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Reject of my EPEC Application

Post by karthik_k » Wed, 30 May 2007 12:19 pm

Hi I am from India , Working in K.L as a Consultant for IT , I wanted to move Singapore , I had applied for an EPEC Visa but still i was rejected, and i am still wondering why is my Application Rejected, eventhough i have good education Qualification, where i am holding a Masters Degree in System.

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Post by jpatokal » Wed, 30 May 2007 2:07 pm

Did you check that your degree is from an accredited school? Check this:

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Post by jpatokal » Fri, 01 Jun 2007 9:02 pm

As it happens, a friend of mine with rock-solid qualifications (master's from accredited university, 10+ years of work experience at big-name IT companies) also had his EPEC rejected today. No explanation given, of course, but I wonder what's going on? Has anybody out there actually managed to get an EPEC?
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Post by Asian_Geekette » Fri, 01 Jun 2007 9:22 pm

Yes. A former colleague of mine got his EPEC approved last month.
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Post by jpatokal » Sat, 02 Jun 2007 8:16 pm

Asian_Geekette wrote:Yes. A former colleague of mine got his EPEC approved last month.
Can I ask what his/her qualifications were? What kind of degree and how many years of work experience?
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Post by Asian_Geekette » Sun, 03 Jun 2007 5:34 pm

jpatokal wrote:
Asian_Geekette wrote:Yes. A former colleague of mine got his EPEC approved last month.
Can I ask what his/her qualifications were? What kind of degree and how many years of work experience?
You have mail!
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Post by jpatokal » Mon, 04 Jun 2007 6:37 pm

Asian_Geekette wrote:
jpatokal wrote:
Asian_Geekette wrote:Yes. A former colleague of mine got his EPEC approved last month.
Can I ask what his/her qualifications were? What kind of degree and how many years of work experience?
You have mail!
Ta, although I don't really see why you didn't just post it here for everybody to see...?

I didn't really see anything to differentiate your former colleague from my friend though. So clerical error somewhere along the way, or then there's some quota that's already been hit...? :o
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Post by Asian_Geekette » Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:16 pm

Perhaps he got the last slot for last month. :P
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Post by askmeagain » Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:54 am

Don't worry it happens....it is SINGAPORE !!!

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Post by natove » Fri, 15 Jun 2007 9:28 am

So there's a quota of EPEC approved per month?
Can anyone confirm this?

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:51 pm

natove wrote:So there's a quota of EPEC approved per month?
Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks
There are published requirements for all types of passes. There are internal point summaries to which we mere mortals are not privy to. We don't know if there is a quota or not. Hence the :P smilie being used. It would make sense if it did (they used to have naturalized citizen quotas from what I was told - this was to ensure that the majority population kept it majority percentage of 79.8% of the citizenship. How true that is today............. who knows.
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Post by noplans » Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:37 pm

My EPEC approved last week and activated today :) I just got Bachelor Degree..

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Post by av_cat » Wed, 19 Sep 2007 9:31 pm

I got my EPEC approved 1 month ago, I'm a fresh Master's graduate of an Australian university.
Now I'm in Singapore. Waiting for my LTSVP.
This is my third day in Singapore and it is my first day of Job-Hunting.
I'd say, looking for a job would not be an easy task :o
I'll stay here around 2 or 3 months, if I can not get the job offers I want. I'll come back to CN :) .

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Re: EPEC

Post by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:19 am

av_cat wrote:I got my EPEC approved 1 month ago, I'm a fresh Master's graduate of an Australian university.
Now I'm in Singapore. Waiting for my LTSVP.
This is my third day in Singapore and it is my first day of Job-Hunting.
I'd say, looking for a job would not be an easy task :o
I'll stay here around 2 or 3 months, if I can not get the job offers I want. I'll come back to CN :) .
You have obtained a Master's Degree and post garbage like this: X-box 360 :???:

I might have to agree with this:
av_cat wrote:I'd say, looking for a job would not be an easy task :o
Anyway, congratulations and good luck in your job search.....
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after getting Epec ?

Post by vipganesh » Wed, 02 Apr 2008 3:11 pm

I got my EPEC approved 1 month ago, I'm a fresh Master's graduate of an Australian university.
Now I'm in Singapore. Waiting for my LTSVP.
This is my third day in Singapore and it is my first day of Job-Hunting.
I'd say, looking for a job would not be an easy task
I'll stay here around 2 or 3 months, if I can not get the job offers I want. I'll come back to CN .

Hi friend :)

I applied for EPEC.After getting what can i do? shall i need Visa? you wrote now you are in singapore.how you enter sinagpore without visa? what are procedure for next i have to do please help me.I am new to singapore.tell me more about singapore Airport immigration entry experiences.
Yours truly
Ganesh

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