Hello Everyone
I need your help.
I was deported or refused to enter Singapore over a month ago, the reason is, being ineligible for the issue of a pass under current immigration policies. I have found an employer that are able to apply my work permit. Will this affect my chances of getting my S-pass approved?
When I emailed the ICA, this is their reply.
I am now scared and worried since my pass application was still pending. Can you help me with this please. Regarding my backgroud: I had my Attachment Programme in Singapore for 6 months year 2008. I have had worked in Singapore with S-pass for over 4 years, from 2012 to 2016.
Letter from ICA: "We wish to clarify that as with most countries, a visitors entry into Singapore is neither a right nor automatic.
Prior to your next visit to Singapore, you are required to submit a formal entry (i.e. Visit Pass) application through a local sponsor in Singapore for our consideration. The local sponsor must be a Singapore Citizen / Singapore Permanent Resident who is at least 21 years of age or a Singapore registered company. The Visit Pass application for your entry must first be approved in order to facilitate your entry into Singapore. The application will be assessed on its own merits. You may refer to the following for the application procedures.
It should include the details, purpose of the visit as well as the name, address and contact number of your local sponsor in Singapore and declaring any antecedents on the application Form 14. You may also include any other supporting documents deem relevant to substantiate your application in addition to the following documents:
a) Application Form 14 & V39I (duly completed and signed);
b) A photocopy of your travel document particulars page (showing full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number, its date of issue/expiry and signature); and
c) A photocopy of your local sponsor's Singapore IC.
If a company is acting as the local sponsor, a letter of undertaking stating your details, purpose of visit and undertaking of your maintenance and repatriation is required.
The local sponsor can mail the application forms and required documents to the following address:
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
Visitor Services Centre
ICA Building
10 Kallang Road #04-00
Singapore 208718
Each application will be considered on its own merits. The local sponsor will be notified by post once the outcome is known.
The application forms are available for download in ICAs website at url: http://www.ica.gov.sg/e_services_overvi … ;secid=289 .
If approved, you will be issued with a letter of permission to enter Singapore. Do note that your entry will remain to be subjected to the prevailing entry requirements.
Visitors who are eligible for entry will be issued with visit passes upon arrival. These visit passes determine the number of days that visitors are allowed to stay in Singapore. We wish to advise that the granting of visit passes to visitors is determined by the ICA Officers stationed at Singapore Checkpoints depending on the merits of each visitor.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely