Singapore income tax structure is "if your annual income exceed $20k, then the tax will kick in." since for the 1st year if ur pay is below $20k, then there is no tax for you.
Unless your pay exceed $20k then you need to declare and pay tax. sorry for looking down on your pay. i forgotten that LYN got a lot of powerful ppl earning more than $10k per month.

applying for which pass is not your choice, its your employer that is choosing for you. i manage to get an EP even my pay doesn't hit the required ceiling.
leave it to your employer to decide what pass they are going to apply for you.

living in JB is just like living in any part of Malaysia. You get the Malaysian feel when u were there like (mamak stall, shopping centre like Tesco, Jusco, cinema that has all the new movies)
traveling is not really that bad. if u can ride a bike, then just ride a bike in. it takes around 20-30mins to queue at the immigration, other than that its normal travel. so u just need to spend 30 mins extra per trip to enjoy the benefits of spending RM and earning SGD and also super cheap rental compare to SG.

i am jobless at the moment. Will start job hunting now.. Any call centre or help desk job recommend? 3-4 years experience.

Just went to a recruiter for interview today, that c*bet say my pay so high already, hard to find another job, this la that la, i got no qualification la. arghh..
really feeling like giving her a slap in the face, she say even diploma holder gets around $1.6-$1.8k only.

anyway, to those that will be going for interview, stay firm on what u are asking for. there is always people that will think u are worth that much.

seriously, i see no point doing so. recruiters are trying very hard to get candidates to work for their client. they are more desperate than you do.
because they earn commision base on the pay u get from your future employer. in fact, my recruiter actually scare that i would not take up the job offer and ask me to promise her that i will take up the job when she can fight for X amount of salary for me (which is the highest her client can offer).


congrats

seriously, i have gone through that before this. i even wanted to accept a $1.5k job when i am desperately looking for jobs in Singapore.
too bad that company still doesn't want to hire me. then i just continue my normal life in KL until 1 day someone called me form a recruitment firm.
they say they have a $2k++ job in hand and ask me to try it. i completed the 1st interview and when they ask me for a 2nd interview in Singapore, i rejected them.
i told them its hard to get bus/ air ticket because its festive season. so in the end they do the 2nd interview on the phone and hired me.

what i am trying to say is when the time comes, people will definitely see you. if that thing is not yours, no matter how hard u try, u won't get it.
don't push urself too hard. as long as you desire to work in Singapore, just apply it in jobstreet, jobsdb or monster, people will come to you.
don't waste your time doing something that might not be beneficial at all such as coming over without a job or interview.

In fact, economy is actually good this year. I believed that sg newspaper just show that there is 54000 jobs available in the market now. So if you say economy is not good this year, it's not accurate. In fact I am also jobless and I get my new job in less than 2 weeks time.

thanks for asking.. got my new job edi.. will start work soon

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Added on February 2, 2012, 10:25 pmif that is the case, he might as well just take a lower paid job and set his foot in SG 1st. then start looking for other company to jump ship.
some company will not hire ppl that were still in msia because they scare that the candidate will not live comfortably in Singapore and cabut after 1 month.

This post has been edited by Lester1987: Feb 2 2012, 10:25 PM