I am South korean and my family and I have been living here for almost 8-9 years now. I graduated from primary, secondary and junior college here last year so I spent most of my childhood in this country. So I guess, Singapore is really my home now. But due my unsatisfactory A level grades, I decided to re-take one of my H1 papers near end of Nov and 2 SAT exams here, which means this year will be my gap year. (i was hesitant on taking up a gap year but all the travelling ideas and my friends who would be joining me on this made me feel a lot better)
I surrendered my student pass days before expiration to avoid overstaying and I got a 90 days social visit pass which was also renewed when I paid a visit to Korea in late July. During my entry to Singapore then, I had zero problem with immigration. And now my 2nd 90 day social visit pass is expiring around end of Oct.
Can anyone advise me on this? I am aware that continuously re-entring Singapore can be suspicious to immigration officers but I do need to be back in Singapore to finish studying for my papers. And it is so natural for me to come back to here because I've lived here for almost half of my life; my family still lives here and my sister still goes to school as well. I called ICA to explain my situation but the woman over the phone was extremely rude and she literally said that she "couldn't help me" and kept asking me to register myself to a school as if she did not understand the concept of "taking a gap year".
So now, I'm really lost as to how to deal with my legal issues here. If I go to uni here, that would be until next August where school term starts for freshmen. That's almost another year and to maintain my legal visit pass here, I may have to keep entering and exiting Singapore and I'm quite worried that I might be detained entry during one of those times.
Can anyone give my any advice on how to deal with this situation...
