I am an ex-military man too, there are options here but I think at this moment this is what is best for youKris24 wrote:Hello, I'm currently residing in the US.. My fiancée is a SG citizen.. Our original plan was for her to move here with me, but due to custody issues with her young child that is not possible at this time.. So the only other option I have to marry this woman is to move there and live with her..
But the more I read in these forums, the more disheartened I become.. It appears in order for me to do just that, I either need to be a degree holder or already established with a major corporation, which I am neither. And of course I can not survive there without a job..
I don't believe my employment history will be of much use since I mainly work in industrial type jobs other than my 18 year military career.. And it seems that SG really only caters to business office work force.. And I have slight experience in that type of working class..
Is there any advice I could get or possible options I might be overlooking that could help me out?
Nope , you misunderstood meKris24 wrote:OK.. My fiancée and her child are both SG citizens living in SG right now.. She has joint custody.. Not sure that a native born American getting married to a Singaporean would really be a marriage of convenience.. I could see it if I was coming from a so called 3rd world country..
So if I understand you correctly, even if I move there and I'm able to get a work pass, I still need to prove that her and I have lived together for at least 2 years before we can get married??
Yes , paper qualification is a big deal here. It is sad but true. S pass is the lowest that allows FT to marry local or PR. If you go below than that which is WP, basically you have to jump over hoops to get married yet alone lives here. If you have the juice, consider setting up a Private Limited with your fiancee and she can employ you under the private limited. Go to www.acra.gov.sg. I am not sure what business you can do but this is one route you can considerKris24 wrote:It's a shame to know I can't really live, work, & get married in SG unless I'm making some ungodly amount of money.. Thank you anyway for the info.. I guess I can just hope her child's father will eventually give up custody so she can move here..
sundaymorningstaple wrote:That about sums it up.
I had a similar case around 3 years ago and the scenario was very similar, the girl, a Singaporean with baby, married an American citizen without a degree or diploma. We tried every thing you could imagine trying to find the guy a job (he was here on a SVP as he wasn't able to get a LTVP as the girl was at the time, pregnant, so could not be the sponsor (no income). We used all of our contacts (my boss as well), MP letters and appeals to MOM/ICA, as we were willing to give him a job (even though the pay sucked) but try as we might, he was out of luck. Eventually she left with him back to the US where he is was working in the construction industry as a roofer before. Frankly, he really wasn't capable of doing much better. But try we did.
sundaymorningstaple wrote:As far as MOM is concerned, go to the MOM site and see if you will qualify using the EPEC guidelines. If you do, no problem, if you don't, then it will depend on the employer, your experience and anything you are bringing to the table. If it's a twinning programme with a local university/school, again, it depends. Currently, even having a degree (in situ degree) isn't a guarantee any more. Online/correspondence are not looked at favourably, but I suppose they are better than nothing at all. But in Singapore, they trend toward to in situ degrees.
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