abrakadabra wrote: ↑Mon, 31 Aug 2020 9:13 pm
singaporeflyer wrote: ↑Mon, 31 Aug 2020 6:42 pm
abrakadabra wrote: ↑Mon, 31 Aug 2020 6:32 pm
Dear Experts
I'm currently holding an EP which will expire in Nov.21. I love it here in Singapore and have no plans to go back to Europe and I can see myself living here for the rest of my life. My idea was instead of applying for another EP next year try to get a PR. I'm definitely waiting for January so MOM sees my tax for the full year of 2020, not sure if it's required to wait for Mrz/Apr regarding the tax visibility. What you think are the chances and any recommendations?
Main applicant:
Gender - Male
Age - 29 years
Nationality: Swiss
Work: Cybersecurity private sector
Education: Bsc. Degree + Couple highly valued Industry certificates
Duration: November 2019 - Today
Work experience in CyberSec: 6y+, public speaker in public government-related events for cybersec (govware, govinsider)
Total salary: 180k+ (144k base, 36k commission in 2020 + RSU)
Pass: EP valid till Nov 2021.
Family: no children, no wife
Thanks a lot
Very Low Chance.
Reason - Ethnicity, short work duration in SG
can you elaborate please why you think Ethnicity is a problem and if the situation is way different in 2 years from your view.
I would say absolutely no chance ... there has been a recent general election which foreigners (as usual) get bashed by locals. This in and of itself reduces your chance.
Singapore is not like some other countries where they value racial diversity. They value diversity, but only if it fits the current racial make up, which basically means you need to be 1. Chinese, 2 Indian and 3 Malay.
You will certainly find caucasian PRs but these typically fall into 3 categories: 1. they married a local; 2. they got theirs years ago; 3. they are really highly skilled/well paid.
So you can't address the ethnicity criteria (which is really important), you then need to address the other measurable criteria - salary and work duration. Bear in mind that since you don't meet the Chinese, Indian, Malay criteria, you will be competing against "others"... so that buddy of yours who has a master's degree, works for some kind of crypto, earning 500k a year base and applying for PR (we all have a friend like that!)... that's who you're competing against.
You're not competing against your colleague from mainland China - despite the fact they may be earning less than you, fulfils the ethnic criteria so is actually more likely to get it than you.
I would suggest waiting for a couple more years and wait for covid-19 to die down and the anti foreigner sentiment to ease (as it can do between elections), get a few more tax years under your belt.
Good luck in the meantime ...
of course, you could always marry a Singaporean
