Most if not all my Malaysian couples, either husband/wife will convert to SG citizen and the other remain as Malaysian.
You get subsidized education/childcare yet you get to retire in Malaysia and grow old together.

Made appt to submit doc

Some converrted singaporean told me , convert to singaporean is actually easier than apply for PR, especially for malaysian

Dunk knw how true

Provided only your children is willing to be Singaporean when born.

Queue from 3am just now to 8am and its not open today! Furious! So inefficient gahmen services should work 24/7 for the citizen leh. Seeing this maybe hold back my plan to apply now.

Both the couple have to change now, SG gahmen also clever, see people doing this they coming out new things to counter the rip off. Malaysia have rules stopping foreigners to own properties and land or not?

Because what your unborn children is "willing" to do really matters?

'Chemical engineering job' is a bloody vague term actually. If you go on job site and search for it, chances are you are looking at jobs that would also qualify Mech and Electrical engg grad. For those O&G and pharma companies, its impossible to get in unless you are a top student from a top uni. There are close to thousand of chem engg student graduating from NUS and NTU every year and even some of them have difficulties finding relevant jobs and you probably know how high these 2 uni rank in the chem engg league table. Basically Imo chemical engineering is too much of a niche in the job market. You would probably find a lot of sales engineer position but then I heard you need a SG driving licence/PR to stand a better chance.

Try send out 50 resume from now and test the water. Don't take anybody's word for it. But by this time, most of the graduate position are mostly filled. Anyway, good luck.

lolololol.

not really, but i guess got a minimum property value?
aiya, 4gt ad your holding property sure much higher than the minimum value.so this rules won't apply to you

My wife (then fiancee) applied together 3 years ago. Mine took 2+ months to approve, hers took 9+.

This post has been edited by deodorant: Oct 19 2015, 09:08 AM

9 months is awfully long/wrong in SG standard. Maybe they are waiting to kick some existing PR REP out then approve the new one.

I got mine approved recently..Applied end of Jan 2015, noticed the approval via ienquiry mid Aug. Received letter early Sep. There sure took their own sweet time to send the letter. They only sent out after I have sent an email to ask.
The timeframe for approval varies from case to case. Another colleague of mine who applied slightly earlier than me took 7 months to receive the letter.

This post has been edited by highwind85: Oct 19 2015, 10:39 AM

Parents decide what's best for the kid ler

Why they need so long to process the application? I got mine in 2 months, submit application form until I get my IC. Planning to apply for dependent PR this December for my wife, what are their criteria now? Income? Housing? Babies?

What made you draw above suggestion ?

one doesn't have to. Let the kid(s) decide when they turn 18.

ABSD is one. Gahmen always take the higher rate of joint purchase say for example SC & PR, ABSD will follow the PR rate.

*shrugs* and the colleague who took 7 months till approval is a very qualified candidate..NTU Bachelor till PhD, Asean Scholarship holder, and we both work in the area where the emphasis is now (knowledge based industry)...Still took so long..

Hi Guys,

I applied for a position at a bank in Singapore (IT related). I received 2 phone interviews, no face to face interview. Oddly, I got the job and confirmed it via e-mail. Is this common for job applicants in SG?

The HR said that they need to do background screening and EP application concurrently, and by the way, they are using a third party firm called First Advantage to conduct investigation. It was briefed to me that after I pass the screening process and EP application, I will then be given the offer letter.

I signed the consent form without asking much. Do you guys happen to have any idea what does First Advantage checks for, especially for job applicants in the banking sector?

The work place will be in Changi Business park, getting a room to rent in Tampines would be a good idea, you reckon?

This post has been edited by simonhtz: Oct 21 2015, 04:45 PM

Tampines looks quite near, sounds like a good plan
Btw did you get a sales related job?

Thanks. It's IT.

simonhtz standard checks lo. Whether you got any criminal record or not. Whether your CV got bullshit any of the education or work experience. Whether your uni degree is southern pacific uni or not.