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I used the e-gates back in Feb. Arriving at T3 one early morning, they worked fine, and there was no Q whatsoever to use them (moderate Q at the EU manned desks). Had to make some regional flights on business in Europe - arriving back at T5 one Friday evening, would the e-gates work (with the same passport, obviously)? Would they bugger! I wasn't the only one having a problem and there were long Qs both for the e-gates and the manned desks.
Therein lies the problem, just not consistently reliable. Takes far longer for an average passenger to know what to do to resolve any problem than a professional immigration officer at a manned desk...
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In Topic: Moving To Singapore, Want Tg To Live With Me
2012-05-09 07:01:28
brit1984, on 2012-05-08 13:35:45, said:
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This seems like a good idea to get her in there but would it not make it difficult for her to gain PR and citizenship in the future?
I don't know all the details but my understanding is the rights of these maids are fairly limited.
You're right, but I think the focus should be on getting the lady into Singapore to start with. PR has become very difficult to get now, even for western expats on large remuneration packages, so I think for the OP and his girlfriend an application for PR is going to be a long way down the tracks...
In Topic: Moving To Singapore, Want Tg To Live With Me
2012-05-06 17:52:04
Docno, on 2012-05-06 12:43:40, said:
BTW, Singapore has even made it difficult to bring a wife here over the past couple of years. Now the marriage has to be of a certain length, and there are all sorts of other hurdles and restrictions. There have been a number of stories in the press about the difficulties experienced by men who 'buy' a wife through a marriage agency here and are unable to get her into the country. Again, I detect a real bias against Thai nationals, and it may be more difficult to bring a Thai wife in rather than one from China or Vietnam (the more common 'source countries' for Chinese Singaporean men).
That's very interesting and I have also seen the odd story in the Straits Times or Today (I don't read the local papers that often) about elderly local gentlemen who "imported" brides from VN, CN etc and then the lady disappeared ASAP. No doubt the authorities have or will crack down as a result. However - these are all Singaporean men so their "wives" visas would fall under ICA's remit (I think!). The OP is a foreigner, offered employment in Singapore, so his other half's visa would be under MOM's authority. Having fairly recently moved from an Employment Pass to Permanent Resident, I know that MOM operate quite differently to ICA. Don't disagree that it will require considerable patience and persistence from the OP, plus a gazillion bits of paper, to get it done, but I wouldn't be totally dispirited just yet...
In Topic: Rugby Tops
2012-05-06 08:44:59
Tafia, on 2012-05-05 22:25:21, said:
Try MBK
Agreed. The clothes stall areas (5F?) had lots of rugby world cup "replicas" last year.
