If he gets this WHP then you don't need to worry about legality of his accommodation. If not, I think anything exceeding 3 month in one go will put yourself (if you are involved) in more risky position. On top of this, if he, while on SVP, is involved in any work, you may be in more serious trouble.chan909 wrote:Ahh alright, I see..
Well thank you for your help everyone, so from what I can gather...the visa status is pretty important, huh.
I mean, could put him up at my place or another friend's and he can just pay for some basic amenities as a friendly favour but it says in the link that the Work Holiday Visa can last him for up to 6 months.
He probably won't stay the 6 months but yeah..would even short-term rent count as "non-commercial"?
Or alternatively, could I, as a Singapore Citizen (I'm 20 this year) short-term rent a unit for him under my name or would that be illegal if I'm not found to be staying there? Because if so I can probably bunk there with him for the duration of the rent
Also, what if he wants to backpack through Asia and Singapore is just one of the stops along the way?
Does he still need a return ticket back to the U.S to apply for the Work Holiday Pass? Because in the link it says he'll need "proof of return in the form of air, rail, ferry or coach ticket"..but a return ticket would cost almost twice as much
Thanks!
Yes you are right. He must not have held a WHP 12 months prior to this application.chan909 wrote:And I'm also now vaguely concerned about something else..
It says on the site that there "can only be 2,000 applicants for any point in time" and a person "cannot hold a WHP within 12 months from the submission of an application."
Does this mean that the spots are very hard-fought and it's unlikely he'll get it? And does that mean that he must wait 12 months before initiating the collection of his WHP and coming down to Singapore?...
That last one is a real stupid question I know but I don't really get the English and I guess it's supposed to mean that he cannot
have held a WHP at any point 12 months prior to this particular application but I don't want to assume if that's not what it means
chan909 wrote:Oh, I see.. well alright it's good to know that at
least the backpack idea works out rather in his favour in this case :p
So I guess the bottom-line then would be that this Work Holiday Pass is
pretty much the best option he's gonna get, right?
Right.
I mean don't get me wrong it actually sounds perfect for the cause
seeing as how the WHP will allow him to live and work here in Singapore
legally for those 6 months
There's one part I didn't quite understand though.. what did you mean by
"buying a ticket that can later be rebooked"?
To have a return ticket or a ticket to the next destination is the
immigration requirement. Whether they check it or not is another story
but they may do it and if the requirement is not fulfilled they may
refuse the entry. Your friend is going to go back to the States sooner
or later, why then, not to buy the return ticket? You can buy one where
it will be possible to change the return date (if necessary) so some
flexibility will be provided.
And okay finally just to see if I've got this sequence down correctly..
First, he should download and submit the completed form provided by the
Ministry of Manpower via e-mail with all the relevant soft copy
documents and wait the approx. 21 days til he gets the In-Principle
Approval Letter which basically notifies him of the (successful) outcome
of his application.
From there, he has 3 months within which time he must make his way down to Singapore in-person with the physical documents to get his
fingerprinting registration done and get his pass issued to a local
address- in this case, me.
Do I have that right?
Yep, it looks that way
And I'm also now vaguely concerned about something else..
It says on the site that there "can only be 2,000 applicants for any
point in time" and a person "cannot hold a WHP within 12 months from the
submission of an application."
Does this mean that the spots are very hard-fought and it's unlikely
he'll get it? And does that mean that he must wait 12 months before
initiating the collection of his WHP and coming down to Singapore?...
This (whether hard or not) I don't know, but there seems to be a quota (max 2000 WHPs).
The 12 months => once he has WHP granted, he can not get another one within 12 months from expiration of the previous WHP.
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