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Work Permit marry PR, Help~~~~~~

Post by cm0721 » Tue, 14 Feb 2017 3:34 pm

We did not aware of the rules where work permit holder need to apply for permission from MOM before marry and we just got married in Malaysia...hollysh*t..

I am a Malaysian holding PR and my wife is Malaysian too and holding work permit.

Is there anything we can do? Reapply? Please help.

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Post by Barnsley » Tue, 14 Feb 2017 4:31 pm

cm0721 wrote:We did not aware of the rules where work permit holder need to apply for permission from MOM before marry and we just got married in Malaysia...hollysh*t..

I am a Malaysian holding PR and my wife is Malaysian too and holding work permit.

Is there anything we can do? Reapply? Please help.
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Not marry a Singapore citizen or permanent resident in or outside Singapore without approval from MOM. This applies even after their Work Permit is expired, cancelled or revoked.
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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 14 Feb 2017 5:27 pm

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Post by PNGMK » Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:00 pm

How long have you been married? Annul the marriage and then apply for permission and remarry.

You could argue grounds for annulment on the undisclosed legal inability of your wife to marry you.
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Post by dynoto » Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:50 pm

i'm curious ... how do they know?

singapore and malaysia they do exchange marriage registry information?

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Post by PNGMK » Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:57 pm

dynoto wrote:i'm curious ... how do they know?

singapore and malaysia they do exchange marriage registry information?

No but data matching and inadvertent disclosures would be a problem possibly.
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Post by jamie9vardy » Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:51 am

dynoto wrote:i'm curious ... how do they know?

singapore and malaysia they do exchange marriage registry information?
If OP is in here for the long term, he's bound to apply PR for the wife and maybe the 'akan datang' children. All the particulars will be in application form... checkmate

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Post by ecureilx » Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:16 am

jamie9vardy wrote: If OP is in here for the long term, he's bound to apply PR for the wife and maybe the 'akan datang' children. All the particulars will be in application form... checkmate
but they may get approval as they are Malaysians, and if they are Chinese ;)

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Post by cm0721 » Wed, 15 Feb 2017 8:05 pm

I am planning to go MOM to see what we can do. Can you guys advice? Really depress on this issue...No idea what to do now.. :(

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Post by ecureilx » Wed, 15 Feb 2017 9:37 pm

cm0721 wrote:I am planning to go MOM to see what we can do. Can you guys advice? Really depress on this issue...No idea what to do now.. :(
Go talk to MOM. Getting really depress will leave you in a depress state of depress. Finding out from MOM will up lift you from depress. ;)

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Post by cm0721 » Wed, 15 Feb 2017 9:58 pm

ecureilx wrote:
cm0721 wrote:I am planning to go MOM to see what we can do. Can you guys advice? Really depress on this issue...No idea what to do now.. :(
Go talk to MOM. Getting really depress will leave you in a depress state of depress. Finding out from MOM will up lift you from depress. ;)
Ya, instead of lie to them, better be honest to them. I dont know how much is the success rate, so far never saw someone successful on this issue.

But where should I go? MOM HQ? or their service centre?

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Post by ecureilx » Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:23 am

cm0721 wrote:
ecureilx wrote:
cm0721 wrote:I am planning to go MOM to see what we can do. Can you guys advice? Really depress on this issue...No idea what to do now.. :(
Go talk to MOM. Getting really depress will leave you in a depress state of depress. Finding out from MOM will up lift you from depress. ;)
Ya, instead of lie to them, better be honest to them. I dont know how much is the success rate, so far never saw someone successful on this issue.

But where should I go? MOM HQ? or their service centre?
MOM services center, get a queue number to talk to duty officer.

Good luck

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Post by taxico » Thu, 16 Feb 2017 1:04 am

PNGMK wrote:How long have you been married? Annul the marriage and then apply for permission and remarry.

You could argue grounds for annulment on the undisclosed legal inability of your wife to marry you.
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Post by niceit198 » Fri, 17 Feb 2017 2:40 pm

if u never get approval from MOM may affect your wife future application in singapore just like PR application.

When u wife 1st Job with the working permit it should come along with a paper mention about "require to get approval for married with singaporean/PR, Or Not require to get approval if want to get marry."

cm0721 wrote:We did not aware of the rules where work permit holder need to apply for permission from MOM before marry and we just got married in Malaysia...hollysh*t..

I am a Malaysian holding PR and my wife is Malaysian too and holding work permit.

Is there anything we can do? Reapply? Please help.

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Post by cm0721 » Fri, 17 Feb 2017 2:44 pm

niceit198 wrote:if u never get approval from MOM may affect your wife future application in singapore just like PR application.

When u wife 1st Job with the working permit it should come along with a paper mention about "require to get approval for married with singaporean/PR, Or Not require to get approval if want to get marry."
The Work Permit card was delivered to her office and HR manager just passed her the card. There is no such "require to get approval for married with singaporean/PR, Or Not require to get approval if want to get marry." notification. So we did not noticed of this rules at all.

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