Spass rejected. Could it be because of this strange reason?

Gender biased is there but that was more visible towards approving PR or citizen where male child gets preferences.

Ask your employer to share the notification mail from after rejection. Most of the time, MoM provides an indication. Any appeal without addressing the issue has no meaning. Hence, act on the reason. Good luck

Hi William!

Fellow Indonesian here! I am also a fresh grad who is facing a similar issue; I just wanna tell you that you are not alone.

A little bit on my background, I have been in Singapore for more than 5 years and my SPass was rejected earlier today. It was submitted on the 27th of Oct. Therefore, it took them 15 working days to reject my SPass application.

I recently graduated from SIM-UOW (Computer Science) with distinction, since my degree program was not an honors' program. I was on the Dean's Lists once. 

Anyway, I was offered a position as a Research Engineer in one of the local research agencies in Singapore. I was offered $3000 as I have zero working experience. I have no criminal record or whatsoever in Singapore nor Indonesia.

I don't have the faintest idea why my SPass got rejected because MOM's online portal mentioned "Rejected", without elucidating further. I have emailed my HR and they are currently considering what should be done next.

Lastly, thank You so much Surya and Beppi for shedding some light on this matter.

I am speculating that it might be due to our lower than industry-standard salary or SPass quota.

Surya, have you ever heard of any other reasons why an SPass is rejected?

MoM considers all applications on each’s own merit and small differences can matter. So there is no point comparing yourself with others, which you think are same - MoM’s different reactions show that they are not.
I don’t think your gender or nationality played a role (although of course I might be wrong here - all this is based in hearsay as MoM does not tell, and their criteria do also change over time). At least you are from the preferred race (Chinese).
Your low salary probably counted - fresh grads are usually expected to get around S$3600 (but there are exceptions).
In general, as a fresh grad, it is difficult to fulfill MoM’s main criteria that Singapore as a whole must profit from your presence. If you don’t have special niche skills or experience that is needed here, MoM will simply decide that it is better a comparable Singaporean fresh grad gets this job.