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by sundaymorningstaple » Sun, 25 Apr 2010 9:39 am
Let's put it slightly differently.
The Government of Singapore, often does not check very thoroughly unless they suspect there might be something amiss. Having said that, while they don't always ask to see the original documents, if one would look at it from a realistic POV. Anything you put on a Government Application MUST be able to be verified with ORIGINAL documentation if requested. After all, tis you are hoping to not be found wanting in order to work here. It would be embarrassing to get your EP and 6 months down the road, be visited by MOM for potentially having fraudulent documentation and a request made to see the originals which you could not produce.
I've said this on this board before, and I say it again. Last year I lost two employees (Engineers) when MOM waltzed into our office one afternoon (a field team of 3). They wanted to pick up both engineers but couldn't because they worked in the field and not in the office. We had to take 'em down to the Foreign Manpower Centre opposite Great World the next morning where they were detained over night. Eventually, because they could not produce acceptable original documents, they were sent back to their country.
The rules are there. The policy of MOM is not necessarily to inspect all docs, but they retain the right to do so at their leisure. If you run foul of them if they do ask, you will be sent packing post haste. So, it's better, before deciding to become an "Expatriate" that you have originals of all your documents (if you are arriving alone, you might also want to ensure that you have all original documents for other things as well that could impact you possibly in the future. Things like Marriage Certs, Divorce Decrees, Children's original Birth certificates. Bankruptcy discharges, all these could impact decisions you might make in the future.
Oh, I've had to produce all at one time or another in the 28 years I've been here. But, I've got them all in one place and high res scans of all of them in several locations as well (although they are not original).
Better to have and not need rather than the other way round. Just because one did not have their documents eye-balled, don't mean you wont. It's just like identity checks. Immigration officers might as to see your ID's if you are out somewhere. You have to carry your ID with you at all times here. If you are picked up without it, sure a phone call to someone who will arrange to deliver it will get you released, but by following the rules, you wouldn't have been held up in the first place. Forewarned is forearmed.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
