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Last activity 10 October 2019 by andreatle

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sunny93

I recently graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University.
I have applied for the WHP of Singapore and awaiting the visa.
On the website it says 3 weeks processing time. According to you how many days does it take on average?
Also, does my university need to be under any top ranking list to be eligible for WHP? I didnt see this condition on the MoM website, but i read it elsewhere. Does anyone have any idea? Thanks.

beppi

The WHP is quite a rare visa type, as there are only a limited number available.
Thus we have limited information and experience with it.
All decisions are of course on the discretion of MoM (who will not normally tell you why you were accepted or rejected). The type of university does not seem to play a role and the processing time is not known to me.

surya2k

You had asked same in PM to me, I informed you that process time is much depends on the existing quota which says 2000 at one time.

MoM won’t define whether TOP university would have any additional weight or not but it’s very common that the TOP university graduate has higher chance. Processing time, as Beppi said is unknown to us. With very limited information floating in the market, hard to tell average processing time but should be lesser than the normal EP pass process time. Good luck

beppi

Please do NOT send questions by PM that belong on the forum (as you correctly assumed by posting it here)!
By doing so, you waste everybody's time and decrease the motivation of the volunteers on this site (who include Surya and me). Without them this forum would be much less useful!

Francesingaboy

Hello Sunny93,

Have you obtained your WHP ?
Eventually, how long did it take for you to get it ?

andreatle

I received within 1 week if you are still wondering :)

georgeryan

The standard processing time for the Singapore Work Holiday Pass is 3 weeks.  :)

andreatle wrote:

I received within 1 week if you are still wondering :)


Congratulation!  :one

You are very lucky.  One week is really fast. In this forum, some people mention that their applications were still in the processing stage even after 3 weeks.  :o 

When did you apply for your Singapore Work Holiday Pass?  :D 

How many exact days do you have to wait from the application date until you receive the In-principle approval letter?  :D

Where did you graduate?

andreatle

Hello,
I applied on September 21st and received the IPA on September 29th. I'm a Vietnamese graduating from a French business school :D

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