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Sgjourney for PR

Post by devopsmaster » Sun, 28 Jan 2024 3:42 pm

Hi guys,
Received our PR approval recently. We have one new pilot step (atleast as per my knowledge) about sgjourney for PR where we need to engage in community activity for 4 hours. Wanted to check if anyone have done that before and is there any suggestions.

Anyway we planned to do as per instructions, still wanted to check here if there any specific do's/dont's

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 30 Jan 2024 5:01 pm

That's a new one on me. Interesting. Let's see what the audience says. It may have been around for a while and nobody actually mentioned it as they may have thought is was just one of the normal steps. It may well be a normal step now. Interesting. Thanks!
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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by smoulder » Wed, 31 Jan 2024 8:28 am

Seems to be relatively new. I had my PR approved less than 5 years ago and they didn't have this then.

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by boredahjossii » Wed, 31 Jan 2024 9:24 am

My PR got approved last week but I did not have such requirement in my IPA.

Is this something that is required after appointment with ICA, or something mentioned in IPA itself?

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by hopeislife » Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:53 pm

devopsmaster wrote:
Sun, 28 Jan 2024 3:42 pm
Hi guys,
Received our PR approval recently. We have one new pilot step (atleast as per my knowledge) about sgjourney for PR where we need to engage in community activity for 4 hours. Wanted to check if anyone have done that before and is there any suggestions.

Anyway we planned to do as per instructions, still wanted to check here if there any specific do's/dont's
Yes, i too have done that community activity but this time with full heart as sg has welcomed me with her arms. You can just go through the list of volunteer activities listed in the sg pr journey website. I went to cut vegetables for kitchen that gives almost thousands free meal boxes to public.

You can either do 2 or 3 activities with 1 or 2 hour durations each, to total at least 4hours. Or 1 activity that can take 4hours. Nothing too specific about do's or don'ts. If you ask me make sure you do check-in when you start your volunteering activity, as it needs to be documented as one component.

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by hopeislife » Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:05 pm

boredahjossii wrote:
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 9:24 am
My PR got approved last week but I did not have such requirement in my IPA.

Is this something that is required after appointment with ICA, or something mentioned in IPA itself?
May be you might have done some volunteering work before applying pr. Or you could be malaysian or chinese (just guessing) where they are already considered well integrated, hence, not requiring such activities.

I think based on posts, most indians have this requirement. I have such requirement in IPA, to do volunteer before the appointment. I did not do any volunteering (may be only 2 days) before pr or during pr because i felt quite guilty that i am doing it for pr, hence stopped. But now i go and do with full interest as i find time, as sg has welcomed with her arms.

This requirement is good in one way, as it even helps more to bring people in niche jobs to face ground reality and serve the needy.

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by devopsmaster » Thu, 01 Feb 2024 6:55 am

I checked with them, they strongly recommend do to be specific volunteering with sg care center under giving.sg . So trying to find within that.

hopeislife wrote:
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:53 pm
devopsmaster wrote:
Sun, 28 Jan 2024 3:42 pm
Hi guys,
Received our PR approval recently. We have one new pilot step (atleast as per my knowledge) about sgjourney for PR where we need to engage in community activity for 4 hours. Wanted to check if anyone have done that before and is there any suggestions.

Anyway we planned to do as per instructions, still wanted to check here if there any specific do's/dont's
Yes, i too have done that community activity but this time with full heart as sg has welcomed me with her arms. You can just go through the list of volunteer activities listed in the sg pr journey website. I went to cut vegetables for kitchen that gives almost thousands free meal boxes to public.

You can either do 2 or 3 activities with 1 or 2 hour durations each, to total at least 4hours. Or 1 activity that can take 4hours. Nothing too specific about do's or don'ts. If you ask me make sure you do check-in when you start your volunteering activity, as it needs to be documented as one component.

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by devopsmaster » Thu, 01 Feb 2024 6:56 am

Think may be a new initiative from 2024

sundaymorningstaple wrote:
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 5:01 pm
That's a new one on me. Interesting. Let's see what the audience says. It may have been around for a while and nobody actually mentioned it as they may have thought is was just one of the normal steps. It may well be a normal step now. Interesting. Thanks!

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by hopeislife » Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:01 am

devopsmaster wrote:
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 6:55 am
I checked with them, they strongly recommend do to be specific volunteering with sg care center under giving.sg . So trying to find within that.
The one i said regarding kitchen help for free meals is under sg care in giving.sg only

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Re: Sgjourney for PR

Post by jalanjalan » Thu, 01 Feb 2024 2:52 pm

devopsmaster wrote:
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 6:56 am
Think may be a new initiative from 2024

sundaymorningstaple wrote:
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 5:01 pm
That's a new one on me. Interesting. Let's see what the audience says. It may have been around for a while and nobody actually mentioned it as they may have thought is was just one of the normal steps. It may well be a normal step now. Interesting. Thanks!
interesting indeed. In my day the only follow up is go get blue IC and re-entry chop.
Sounds like a good initiative though. I support :D

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