THIS IS AN AWESOME THREAD! I was just wondering, how much does my employer have to pay for my pass if I am employed? I tried to look for the info but couldn't get the answer. Do i need to take the fees that my employer needs to incur into consideration when we negotiate salary?

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I can say you don't really have to worry about this. If you are called for an interview etc, that means they have already considered this fact. One thing you might wanna pay attention to is that this levy is suppose to be borne by the company and not you. Some stuffs that I heard from friends of friends: When they offer you SGD2k, in actual fact its only SGD1400, while SGD600 is for the levy. Or upfront they will tell you that you will bear the levy by half/full etc. So far when I went to interview, one company did that in a subtle way, but the rest are still good. Regardless the case, just read the and initial each page before signing.

If i am not mistaken, EP's dont have the kind of levy that WP and S Pass have due to the sg gomen discouraging firms from hiring ppl with those backgrounds.

If your paid the minimum of 3.5K on an EP, there are some people i know on S Pass who easily make more than that. Mainly engineering background as supervisors.

Uhm, don't know why are you so paranoid. People have been answering, employers need not pay levy for EP holders. If the "extra burden" that you are referring to is the levy, then yes, you are right.

That is for the company to worry about and not you. In addition to your salary, a company needs to pay for real estate i.e. office rental, provide you with a computer, desk space, chair, medical plan, etc etc, do you need to worry about all these costs as well? No, right? Quota, levies, etc all also let the company worry about it not you.

it means for every past 90 days, you are only allowed to be in sg for 60 days
if say u enter on 1/1 and left on 7/1 then came back on 7/2 and stayed until 31/3
when april comes, you can only stay for 1 week
PS: this is just a rough estimation..for more accurate calculation...use the calendar or see what the immigration officer tells u when u "re-enter"

They don't have a cut-off date for these kind of things.

eg:
Entered 3/1, exit 21/1 (19 days)
Entered 1/2, exit 25/2 (25 days) = 44 days total
Entered 1/3, MUST exit 16/3 (16 days) = total 60 days

Your next re-entry will be on 3/4 because 3/1 - 3/4 is 90 days (assuming Feb has 28 days)

Assuming you didn't re-enter on 3/4, but re-enter on 10/4 instead, you must exit by 28/4 as you've used up 60 days.
Counting the re-entry date on 1/2, you have cumulated yet another 60 out of 90 days stay.

If you literally want a fresh 60 days, ensure you did not enter SG for 90 continuous days.

This is sort of like compounding days, some guys from Agencies who liaise with MOM taught me this calculation. Similar to the demerit points on Malaysian Driver's License.

Its easier to explain this by simply drawing a  few lines then using words. Hope you get the picture.

p/s: This is not info from Custom or anything, just some people who liaise with MOM, even they might be wrong or info has been updated etc.
But easiest and surest way of em all, ask the officer who is stamping for you, if you are shy, go find does who are on guard/patrol duty, ask politely and most people will be more then happy to help.

Around SGD14K. I don't want change in Malaysia as the gap is quite big. Also, withdraw in Malaysia for my SG bank account, the rate even worst.

You can do it with a NFC phone with Ez-Link App. Free for Mastercard for now.