EP was rejected on grounds of insufficient documents. It was slow in being lodged as I had lost my degree scrolls and had to get replacements from my university. In the meantime I formed a company, enrolled boys in School (start 15 July), signed a lease under the company and shipped our possessions from Australia. We are booked to fly out this Saturday and our appeal is being lodged on Wednesday. The visa agency advised not to come until IPA is received. They said it could take 4-5 weeks. Wife wants to go to get closure. We are sleeping on camp beds in our house.
What should we do?????.
SINGAPORE EXPATS FORUM
Singapore Expat Forum and Message Board for Expats in Singapore & Expatriates Relocating to Singapore
EP rejected but wife still wants to go
-
- Newbie
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 7:20 am
Come over as a holiday stay in a Service Apartment, if the passes come through you have already done some local ground works, if it gets rejected then you had a nice holiday. Better have a plan "B" should it all go pear shape.
Re: EP rejected but wife still wants to go
Professional advice from a firm qualified to issue it vs. an emotionally frazzled person... I'd go with the former myselffamily of 5 wrote:The visa agency advised not to come until IPA is received. They said it could take 4-5 weeks. Wife wants to go to get closure.
What should we do?????.

Be aware that it really can take that long for a decision from MOM. One of the things that causes an application to take the longest is document vetting. If you're appealing based on new documents that didn't exist on the previous application, I'd suspect there is a good chance they may be vetted. Nothing on the way they work or process things is published publicly or guaranteed. Every application is also up to their whim; even if these new documents means you meet every 'requirement' on their web page does not guarantee anything.
You can follow QRM's advise above to help the wife's sanity, but it could get expensive fast. And I wouldn't want the 'closure' of sitting in a $5k-15k/month Service Apartment on week 5 or 6 waiting for that IPA...

Re: EP rejected but wife still wants to go
For a few cases I know, MOM asked for additional documents, like certificate of employment, notarised verification of some documents submitted, and stuff, and those are better done when you are in your home country, than in Singapore, if asked for .. unless you have connections to do your legwork.zzm9980 wrote:You can follow QRM's advise above to help the wife's sanity, but it could get expensive fast. And I wouldn't want the 'closure' of sitting in a $5k-15k/month Service Apartment on week 5 or 6 waiting for that IPA...
Re: EP rejected but wife still wants to go
But you say you have signed a lease in company name - so you have accommodation? I assume your own company is sponsoring you? Other Directors?
Re: EP rejected but wife still wants to go
Damn... old thread! Did you move?
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
-
PR Approved but serving notice (but EP still active). Can I proceed to get PR?
by vvk369 » Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:30 am » in PR, Citizenship, Passes & Visas for Foreigners - 4 Replies
- 4900 Views
-
Last post by singaporeflyer
Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:22 am
-
-
-
Got PR, but job wants me to relocate out of Singapore
by writerplane » Wed, 03 Apr 2019 10:43 am » in Staying, Living in Singapore - 1 Replies
- 2659 Views
-
Last post by PNGMK
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:05 am
-
-
-
Anyone applied for citizenship but is still pending? How long have you been waiting?
by aprilmood » Sat, 08 Feb 2020 12:12 am » in PR, Citizenship, Passes & Visas for Foreigners - 43 Replies
- 26870 Views
-
Last post by MOCHS
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:05 pm
-
-
-
One of the highest vaccine uptake but still many cases
by Jgrif96229 » Sat, 04 Sep 2021 6:31 pm » in General Discussions - 9 Replies
- 2815 Views
-
Last post by x9200
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 9:12 am
-
-
- 7 Replies
- 4822 Views
-
Last post by Lisafuller
Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:11 am
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests