didnt read wat i write I did mentioned my degree is recognized by board of engineer malaysia to the interviewer, but some how he keep pressing whether my course is some how related to a england degree anot he let me feel like being recognized by BEM is useless ~

however, thats not the main point , coz finally he ask me whether i holding EP or S pass, EP will only issue to people with recognized degree not sure is true anot ~

yup , i did mentioned about washington accord too ~

u can see what reply by others at the below now i oso confuse ....

i'm an EP passing through the normal gate everytime