Salary update for dependant pass privileges

GuestPoster895Guest08 August 2021 04:19:10

hello,

I have been in Singapore with my Husband since March 2020 on STVP.
My husband is on Spass , and we waited for the covid situation to get better in order to have a salary increase and meet the 6000 requirement for DP. The problem is that the first salary registrated by the company at MOM was the min Spass basic salary ( 2800). And the rest was paid as commision ( 5400 in total as stipulated on his contract , with 2 payslips/ months).

In december 2020 my husband signed for a new salary at 6030 basic fix.

The MOM required 3 payslips in order to register the new salary , but because of covid again , all salary have been reduced in january and february by 10%.

In june , we finally could provide the 3 months payslips ( march, april, may) of 6030dol.
The company maid the application to update salary in MOM portail.

We were so happy and relieved at this time... but after 5 weeks waiting for this update, MOM rejected this application saying that the increase of salary was to high ( 2800 registred in march 2020 to 6030 in june 2021). They also addes that increasing salary to 6000 doesnt mean you can automaticly bring your dependant, as having a dependant is not a right but a privilege.

We were a little bit choqued as we know it is a privilege and we were so lucky that we could stay together this year when others didn't get the chance, but we waited so long , full of stress, to finally hear that...

The company maid an appeal 3 weeks ago trying to prove that it wasnt a big jump but a gradual one , and that comissions has been consistant so they put everything on basic.

We are loosing hope... ICA doesn't want to extend my visa anymore so I have to go back next week.

If someone has same experience I would like to know please.

Thanks

Feb2Oct Active member

Member since 05 August 2021

Feb2OctActive member08 August 2021 08:39:41

Hey Rachael, sorry to hear about it..a quick one, commisions u meant by allowances?

GuestPoster895 Guest

GuestPoster895Guest08 August 2021 08:47:46

@feb20ct Hi , no it is not.

Its like they paid the basic Spass salary at the end of the month ( 2800) and provide one payslip, and then the rest in the middle of the month after.

But in his contract , his fix salary and hours was 60h/month for 90$ /hour so total of 5400.
But 2800 paid at the end of month and the rest as commission.
And now he got a promltion at 6030 instead of 5400 but 6030 paid at the end of month and all extra hours in the middle as commission.

Shekhz Singapore Expert

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ShekhzSingapore Expert08 August 2021 14:38:14

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Commissions are never counted towards fixed salary, am sure you know that by now. The required fixed salary is 6K for bringing on a dependent- so I am afraid but this is going to be tough. Per MoM this situation of a jump, 2800 to 6K looks farse - so I doubt an appeal would work here.

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

Member since 08 August 2010

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beppiGermany/Singapore Expert08 August 2021 17:19:51

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Singapore work passes are strictly for full-time jobs only, so telling MoM "60h/month for 90$ /hour so total of 5400" was a bad idea and could get his work pass cancelled.
Also, MoM obviously thinks that the pay increase exists only on paper in order to get the DP - which your post above basically confirms ("we waited for the covid situation to get better in order to have a salary increase and meet the 6000 requirement for DP").
I think you should prepare to get a visa on your own merit and - since this will not happen within a week - temporarily leave Singapore.