Hello Team,
This is Karthik (Indian). Been in Singapore since 2013. Came here for my masters at NUS and graduated in 2014. I am on EP currently working for American Ad tech company (First full time job in Singapore) as an Account Manager (pay of 45k SGD annual) since June 2014 till date (~1.4 years). Recently I got a new job opportunity as Product Manager (pay of 60K SGD Annual) at a Singapore HQed Company. The new employer applied for Ep on Sept 8th 2015 (Sept 11th was elections - will this affect the process?) and its been like more than 10 working days now - still it is in "Pending" status. I am really worried if it would get rejected as my current Ep was approved very soon (in like 2 or 3 days). Please advise. I had sent all the documents my side which includes my NUS masters degree certificate and marksheets, Bachelors degree and mark sheets, passport details, and current EP scan. I am not sure if I had missed anything else here. I need to surrender my current Ep pretty soon then I will have to be on social visit visa which is valid for 30 days till my new EP gets approved.
Adding on - I also signed a MOE bond for subsidised fees during my Masters stint in NUS which states that I need to work in Singapore for 3 years upon graduation. I have just completed 1.4 years till now serving the bond.
Please advise or let me know if I had missed anything in docs. I am pretty sure there is no spell errors in the form.
Really in a worried state now.
Please advise. Any one in the same situation as me who had their EP applied in September (on/before/after 8th Sept 2015) and got it approved or in pending status?
Please let me know for any questions.
Thanks,
Karthik