generalsu wrote:
Is your English OK? I do not know, I would have to hear you first before making any sort of judgment.
You can start off by reading MS previous postings here, for a start, before you draw any judgement (not that I am not gonna bother anyway .. I have high regards for MS, and so do many here, and that stays, in my opinion ..)
Speaking about the ICA, I probably exaggerated a little bit. The ICA gahmen did not really bashed me nor insulted me. All the officer said was "How many days you want to stay?" cuz I didn't fill out the number of days field in the D/E card. I told them that I have a pending EntrePass application and even showed them my application for EntrePass receipt from SingPost. He then became irritated and said, "30 days! Your EntrePass is subject to approval by MOM. You find a good job and make big salary huh." He became a little suspicious and started checking every page on my passport. Then he consulted another ICA border officer and the other officer asked me whether I had worked in Singapore before and I said yes. Finally, everything was clear to them what my situation was and they let me enter Singapore for 30 days.
The ICA officer did say the right thing: IPA still means MOM is yet to issue you an entre-pass, and to imply that you will get the entre-pass and ICA MUST GIVE YOU longer stay of course, is not correct, and you are quoting one govt agency to another govt agency. And at any time, MOM could still refuse to issue your Entre-pass, for hundred and one reasons .. even with an IPA ..
Immigration officers will get suspicious, anywhere in the world, when you start to ask things .. or wave paperwork, when not asked for ..
And immigration officers have every right to check all your pages, and also consult another officer if they need clarification ..
And I still don't know which of the above ticked you off . .. that a govt servant was doing his / her duty, or didn't treat you like a general (as your nick implies) ????
You are quite a character ... or not ...
Night, and I hope to hear from you, maybe in 3 days time, when you have read and formed an opinion about MS ???

Is that good ???