that's the best way i'd say. for my case, my current company willing to pay for my flight ticket for the interview (actually i insisted).  i guess i'm lucky. maybe you can try that also. good luck!

cool. damn lucky. Not many have such a good arrangement. I didn't even manage to go to Sg for the interview  , only the interviewer came to KL to conduct the interview for the few of us.

xray and bloodtest
it's standard procedure at all clinics that does the medical tests..

When you go interviews in KL, do you get a 100% success rate? No, right? Do you then say "I wasted that 30 minute drive to KL to attend that interview?"

Same thing mah. If you're not willing to "waste that trip" then don't bother coming lor.

u can always take a bus...much cheaper...firstcoach around RM115 round trip!!

is common, and vice versa
remember i need take a bus back to KL for interview, when i stay in SG that time
and the last round coming back to SG also took a bus,
but i arrange interview in afternoon so coming bus just reach on time and left in the evening by bus
but damn tired 

Depends on how many interviews you get, right?

If you only have one interview... doesn't matter if it's common or not. You have no choice unless you feel this job is not worth trying for.

If you have a few interviews, naturally you would tell them that you're an outstation applicant and try to group all the interviews together into a couple of days.

we dont always get what we want ..
hehehe ...

good luck in the interviews anwaysy.

Better salary, better career advancement. Singapore is one of the fastest growing country hence would like to be part of the growth. Security here is way better, you can see yourself raising a family here hahaha.

Be frank, everyone knows why you apply to Singapore. You can indicate your current salary +20% increment. But also depends on your experience, if you are confident just put a price and say negotiable. Just google for singapore salary wage.

Be frank, everyone knows why you apply to Singapore. You can indicate your current salary +20% increment. But also depends on your experience, if you are confident just put a price and say negotiable. Just google for singapore salary wage.

Do they shortlisted you ?

Thats what they told me too when I first came to SIngapore. As long as you mention that the salary is slightly negotiable it should okay. They will come back to you if they are serious. But once you past that one step, subsequent job interviews should be okay. You have to justify why 20% increment (after your first job in Singapore) is reasonable. For myself, I said that I am relatively comfortable with my current position and company and my application is to evaluate what's my market value and if the opportunity arises, I would take the plunge to do something different. Therefore 20% is what I am looking for to forgo the comfort and nice environment.

You can also justify using your current increment %, eg annual increment 10% + promotion increment (increase of job load) 10% = 20%.

Good luck

why would you wanna consider anything lesser just because you are Malaysian ? Unless that is what your market worth.

i asked for number to number without considering the exchange rate.

well...maybe it is a strategy by companies to try paying less...i had that also. 
or maybe u are just overpaid in m'sia and i am underpaid.   

Early on in your career, your bargaining power tends to be on the low side. The best way would be to find out what is the pay range for somebody in Singapore in your industry with your skills/experience, and use that as a guide.

because your peers willing to do it 20% cheaper
that why u become expensive 
maybe rite 

all is well and done when u pass your medical.
until then, all is not well yet.
a failed medical can cause a reversal in pass approval which can cause the offer letter to be invalid.
that is the worst case scenario..but nothing to worry about.   

based on the checkup letter provided by my company.

xray
hiv
urine test

i might have missed out 1 more thing ...but this is what i remember seeing.

my last checkup ...didnt require the HIV test.

Co-broke means, tenant hv to pay commission (half month) to agent (agent represent yourself astenant) and landlord will pay half to his. Note that in Sg, agent not suppose to act for both parties. They can only take commission from one party.
blood test (HIV test to be exact), & lungs.

they practically answered u
the chest xray is for lungs scanning for tb.