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No guts, no glory.

There is ALWAYS, a chance of success, like the lottery and like the casino.

“You will miss 100% of the shots you never take”

Even if you fail, there are no serious repercussions (I.e. deportation)



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Found out my Sister in law used one of these companies to apply for PR. She works for an extremely famous tech company.

As to the outcome, it has been over 12 months, she doesn’t talk about it....


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Chances are probably as good or better than winning the lottery.


I was rejected 6 years ago, then gotten approval. So things may have changed now, but may also change in the future.


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Is the food and beverage free?

The Swiss club pricing was basically, Swiss pricing...


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Take the PR application fee and bet it all on either black or red at either of the casinos. Those chances of success are significantly better than PR.

Amirite? Amirite?



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Quite a few Ob/Gyn in private Hospitals will offer them.

Walk into any in Gleneagles or Mount E ( My Wife went to one in ME Novena), should be easy to get.


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Assuming you are looking for insurance against birth complications, From what I recall, most insurance companies will only consider insurance if taken out before conception. Even then, there may be a comprehensive evaluation of the couple to determine any risk of abnormality. If you want to buy insu...

My Wife came to Singapore 1 year after I did. She quit her well paid career job in an MNC Pharma company because she couldn’t get an internal transfer to Singapore. Within a week of arrival, the Singapore Pharma affiliate opened up the desired role, and she applied and waltzed right in. This was nea...

Become as rich as Mark Zuckerberg, then buy your PR through investor channel.


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Not likely possible to live by on visa runs. You know, when I was at Johns Hopkins, they did the same to postdocs. No family visa support until publication. Of course, this policy was dictated by PI rather than institution. But now you know how the other shoe fits. Best negotiate for a big salary in...

SMS,

Cool! I lived in MD/Baltimore for 4 years, loved it there...I’ll watch The Wire when I feel like I miss it too much


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One tricky aspect of such questions - is there an actionable threshold?

As a mathematician, would you respond differently to 10, 30 or 60% chance of success?



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Can also outsource to consultant, that will save you a lot of time...if they accept you.


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Hi there, I understand some Thai Hospitals are also very popular destinations for Japanese to deliver - Bumrungrad for example. It would be far cheaper to give birth in Thailand, plus I am sure she would appreciate the care being rendered in her native language. In Singapore, most Hospitals expect t...

But it is good to set a benchmark profile for all others aspiring PR to strive towards...


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