Medical check-up if it's required by Ministry of Manpower don't think it's negotiable. If it's company requirements perhaps can still compromise. Just follow the instruction, if not it'll leave bad record. Last time my company uses AIA panel of clinics - they even have clinic coverage in JB. Many clinics in JB provide health screening for SG job applicants, very common

During COVID lockdown, hotel occupancy is so low - I ever rented hotel room in Orchard for SGD50 nett per day. Dirt cheap

Hi, can i know how long it take from application of EP to EP approved?

A tip I have, if you are looking to get a sim card on the first day you reach Singapore - you can actually get it at M1. Just need IPA letter and Passport. Process took maybe 15 - 20 mins? Got SIM card straightaway, no need pay anything until next bill and activated within an hour. Don't need proof of adddress, they used my employer's office.

The current deal is quite worth it imo, at $20 for 100gb lifetime.

Did mine at M1 Bugis Junction.

M1 have probably the worst coverage area.

This post has been edited by Mackiddo: Nov 1 2022, 09:30 PM

Hi, thanks for your quick reply. Too bad my company panel clinic is Acumed SG, so need to do medical checkup in SG. I asked HR and she allowed me to go for medical checkup on the 1st of reporting work. So, I will go to clinic on 14/11 afternoon, after collecting necessary stuffs

HR told me it takes 3-5 days for report to be released. I talked to HR and they allowed me to go for medicla checkup on 1st day of reporting to work which can save the hassle.

I talked to them and they are ok with my arrangement. At least save much of my hassle.

I just changed to Circles which is sub from M1. Bloody regret.

Is it? Well, it's okay - there's no cancellation fee, and i can cancel anytime. I'll just cancel after I get all my stuff settled.

All the sim only plans are the same bro.
singtel /GOMO has the best coverage but pricing is not so good.
no cancelation fee, but if u cancel halfway through the month, u still have to pay for the whole month.

It is. After my last StarHub contract ended I moved to Singtel/gomo and then M1 a month later and M1 is noticeably the worst among all three telcos, but objectively speaking 'worst' doesn't mean 'bad.' The price is cheap enough that I'm still using it a few months later and haven't bothered changing back.

Just a note about telco MNP rules:
1. You can MNP from telco A postpaid to telco B postpaid
2. You can MNP from telco A prepaid to telco B prepaid
3. You cannot MNP from telco A prepaid to telco B postpaid
4. You can only convert from telco A prepaid to telco A postpaid

If you started out with a prepaid sim (i.e. Singtel HiCard), the normal route is to convert it to postpaid within the same telco (i.e. to some Singtel postpaid plan). This can be expensive (some telco charge for prepaid->postpaid conversion, on top of the normal postpaid plan charge).

There is a potentially cheaper alternative - convert from telco A prepaid to Simba "50GB sim only". What Simba does is they convert your current prepaid (from another telco) to Simba 'prepaid', and then immediately convert to Simba Postpaid. This works because of rule #2. Seems like Simba is the only telco that has this kind of offer. It's potentially cheaper because conversion to this Simba postpaid plan is only S$10 (free conversion and S$10 is for the postpaid plan itself). There is a penalty of S$30 if you MNP out in less than 30 days on the 50GB sim only plan.

To cut the story short, try to get a postpaid plan at the get go to have less headache when you want to MNP. My journey was Singtel HiCard->Simba->redOne. Wasted quite a bit of money because missed the window a few times (to port out, your account must have some money left, takes a few days to port out, etc etc). Simba free 1GB roaming in Malaysia rides on Celcom, but somehow the network is pretty bad. If used within Sg, Simba is alright (ranks worst coverage among telcos, but still alright I think).

anyone knows roughly how long is PR application processing time nowadays?

Depends on your profile.

Whats your profession
Whats your qualification
How much you earn
How much tax you paid
How long you have work in SG

And the most important, what is your ethnicity

As for me, it tooks 14 Months.

Hi everyone, May I check with you which is your favourite/recommended bus to take from sg-kl? Thank you in advance 🙏

The best bus from SG-KL:
1. Aeroline (Pick up at Harbourfront)
2. Transtar (Pick up at Golden Mile)
3. Grassland (Pick up at Golden Mile)

Thank you so much 🙏✨

Gotten my ticket with Transtar - Aeroline is all sold out, same goes for CNY one hahaha must be really good

FirstCoach. One Utama - Novena.

VERY limited seats. Clean, high quality, and i remember always got 2 drivers.

Seat booking opens one month in advance, always sold out on weekends trips. Better book right when they open

hi i just got an interview offer from singapore... but when he press me for an expected salary i am unable to give him right away.

may i know how much is the median salary of a software engineer with 5 year experience ?

Hi guys, may i know if we are not allowed to sign the tenancy agreement (whole unit) and stay in HDB flat until when the physical EP card is issued? I’m asking this because the agent in SG insisted that this is the rule set by HDB