hellogoodbye wrote:Unfortunately my apply for an EP has been rejected, as I already expected.. Thanks for all the advice and help anyway.
I imagine you're thinking it's due to your record. But I have a feeling it's because you weren't eligible for an EP in the first place, i.e. one was simply not required. Just in case this kind of question arises again I found the following links useful:
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Visitor Services
Visit Pass
1. Why is there a need for foreigners to obtain a Visit Pass?
The purpose of a Visit Pass is to regulate the stay of foreigners in Singapore. It may be granted at the checkpoint to a foreigner who wishes to enter Singapore for social, business or professional purposes or as a tourist.
http://www.ifaq.gov.sg/ica/apps/fcd_faqmain.aspx
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Work Pass Exempt Activities - Inform MOM
Making a Notification
Foreigners performing any Work Pass Exempt Activity are required to notify MOM online after they have arrived in Singapore and obtained a Short Term Visit Pass issued by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore. MOM must be notified before the foreigner starts performing the Work Pass Exempt Activity.
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... tification
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'Work Pass Exempt Activities.
Foreigners can perform certain activities in Singapore for short durations without a work pass. They can perform these activities for the duration of their short term visit passes subject to a maximum of 60 days. Beyond that, they will need to obtain a Work Pass. The waiver of Work Pass requirements does not exempt foreigners from having to comply with other specific legal requirements in Singapore.
Carrying out Work Pass Exempt Activities without notifying MOM is an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.
Please check the list of work pass-exempt activities below.
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- Provision of Specialised Skills
Providing expertise or specialised skills:
The commissioning or audits of new plant and equipment (including any audit to ensure regulatory compliance or compliance with one or more standards).
In the installation, dismantling, transfer, repair, or maintenance of any equipment, processes or machine, whether in relation to a scale up of operations or otherwise.
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... fault.aspx
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and, the e-notification/info required to MOM...
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Personal Particulars:
Name
Date of Birth
Gender
Nationality
Passport/travel document number
Passport/travel document expiry date
Disembarkation/Embarkation card number
Short Term Visit Pass expiry date
Type of activity that will be performed
Period of activity (start-date and end-date)
http://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-manpower/ ... tification
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So it would seem to me, that for the purposes of the OPs kind of trip, a visitor would arrive on an SVP, and then make an e-notification to MOM. I think that it being termed a 'notification' rather than an 'application' is significant. This is also quite interesting to me, as I have never heard of this channel before. It is quite confusing having to look at both ICA and MOM, and it would be clearer if there was some kind of ‘official visa requirement decision tree’.
