Is there any chance to get S-Pass for Vietnamese with Japanese major?

Member since 16 October 2018

Tracy Nguyen 2362Member16 October 2018 04:24:42

Hi everyone

I'm a job seeker from Vietnam

I have 4 years experience in HR fields聽

Now I living in Vietnam and looking forward for a job in Singapore

I went to Singapore last month to interview and luckily I got the offer from a quite big headhunter company聽

They provide service for other company and my position is Japanese speaking CS position and will work onsite at the client company

They has already applied S-Pass for me from almost 2 weeks聽 but it's the status is still pending

I'm very worried that I can't get the S-pass since my major is Japanese, so please me some advice

(my friend also Vietnamese with engineer background, and he got S-pass in just only 1 day :-O)

Thank you so much!

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

Member since 08 August 2010

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beppiGermany/Singapore Expert16 October 2018 09:08:03

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The criteria are the same for all applications - and there is certainly no discrimination against people who speak Japanese or are from Vietnam.
The processing time can vary greatly, though, from a few days to several months. Read the related threads on this forum to understand why!

Tracy Nguyen 2362 Member

Member since 16 October 2018

Tracy Nguyen 2362Member17 October 2018 04:10:19

Thank you for your advise

Unfortunately聽 my application was rejected today with the reason: "The work pass is for the foreigner to work as an employee for the direct employer only and not to work for another company/client"
- my position work onsite in client company. My company suggest to make an appeal , so is there any chance for my application get approve ?

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

Member since 08 August 2010

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beppiGermany/Singapore Expert17 October 2018 06:37:58

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You can only get a work pass to work for a Singapore-registered company.
If that company sends you to provide services at a client location, this is o.k. and in fact common.
So I have problems understanding the rejection reasoning.
Which company is your employer? What is their client you are supposed to serve?
Is it maybe possible for this client to hire you directly?

Tracy Nguyen 2362 Member

Member since 16 October 2018

Tracy Nguyen 2362Member17 October 2018 06:49:52

My employer is Adecco and they provide service for Apple Singapore
(my position is work onsite in Apple).
They also have enough quota for apply S-pass so it's quite confusing for me