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How long will my work pass (EP, S-Pass, WP) application take

tm100 New member

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6 years ago

Dear All,
My EP is in 'Pending' status for 64 days now. (EP applied on May 28th). Are there anyone whose EP is in pending status for more than 50 days?
This is my 1st ever application to Singapore EP. Actually I'm wondering that I have all the qualifications for this particular job (Having a computer science special bachelors degree, few diplomas and more than 10 years of experience. So I can't find any thing to disqualify me.

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#482

Yes, there have been cases with processing times of two months and longer, although that is not common.
Your employer should contact MoM an ask what is holding it up.

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lecinqjulliet Member

3POSTS

6 years ago

#483

my husband's LOC pending for almost 3 months

SumanSA Member

2POSTS

6 years ago

#484

聽 Well I鈥檓 waiting about 106 days.... Still with hope聽聽

tm100 New member

5POSTS

6 years ago

#485

tm100 wrote:
Dear All,
My EP is in 'Pending' status for 64 days now. (EP applied on May 28th). Are there anyone whose EP is in pending status for more than 50 days?
This is my 1st ever application to Singapore EP. Actually I'm wondering that I have all the qualifications for this particular job (Having a computer science special bachelors degree, few diplomas and more than 10 years of experience. So I can't find any thing to disqualify me.

Dear All,
My EP is approved today after 65 days. What I want to say for all of you guys is that please stay in hungry, humble, cautious & patient for your pass! Don't be nervous or impatient if you are genuine and your qualifications are met with the application.
I wish you all that you will receive your pass soon enough.
Also like to thank again for Beppi and Surya for your assistance and guidance! Kindly request from you to do the same in the future too!

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Jobseeker93 New member

4POSTS

6 years ago

#486

My ep application got rejected by Mom last month and am still waiting for my prospective employer to make an appeal. They have re-posted the adv on jobs bank for 14 days and when I called them today to check on the status, they told me that they have not make an appeal yet as they need more time to consider other factors. I know that they are getting info from other new applicants before they make an appeal for my case.

My question is if applicants keep flowing in to apply for the same position on jobsbank, does it mean that I have to wait for all info being collected from potential candidates(sg citizen n pr) before employer can appeal?

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#487

The employer has to show that they have duly considered any local applicant before making the decision to hire a foreigner instead.
Posting on the jobs bank with no suitable candidate applying is the easiest way to achieve this, but if there are applicants they have to of course be considered and rejected before they can hire you.

Jobseeker93 New member

4POSTS

6 years ago

#488

. Noted and thanks

Vignesh9571 Member

3POSTS

6 years ago

#489

Dear guys ,
聽聽聽聽I have share my E pass application status.but still pending on around 6 months.

Submitted application on 11 Feb 2019
Next day it will show on "pending" status
Then application rejected on 11 march 2019
And status shown on "Rejected"
聽 Reason for reject on my salary package are very low.so the application can rejected.

Then they will clear all the queries to again appeal on a Epasss.

Then next day he will appealed on 13 march 2019
But status shown on "Rejected"

But till a date (8 august 2019) the application can be still processing On status shown on "Rejected" .
It's can't be change for any status .
I have submitted to all the documents .

1.What is procedure of processing time on MOM?
2.Why did the processing time to so longer time on application?

3.And then how many months on validation of Epass application form?

Pls anybody clarify my doubt.

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#490

The processing time for EP applications is highly variable - for the details see the first post in this thread.
But six months is too long! Your employer should urgently contact MoM and ask what is holding it up and how it can be accelerated.
(Just to make sure: Are you sure your employer did actually appeal?)

Vignesh9571 Member

3POSTS

6 years ago

#491

Yeah he said on (14 Feb 2019)聽 reappealed my application. And then also he said the application are processing time period due to 3 months .So you have to wait for that.

Then i wait on June 20 (3 month completed).
But status can't be change.its shown only on "Rejected".

But still the processing time on underprocess.

Why do this process to so longer on my application or any purpose聽 ?

And how many months to application expired聽 till the applied date ?

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#492

An application does not 鈥渆xpire鈥�, but six months is definitely too long.
Your employer should contact MoM, that鈥檚 the only way to find out what is happening or to speed up things!

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Vignesh9571 Member

3POSTS

6 years ago

#493

Thanks a聽 lot聽 beppi馃愤 for your discussion

Jobseeker93 New member

4POSTS

6 years ago

#494

Hi, my future employer currently appealed for my rejected EP. May I know can my appeal be affected if my current employer renew my current employment pass? Can renewal of EP be done if there is an appeal Of EP?

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#495

Jobseeker93 wrote:
Can renewal of EP be done if there is an appeal Of EP.

Very good wuestion, which we didn鈥檛 have yet on the forum - therefore no circumstantial evidence.
But I would expect it to have an influence: Why, in the eyes of MoM, would you want to stay in your old job (thus renew) and insist to change )thus appeal) at the same time?
If, which looks possible, MoM considers a renewal to be a kind of application, it won鈥檛 even work for formal reasons: You can only have one ongoing work pass application at any one time.
And even if it is possible, your current employer will in the process get to know that another EP application is submitted. Many companies would then decide not to renew such illoyal employees.
Altogether, I would avoid such a risk unless I鈥檓 very sure I want to leave the old job.

nampujara Active member

27POSTS

6 years ago

#496

Hi, Were you able to get the approval on your EP?Did your employer appeal or submit a new application for you?

Xs1233 Member

1POSTS

6 years ago

#497

Hi all

I have been waiting for my EP since 17 Jul 2019. It was rejected 2nd week of submission due to job ads issues. HR has then issued appeal, and it is still eejected status now.

My previous employment was ended 23rd Aug and i flew out the next day. Anyone have idea if i can still go back Singapore my the SVP issued upon cancellation of my previous pass?

Thanks a lot for the discussion, it makes feel better reading through all the posts.

spr07 Member

22POSTS

6 years ago

#498

I'm waiting for EP approval since last 71 days, here is my timeline.

* My EP applied on 19th June
* Rejected on 8th Juley with a reason of salary offered to me is beyond the jobsbank job
聽聽post salary range mentioned
* Employer reposted job and waited for 2 weeks, only 2 applications received
* Appealed on 22nd July after 2 weeks of wait
* My employer received a notification on 12th Aug (end of 3 weeks from appeal date) saying MoM need more time to process my application
* Employer called MoM on 14th Aug to ask for anything holding them to process and got case number to expedite
* I have called MoM on 19th Aug to request for a status on case number given to my employer, but MoM refused to give any details and asked my employer to call them for any inquiries
* Employer called MoM on the same day after my call, They've not given my employer any specific reason but have said that they have not got a case officer looking at it
* Employer received additional information (Contract and Job Description) request on 20th Aug and submitted documents on the same day

Coming to my profile, I'm a Data Engineer working in Singapore from last 5 years with a total of 10 years experience. All my previous EP applications and renewal are smooth, my current EP application I mentioned above is to my 4th Job.

My contract (1y) is with a recruiting agency to work for an Insurence company, salary is 14k+ per month and it is almost 50% increase if MoM just looks at my fixed salary since my current perm role pays me 9.4k + 10% to pension account every month + anual bonus of 15%. I don't have bonus + other benefits of pension and health benefits with the new role, so base increased to match. I feel the salary increase could have alarmed MoM along with job posting issue.

Are there any chances of approval in this case. My employer (not the agency who applied my current EP) promised me that they will try with other sources (other agency/direct) if my current EP application is not successful, does it really helps? Sorry for the long message, I'm trying to give all the details here.

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#499

Spr07: Nothing wrong with your application and, with about 6 weeks since the appeal was submitted, it's also still in the normal timeline range. They might just do some additional background checks (does your status in EPOnline say "vetting"?) - or the officers have a long backlog of cases to process.
The only issue I can see is that, with four jobs within five years in Singapore, you are a job-hopper, which MoM dislikes.
You should just be patient and wait for the result!

spr07 Member

22POSTS

6 years ago

#500

Thanks beppi for quick response, current status shows "Rejected". I will keep my status updated with latest progress.

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#501

Oh yes, you were rejected at first and this is still shown during the appeal process. Thus you can probably not even find out whether you are in the "vetting" stage.
In any case, there is nothing you can do but wait. Patience is a virtue (although admittedly not an easy one)!

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forthebetter New member

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6 years ago

#502

Hello! My future-Employer submitted my EP application last wednesday (28/09/19) and today (monday 10 am鈥� 02/09/19) I checked online that the status changes from 鈥楶ending鈥� to 鈥� We need inputs from other agencies to process this application. In most instances, the outcome will be available in 4 weeks' time. Some cases may take longer.鈥�

Is this what they called 鈥淰etting鈥�?
What usually happen at this stage? Is there something employer or me can do?

I鈥檓 currently working fulltime in SG with SPass. Has anyone have experience switching from sPass to EP? How was the process like? Thank you so much!

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#503

The answers for the following questions have been discussed before and you could have found them by searching the forum. This is what we encourage everybody to do before posting!

forthebetter wrote:
Is this what they called 鈥淰etting鈥�?

Yes.

forthebetter wrote:
What usually happen at this stage?

Your credentials are checked by external agencies.

forthebetter wrote:
Is there something employer or me can do?

Nothing other than wait.

lecinqjulliet Member

3POSTS

6 years ago

#504

hi, my husband's loc finally was approved after 4 months....

spr07 Member

22POSTS

6 years ago

#505

My EP finally approved today, thank you beppi for your support here.

prash422 Member

1POSTS

6 years ago

#506

Hi All,

Need your suggestion, it has been a month already that I applied for my EP. I just got to know the MOM requested my employer ( a big multinational firm) for more documents.

My question is usually how long will they take to approve the EP after receiving reply for the company? I just want to estimate the wait time.

I am an Indian working in Germany and my Visa is expiring soon in Germany, So I have to plan based on above information.

Many thanks,
Prash

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15652POSTS

6 years ago

#507

Read the long first post in this discussion thread - it contains all the information we know about how long a work pass application might take. Of course your specific case might differ, but thgen we won't know it either!

gracetanjiayu Member

1POSTS

6 years ago

#508

Hi, I鈥檝e just recently got my S Pass approved so I want to share a little more about it for those that are still waiting.

I graduated from a local polytechnic in May 2019 in science related field. But i have no plans on continuing the field that i studied as the starting pay for a my related field would probably not able to get me even an S Pass.

So i look for other alternative and found a marketing company. They hired me and applied my S Pass for me on August 20/08/2019. Below is my timeline:

20/08/2019: Pending
22/08/2019: We need inputs from other agencies to process this application...
07/09/2019: Approved

Even though my field of study has nothing to do with the job that i applied for, my S Pass still got approved. So don鈥檛 give up and be patient!!

Don鈥檛 lose hope and know that good things will come your way soon.

Good luck to everyone else waiting for their pass approval!

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spr07 Member

22POSTS

6 years ago

#509

prash422: MoM asked my employer for additional documents in my EP process, you can find the details in my previous posts. After my employer submitted additional documents, MoM sent below notification on 20th Aug along with confirming that thye have received required additional documents to proceed.

We will process your request by 03 Sep 2019. We will contact you if a longer time or additional information is required.

While we are looking into your request, please do not contact us unless really necessary as this may disrupt the review process and delay the outcome of the case inadvertently.

My employer called MoM on 2nd Sep to enquire about the status and MoM said that no more followups required and they do best to close this case soon.

My EP was approved on 3rd Sep, so if your employer also receives such notification after submitting additional documents, you can expect an update by that date.

mixtiq New member

6POSTS

6 years ago

#510

Hi guys, I did the SAT Test and the result shown that I am eligible for E-Pass and S-Pass. Therefore, my company apply me an E-Pass and after 2 weeks, the result shown that my E-Pass was rejected.

The statement from MOM said that the candidate does not meet the qualifying criteria (salary, qualifications, and experience) for E-Pass. In line with rising local wages, the criteria for employment pass have been tightened to ensure that e-pass holder are complementary to the local workforce.

I did the SAT pass, and it was mentioned that I am eligible for E-Pass, do you guys have the same experiences?

surya2k VIP Member

2892POSTS

6 years ago

#511

SAT only a basic tool to advise you that you are eligible to apply. To get approval, there are several yardsticks, you can refer one thread at TOP with subject 鈥淐riteria at MoM...鈥�. Good luck

mixtiq New member

6POSTS

6 years ago

#512

surya2k wrote:
SAT only a basic tool to advise you that you are eligible to apply. To get approval, there are several yardsticks, you can refer one thread at TOP with subject 鈥淐riteria at MoM...鈥�. Good luck

thanks surya for the feedback, I had been following your post from long time ago, and I will check on that thread

GuestUser0289 Guest

0POSTS

6 years ago

#513

My EP Pass is in pending status for 64 days. This is my first EP application and it was applied on 15 July. Hoping for a positive outcome soon.

alien360 New member

8POSTS

6 years ago

#514

Hey Folks,

This is the first time I am posting on 大咖福利影院. Apologies if this has been asked before.

My employer filed for my EP last week and this is the first time I have been offered a job at Singapore. Now when I asked the HR if I can check the status of the EP online, she said no, you can't check. Is that really the case?

Thanks a bunch!

surya2k VIP Member

2892POSTS

6 years ago

#515

This question was asked and answered many times. If you would read older threads then you must have got the answer.

To answer your query, an employee can check the application status in EPONLINE by mentioning passport information. So, HR has wrongly informed you. Good luck