Funny you should mention this.Bonbon wrote: The reason I thougth about PR, is for job security reason, currently what I earned here is supporting my mortgage payment......(well kind of......so if i get kicked out from my job, then I only have one month to leave this country, AND it would be harder to find a job without a PR in a short time frame I think...Purely for security reason.
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Yahoo,yahoo wrote:CPF is a saving plan for the locals.. its kinda force saving... for expats hard cash is better. Do your own investment..
Bonbon,Bonbon wrote:SMS, I've already bought a property so CPF is well useless for me. The reason I thougth about PR, is for job security reason, currently what I earned here is supporting my mortgage payment......(well kind of......so if i get kicked out from my job, then I only have one month to leave this country, AND it would be harder to find a job without a PR in a short time frame I think...Purely for security reason.
CPF money currently when I said it's good, it's not, it's the cap amount...so if I get CPF, I think the CAP is $5,000??? monthly salary, so if you compare CAP CPF in cash, to CAP at $5k * what's the rate 5% or something, or 15%? I dont know, no difference, except I'm what is it $750 worse off in Cash...as CPF stays somewhere I can't see....
Sms,sundaymorningstaple wrote:As far as the ability to stay here longer without a job? I won't go into that as it's a sore point for me as I feel it's an abuse of the system and due to the fact there is an unwritten quota based on the racial makeup of the population, I feel it deprives someone who actually wants to make Singapore their home. (Not all have purchased properties here like yourself and myself as well - although I've been here for over 24 years now). I've been through 3 recessions now, guess you could say I'm not a quitter!
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Could it be your application was handled by a hardworking officer, whereas your friend was so unlucky to have a lazy one?jpatokal wrote:Nobody knows and the ICA ain't telling. But I'll give you an interesting personal data point: my friend and I applied for PR at the same time in November. We both had similar salaries, similar qualifications, similar jobs, similar industries, and race "Other". She comes from a country with many PR applications, I come from a country with very few. Mine took under a month to be approved; hers took over two months, and only came in Jan next year. So was there a quota being rolled over here? Your guess is as good as mine.
And damned happy that I was. Just like you. But that was Not the Primary reason that I took up PR.Grim Reaper wrote: Sms,
You were a PR when you lost your job and you needed quite a bit of time finding a new one?
Same for myself, I was happy I was a PR when having to find a new challenge...
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