Fajde wrote: ↑Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:15 am
Hi,
I'd love to get some inputs and ideas on PR application approval. Taking the template used on this forum:
My details are:
- Age: 41
- Race: Caucasian
- Nationality: Australian
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Education: High school (Half way through an MBA right now - Australian Uni though)
- Industry: IT in Finance Industry
- Position: Manager
- Year basic salary 250k+
- EP Pass holder
- Live in Singapore: 10 years+
- Application history: rejected 4 times
Wife
Age:33
Race: Chinese
Nationality: Chinese
Length of Stay: 13 years+
Occupation: Chinese Teacher (Part-time)
Education: Bachelor degree.
Salary: 20k annual
Pass: Work Pass (Was DP but needs WP to continue working which was recently approved but at time of application it was a DP)
Child
Age: 4
Gender: F
Born in Singapore
Pass: DP
I've applied 4 times (4th rejection I just received). I tried an agent (3rd attempt - didnt help). Got a local MP to support this last attempt (going to go back and ask for support again on appeal and request for feedback - which they told me they would do when I met them last time). I had a PEP (but expired after 3 years). In appeal letter going to highlight things that have changed which I couldn't really make clear in the forms: highlight our origins and the fact that settling in SG is perfect for us as a family, growing retirement fund here in SG, progressing the MBA, multiple promotions at same company over last 15 years, wife back to work in SG, wife's local certificates and post-grade study in SG early childhood education, daughter born and growing up in SG (basically a Singaporean - never lived anywhere else), my involvment in CSR.
What else can I do?!
Your situation is definitely unique. You are probably one of the highest paid high school diploma holders in your industry here. The idea that your 4 year old daughter is already a local just because she was born and raised as a toddler here won’t hold much water.
How is it you are studying an MBA course without first earnings a bachelor degree? Being here as long as you have, you know that paper qualifications are quite meaningful, and must be from a recognized/accredited institution.
Your wife has a degree, and being here as long as you have, you would also know that economic contributions also matter. This is why work permit holders aren’t even allowed to marry someone here unless they get permission.
Two things might improve your prospects:
1. Finish your degree.
2. Have your wife seek better employment, appropriate for whatever degree she holds
The fact that you and your daughter presumably have the right of abode in Australia (a country that is generally known to have strong appeal for a family such as yours) could also play into the decision, based on the perceived likelihood of you actually settling down there versus here in the long term - despite whatever you might try to say in your appeal. This is especially true if you and your wife have no other family ties here. And, to be perfectly honest, there are many here who would jump at the chance to do just that.
My former boss here was a China Chinese, but SPR. A few years ago her and her family moved and settled in Australia. They can afford a private landed house in the suburbs, the kids get free education… and her kids actually enjoy school rather than dread it. It took her a while to get a similar high paying job, but she eventually did and she has no regrets.
