hi everyone! i just can't help but share our frustrations with getting a PR in Singapore.
Me & my husband are working here for 7 years already.
During our 2nd year, we tried to apply for it, but it got rejected. We were both holding an S Pass that time and salaries are not high enough and we werent married yet. Then, i understood why it got rejected.
On our 4th year, we tried again, but again, it was rejected. We were then holding an E Pass and salaries are quite good, but we werent married yet.
We just got married last year and we're planning to apply again this coming January 2015. However, due to the more restrictive rules of MOM, our passes were degraded to S Pass after the renewal. FYi, my husband's working in the same company for 4 years, i just turned 3 years in my company. I'm quite scared to apply and get rejected again especially we are both holding S Pass and i heard, if you're holding this, you automatically get rejected no matter what.
Anyway, sad story is... few days ago, my husband suddenly told me "I want a baby"... tears flow in his eyes. I asked why. He said he's frustrated because as much as he wants a baby, we can't because we dont have the "security of tenure". Anytime, we can lose our jobs even if our companies want us. Singapore can reject S and E Passes during the renewal. My heart broke when i saw the tears coming out from his eyes. He seldom cries.
Worse is we know people with the same job, less experience, from not a well-known school, single but they got their PR. Why? And they are the ones who withdraw their PR once they have savings already. But us, we want to stay in Singapore for as long as we can but we can't get PR.
Oh! it's just frustrating.