ICA will assume she is doing what so many other young uneducated Thai women do in Singapore to earn money and is unlikely to get more than a second VOAlyseoy wrote:She's a thai female, late 20's, no higher education or occupation.
No need to apologize, I appreciate the candor. Yes, on the surface she would appear to fit the stereotype. And in the eyes of any immigration officer, you're guilty of whatever they assume unless you convince them otherwise. So that is obviously something we have to manage, with all possible documentation that she's visiting me and that I have everything in order.The Ref wrote: ICA will assume she is doing what so many other young uneducated Thai women do in Singapore to earn money and is unlikely to get more than a second VOA.
It is something I'm considering anyway, but just for getting her access to SG (which may not even be guaranteed if married?), for now I'd prefer not. Appreciate the tip.PNGMK wrote:You should really consider marrying her and sponsoring her on a DP. Anything else is sheer guesswork and has risks around it. Some ICA four eyes sinkie geek could take an instant dislike to your GF and ban her for years on the spot on her first entry because of some unknown reason.
Thanks Mike! That's a lot of first hand experiences and valuable advice!MikeJones wrote:A lot!
Marry her before she is banned though. Otherwise you're still facing issues. We have seen that a bit here.lyseoy wrote:It is something I'm considering anyway, but just for getting her access to SG (which may not even be guaranteed if married?), for now I'd prefer not. Appreciate the tip.PNGMK wrote:You should really consider marrying her and sponsoring her on a DP. Anything else is sheer guesswork and has risks around it. Some ICA four eyes sinkie geek could take an instant dislike to your GF and ban her for years on the spot on her first entry because of some unknown reason.
I don't think that's a plan that's going to fly. Norway doesn't appear to have common law marriage. It is recommended that you enter into a "cohabitation agreement" with the other person to handle division of property, etc. There are additional rules if there are children, but, it appears that there is marriage, and there is cohabitation... but no common law marriage.lyseoy wrote:We should be able to document we are common-law spouses with our shared tenancy agreement and notarized statement from my Embassy.
Thoughts?
Checked with my embassy today. Confirming a common-law marriage is not possible they said...PNGMK wrote:(Sorry I see now you're using your own embassy to authenticate the common law marriage - let's see if ICA will recognize that but I suspect not based on your gf nationality).
I just recently learned about common-law marriages, and though it basically meant cohabitation, but as you say, you can't register as such in Norway, so I guess that rules it out for me.Strong Eagle wrote:There are additional rules if there are children, but, it appears that there is marriage, and there is cohabitation... but no common law marriage.
Well, you can't terminate a Norwegian marriage / common-law marriage in Singapore, can you? And I thought there were much fewer strings attached with a common-law marriage than a real on?Strong Eagle wrote:Besides, there's one other thing that folks don't often think about when they say that they'll become common law married: In the eyes of the country that recognizes common law marriage and in the eyes of Singapore, YOU ARE MARRIED, just as surely as if you had a formal civil marriage, and all the rules for terminating a marriage apply. So the question would be: Why don't you just get married and save all the hassle of proving up a common law marriage?
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