your "lawyer friends" are "specializing" in immigration law in singapore or were their comments anecdotal? i believe the "tightening" they mentioned are specifically for foreign labor sources (and possibly their family), not ALL foreigners (foreign spouse/family of a singaporean, etc).gormee wrote:I have a spouse who is on a LTVP and I am a citizen of SG born and bred. We have recently tried to bring our stepson over but as my wife is currently on a LTVP, I can't apply to adopt him so we decided to apply for a student visa as a stop gap measure for our son.
He will be starting K1 at PCF Macpherson, a govt kindergarten. However his application got rejected and I have been told to go down to ICA to make an appeal. My lawyer friends have said that due to tightening restrictions on foreigners in SG, my chances of a successful appeal are slim to none and that I should approach my MP.
Does anyone have any success stories appealing for rejected student visas? I really have no clue what I should write in my appeal letter.
Thanks in advance.
PS
Any advice on what type of visa I should apply for him if his appeal gets rejected would be greatly appreciated.
gormee wrote:I have a spouse who is on a LTVP and I am a citizen of SG born and bred. We have recently tried to bring our stepson over but as my wife is currently on a LTVP, I can't apply to adopt him so we decided to apply for a student visa as a stop gap measure for our son.
He will be starting K1 at PCF Macpherson, a govt kindergarten. However his application got rejected and I have been told to go down to ICA to make an appeal. My lawyer friends have said that due to tightening restrictions on foreigners in SG, my chances of a successful appeal are slim to none and that I should approach my MP.
Does anyone have any success stories appealing for rejected student visas? I really have no clue what I should write in my appeal letter.
Thanks in advance.
PS
Any advice on what type of visa I should apply for him if his appeal gets rejected would be greatly appreciated.
Good question.Sp1d3rMan wrote:Is your Stepson under your wife custody?
And which country is this? You should realize this is quite important detail for anything when dealing with ICA.gormee wrote:in my wife's home country
....and ICA of course know or suspect that.gormee wrote:China.
I know they are quite strict on the adoption conditions for China babies, hence why I'm applying for a student visa as a stop gap measure until I can get PR for my wife.
The first thing you should settle is your stepson custody. If not mistaken, your wife must need to go back to origin country Court to apply for the custody. Don't think so Singapore Supreme Court can give consents of this.PNGMK wrote:....and ICA of course know or suspect that.gormee wrote:China.
I know they are quite strict on the adoption conditions for China babies, hence why I'm applying for a student visa as a stop gap measure until I can get PR for my wife.
This was how I was advised by the ICA staff at the counter. Don't think this is really an issue with them.....and ICA of course know or suspect that.
Both of you are legally married, so once she gets her custodial certificate over her son, it will make everything easy. Whether she is a PR or not, that's a different problem. But at least you have your stepson as your legal charge and you can have him over under any pass allowed by ICA, and subsequently his status as a student here is more assured.gormee wrote:Even if my wife goes back to her home county to get the custodial certificate, I can't legally adopt him as my son until my wife gets PR. So its all swings and roundabouts really. Hence the frustration on my end, I can't do A without B but B needs A to proceed..
+1 and good luck. You're doing the right thing.the lynx wrote:Both of you are legally married, so once she gets her custodial certificate over her son, it will make everything easy. Whether she is a PR or not, that's a different problem. But at least you have your stepson as your legal charge and you can have him over whether under any pass allowed by ICA, and subsequently his status as a student here is more assured.gormee wrote:Even if my wife goes back to her home county to get the custodial certificate, I can't legally adopt him as my son until my wife gets PR. So its all swings and roundabouts really. Hence the frustration on my end, I can't do A without B but B needs A to proceed..
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