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Extending your stay with Employment pass eligibility certifi
Extending your stay with Employment pass eligibility certifi
Hi, I am travelling to Singapore and intend to apply for a 6 month extension of stay with my employment pass eligibility certificate to look for employment. I know I have to fill out forms and apply at the ICA in singapore, but just wondering if I need to have a local sponsor. Anyone have any idea? Thanks!
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of course, apart from the entry. When you are planning to get an extension of stay you will need a local sponsor to sign the document in most cases.
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What's wierd? You get six months to look for a job with an EPEC. You cannot legally look for a job on any other kind of visitor pass and getting a long term social pass may be hard for you.
A sponsor or band bond is require of all pass holders. It says that if you are a bad boy, there are funds available to throw you out of the country.
A guarantee by a private limited or limited company will work. Or you deposit $3000 in savings in a bank and they issue you a security letter.
http://www.mom.gov.sg/ProceduresAndGuid ... sSPass.htm
http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/movi ... bity.shtml
A sponsor or band bond is require of all pass holders. It says that if you are a bad boy, there are funds available to throw you out of the country.
A guarantee by a private limited or limited company will work. Or you deposit $3000 in savings in a bank and they issue you a security letter.
http://www.mom.gov.sg/ProceduresAndGuid ... sSPass.htm
http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/movi ... bity.shtml
Thanks Strong Eagle for your input. I don't have a sponsor, so wondering what other alternatives I have. Are you saying that I can doposit US$3000.00 in a bank and they will issue me a security letter which I can use instead of a sponsor? what other sponsor alternatives I have?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Yes, and that's Sing $3000, about US$1800. There are really only two alternatives... a bankers guarantee which you get when you deposit money with them... apparently, there is no other bond available here, or a guarantor which is an incorporated business.sajjad81 wrote:Thanks Strong Eagle for your input. I don't have a sponsor, so wondering what other alternatives I have. Are you saying that I can doposit US$3000.00 in a bank and they will issue me a security letter which I can use instead of a sponsor? what other sponsor alternatives I have?
Thanks for your help.
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In most cases, the deposit money might not be required. They are considered to case by case basis.
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Re: Mostly
A friend looked many places and was unable to find anyone except a bank to produce the guarantee. And every bank wanted money. If you know of another source, you would do a lot of people a service by publishing it.Scorpion wrote:In most cases, the deposit money might not be required. They are considered to case by case basis.
As for MOM, I am not aware of anyone who has not had to have a guarantee.
Which bank provides bankers gurantee?
Hi, Anyone knows which bank I should go to to get a bankers gurantee to apply for long term social visit pass with employment pass eligibility certificate?
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I think we are talking apples and oranges here. A long term social visit pass can only be issued to a direct relation of someone who already holds an EP. In order for the LTSVP to be issued, the company for which the EP works must sign it. I don't think that the OP is looking for this. Info on LTSVPGordonGekko wrote:Strong Eagle,
Am I missing something here? I contacted the Contact Singapore office in London. They didn't mention any bank bonds, and they claimed that you don't need a Social Visit Pass either, provided that you don't need a visa to enter SG.Please enlighten me.
http://www.mom.gov.sg/ProceduresAndGuid ... SVP%29.htm
I've reviewed the website for the employment pass elegibility certificate (http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/movi ... bity.shtml), and I see I was mistaken. There is no bond required for the certificate, only when the job hunter actually finds work and is issued an EP.
Thanks for pointing out my error.
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I am afraid I have to point out another error...Strong Eagle wrote: A long term social visit pass can only be issued to a direct relation of someone who already holds an EP.
When you write the above you mean an EP holder must sponsor the applicant? FYI, the sponsor must be Singaporean or PR. EP holders cannot sponsor.
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That's not what it says on the link I posted above:Carpe Diem wrote:I am afraid I have to point out another error...Strong Eagle wrote: A long term social visit pass can only be issued to a direct relation of someone who already holds an EP.
When you write the above you mean an EP holder must sponsor the applicant? FYI, the sponsor must be Singaporean or PR. EP holders cannot sponsor.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
An Employment Pass (P1, P2) holder may apply for Long-Term Social Visit Passes for his / her
Parents
Parents-in-law
Step children
Spouse (common-law)
Handicapped children
Daughters (unmarried) aged above 21
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My application for sponsoring was rejected recently, and I had to ask one of my friends who is PR to sponsor for me - and I was in one of the cases you mention above... Or may be the rule changed again?
For the record i was able to be a sponsor 2 years ago... So may be your document is not updated?
For the record i was able to be a sponsor 2 years ago... So may be your document is not updated?
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