Hi all,
After doing extensive reading on this forum and around the internet I thought it’d be best to present my exact situation in order to get some advice prior to heading to Singapore regarding the amount of days I might get upon entry.
I’m a UK citizen, who’s partner is moving to Singapore for the next 6 months for an internship, on a WHP. I’m planning on accompanying her for as much of her stay there as possible. I will not be working in Singapore aside from answering a few emails for my business back home. I’ve never been to Singapore before or have any immigration infractions anywhere in the world.
I’ve read differing reports on how long I’ll be given at entry, be that 30 days or 90 days. I’ve also seen cases where people ask for the 90 days at immigration to varying degrees of success.
So I was just wondering what, based on your experiences, is the best option once arriving. Say nothing at all and hope they just give me a 90 day stamp which seems to be fairly common for US and UK citizens? Ask specifically for a 90 day pass but risk raising a few red flags as to why I need to be in Singapore that long (not sure whether saying I’m visiting my girlfriend is a valid enough reason). Or take what ever I get and opt to try and extend once there. I will be looking at a flexible return ticket, but not sure if say I had one booked to return 70 odd days into my stay they would look upon that dubiously or whether that would just be an automatic case for giving me the 90 days.
In all I don’t want to do anything to mislead or cause any kind of infringement, as there may well be a chance of staying and applying for other positions in Singapore afterwards and wouldn’t want that to taint any pass applications in the future.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.