doiknowyou wrote:i was born in the UK and arrived at singapore when i was three. i was around ten years old when i left singapore and i arrived at the age of 15 with my mother who is a singaporean, to get my NRIC. now i am around 17 and got a letter, something about NS, and when i asked my friends over there they were quite shocked to know that i did not apply for exit permit.(i haven't applied for EP even now) i am worried, what will happen to me when i enter singapore? i am prepared to do NS and all but i cant afford a bond right now.
i read some article about being exempted from EP but i did not understand it. is there any?
i second sunday's suggestion to contact CMPB. there are online forms and addresses available at
www.ns.sg
if you don't have much going on for you right now, have extended family support in singapore and are happy to serve 2 years of NS, i think that would be best.
if you don't have to step into singapore until you've finished whatever you're doing, you need not furnish a bond. whatever the case i'd recommend you email CMPB (ns.sg) before coming back.
they will ask for your name, DOB, NRIC number, etc. don't give it. remain anonymous but be detailed about the facts and your story.
i assume you left singapore before you turned 16/16.5 right? you said you got "a letter" - is it info about NS, NS registration or NS call up? or?
and how did they track you down? did they send it to india? or to your last known address in singapore and your relatives forwarded it to india?
i would return the letter to your relatives and have them send it back to CMPB with a NO SUCH PERSON BYE BYE written across, while everything is being sorted out.