EP pending on week 4 now

[teejay_]

I recently got a job offer as a product designer for Grab in Singapore with a monthly offer of $7k SGD a month. I got my bachelor's degree from University of California, Santa Barbara and have work experience in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley. Grab HR applied for my EP 3 and a half weeks ago, and the status is still pending. Why is this taking so long? Should I be worried?

[ecureilx]

I recently got a job offer as a product designer for Grab in Singapore with a monthly offer of $7k SGD a month. I got my bachelor's degree from University of California, Santa Barbara and have work experience in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley. Grab HR applied for my EP 3 and a half weeks ago, and the status is still pending. Why is this taking so long? Should I be worried?

You just gotta wait it out.

You hold an American passport I guess.

[teejay_]

I thought having an American passport and coming from silicon Valley would help speed it up. Why do you say that's why it might be delayed?

[jamie9vardy]

I thought having an American passport and coming from silicon Valley would help speed it up. Why do you say that's why it might be delayed?

Not due to that. Singapore government has tightened up over the past 18-24 months in granting employment pass. They're scrutinizing locals-foreigner ratio in a company, more thorough vetting of your educational and professional background, etc.

http://m.todayonline.com/singapore/empl ... d-swee-say

[Barnsley]

I recently got a job offer as a product designer for Grab in Singapore

When you finally get your pass , can you design something that keeps giving me good offers

Is GrabPlane or GrabBoat being developed?

[ecureilx]

I thought having an American passport and coming from silicon Valley would help speed it up. Why do you say that's why it might be delayed?

Are you an American by birth ??

I recently got a job offer as a product designer for Grab in Singapore

When you finally get your pass , can you design something that keeps giving me good offers

Is GrabPlane or GrabBoat being developed?

There is Grab Heli in Philippines. Not sure what's the uptake

http://www.techpatrl.com/grab-helicopter/

Models in the News Bit NOT included

[Strong Eagle]

I recently got a job offer as a product designer for Grab in Singapore with a monthly offer of $7k SGD a month. I got my bachelor's degree from University of California, Santa Barbara and have work experience in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley. Grab HR applied for my EP 3 and a half weeks ago, and the status is still pending. Why is this taking so long? Should I be worried?

You might want to be worried, but it's hard to tell.

$7k aint much... more than EP minimums, true... but about the average salary of a 5 to 7 year IT professional in Singapore... so... I am sure they are debating over a kopi whether or not granting you an EP will cost a local a job.

You don't say how much experience you have, but if it's limited, then the gahmen is going to want to know why Grab can't find "product designers" locally. Face it, mate... it's a software business... and product designer can mean anything.

So, the folks ponder just what in the hell a "product designer" might be and whether or not a local could fill the role.

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