I'm not sure to be Frank, maybe u can give it a try? But my suggestion is to be patient ba ..

Even marrying a Singaporean does not guarantee you a PR. They may consider it as a marriage of convenience. Unless the SO is someone highly qualified (e.g., doctor/lawyer?)

Alternatively, why not get married in Malaysia instead? Marrying in SG does not add extra benefit in anyway.

This post has been edited by malz89: Feb 22 2024, 08:30 AM

Can consider changing your career.. haha

I would say most, in the early days, would consider going back to Malaysia. In fact, I was one of them too .. haha. Singapore is a great place to stay, if you're priority is career, not a great place if you're more laid back. Everything is so efficient, in malaysia it could take me months to get my thing done, whilst in Singapore maybe less than a week. Best of all, things are merit based. You perform, you move up. At the same time, it is very tiring too.

Yeah, likewise, it is a double-edged sword.

Not the best place for retirement, but a great place to learn.

I was never a fan of coming over to singapore during my early days, the reason I came over was because of my wife, else I would live a laid back life in Malaysia .. haha. But, I guess it was a great decision to come over. I have learned more than I did in Malaysia. And, definitely a great place to build up my network. I felt it was rather restricted in Malaysia, where opportunities were limited.

Academia/research

This post has been edited by malz89: Feb 29 2024, 05:58 PM

Yes .. life of a kuli .. that's what u have to experience in your early days. Things will get better.

For me, I have flexible working hours. I go to work after the rush hours, and return before the rush hours. In return I work on weekends. I don't do bare minimum but rather doing my best with freedom given by my boss.

You don't have to stay in hdb, can get yourself car, don't have to go to malls go to a club instead, can go for atas food. Things will be different in the future. Unfortunately, I'm just a kuli too but at least I feel contented .. haha .. I grew up from a poor family, so I had to work for what everything I have today.

Difference in perspective I guess? Haha .. but things can get stressful too at times.

Haha .. I wish .. free lunch is good

Troll? They don't process that fast .. unless u donated a lot of money ..

Fastest I heard was 4 months .. but that's for kids tagging to parents

Ya .. dam sour on this .. we peasant have to wait anxiously here .. but mind sharing how did u manage to get that fast?

But that's basically no processing time. They usually have to go through a thorough check like background, etc. Unless your parents are citizens or PR

Ah cool .. curious what's ur talent? Mind sharing? What's the niche field?

Mind telling us your field? To roughly gauge how long it would take us ..

I just realised that i have only officially worked for 6 months .. I am afraid that they only started processing now .. haha .. applied in Nov

Nope I only submitted 2 months lol

Ah OK ..

They haven't requested anything so far .. so I have no idea .. haha .. applied under my wife coz I wanted to speed up ..

I hope to be approved ASAP .. applied under my wife .. need to get a hdb .. renting is killing me now ..

She's a citizen .. so no buffer for us .. initially I wanted to go for sbf, which was supposed to be biyearly, hence the decision to tag to my wife .. but they have changed it to once a year, so it doesn't make a difference now.

I think quite a number of us are on EP here lol .. Still waiting .. likely gonna stretch to a year then .. from what we r seeing so far ..