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by sundaymorningstaple » Sat, 27 Apr 2013 4:02 pm
Basically, the information you were told is correct. The point is, that you are trying to work in Singapore without being "qualified", e.g., Foreigners are supposed to be Foreign Talent. That was the reasons your spouse was hired. You are accompanying baggage that they have to accept in the country in order to get the talent that they require. The LoC is something that is offered as a sop to trailing spouses who really want to stay out of the country clubs or SAHMs cooped up in the homes all day. However, there are a lot of codicils that they attach to this "gift" (and it IS a gift as they are not required to give trailing spouses anything with regard to employment). Therefore, starting a business is generally a non-starter unless doing work from home, on your PC, working for a company back in your home country OR going the entrepass route. Otherwise you are pretty much limited to finding a proper job. Remember, they don't even need to allow you to find a job at all, if they don't want to. They allow your spouse to work. Anything thing more is a favour so you cannot complain.
I know this comes across as rough, and I am sorry, but frankly, this is the way it is. I don't sugar coat.
sms
NB: Up till a year or so ago, you could almost always get a LoC for any position being offered except for a few. Now it seems to be getting even harder to get the LoC for a proper job as well. You might need to get yourself a local partner and have them start the Pte Ltd company and then try to get a EP for that, but then a whole bunch of academic and other factors would come into play as well so you might still not be granted an EP.
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