Ok, I just have to vent here!! The company that just hired me a few weeks back, applied for my EP and as I have been through this drill before, I dropped off my application myself. I was told to check back in about one weeks time. So I called when I was supposed to and I was told that it would be yet another two weeks due to a large amount of applications. Considering that this would occur after my SVP expired, I asked what to do next. They told me to come in a few days before for an extension. Two days before my SVP was due to expire, I went back to ICA and they gladly gave me a one month extension. But that is not why I'm upset. When I was at the counter, I asked the lady to check to see when my EP would be approved and she looked at her computer with a big smile on her face and said that it would be approved in the "next few days". From this point, I had to go and pay $40 just to get my one month extension. When I enquired about this, they said that since it's my second one in the past year, they charge. So I pay and I'm on my way.
And it gets even better. I stop by my new workplace shortly after and upon arrival I get handed a paper from the MOM. It said, congratulations on the approval of your EP. The letter was dated a week prior to the day I received it. So this lady at ICA actually knew that it was already approved (hence her smile) and I believe that they wanted to just get my money. Had I been told that it was already approved, it would have saved me the $40. Now I want my money back. Do I have any recourse or should I just consider it gone for good?
