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EP job offer or Work permit offer unable to decide!!!help please

aishv612

Hi guys,

I need your valuable inputs on my current situation.I am currently holding s-pass(4.5k $sgd + 1 month annual bonus= 5k$ shd )in my current company and the project I was working is almost completed.I started looking for job.
Since I was looking for job very desperately as my current company doesn't have a role for me I got an offer from company A it's a contract job ( it's for work permit role as DP) salary is 5.5k$sgd and DP can't be applied until my spass is cancelled in my current company ( that will be cancelled on last working day)so I put my papers once I recieved the offer letter.

Now I got an offer for EP and this is my first time EP approval ...this is permanent role and salary is 6.6k$sgd also this role and job profile is very very suitable role for me.
If HR applies my EP on 29jan.

Now if I go ahead and apply for EP for this company B..and my application is pending ( if approved then happy .if rejected? )
Then I will loose both jobs since I am in notice period.

My last working day is 11feb ..after that my company A wants to apply for work permit.
The company A job offer ( joining date 14feb) also I will loose since I can't apply for DP when this application is in progress :(

I am so confused ...please help ..
I like company B ..but scared to loose any opportunity as I am already in notice period.

See also

Work visas for SingaporeS Pass Approvals 2025S pass approvalEP rejected due to verification proof of qualificationMy S Pass application is still pending and now on 12th day
beppi

Your post is as confused as you profess to be. Maybe you can explain the following:
- What is your current status?
- Do you have two or three job offers?
- Are you eligible for DP or not?
- What is the confusion about different passes and losing everything?!?

Shekhz

Beppi: Couldn’t agree more, too confusing a post/ query.

@aishv612: care to clarify and answer Qs posted by Beppi for us to share our thoughts?

navinpd

You can ask company A to withdraw your Pass application.
Once withdrawal is completed ask Company B to apply for new EP application.

aishv612

post is as confused as you profess to be. --sorry for confusion :) I posted my query late night while I was too tensed :) I edited my post again

Maybe you can explain the following:
- What is your current status?-- I am on S-pass in my current company ..and in notice period .
My last day of job is 11 feb
- Do you have two or three job offers?--
No I have just 2 job offers
1- dp on work permit
2- EP job
- Are you eligible for DP or not?-- yes i am eligible. ..but my dp can be applied only on last day of my current job ( since I can have s-pass and DP at the same time )
- What is the confusion about different passes and losing everything?!?
If my EP is applied on 29th jan by company B and is pending near MoM
The company A cannot apply for work permit.( My joining here will be based on DP ( which should be applied on 10feb )

Not sure if I have to ask company B about what is their plan if my EP not approved ? Will they go and apply for work permit..my  company B  cosultancy says I should not ask that question to the company B -HR as they will have a doubt it won't get approved and might not even apply for EP.

beppi

Still confusing:
- So it seems you have already resigned (or were fired) from your current job. After that, you will get a 30-days (sometimes 60-days) STVP. No problem here and you have no time pressure to find asilution.
- And you already have to job offers. Good for you!
- One of them requires a DP and WP. Why??? If the company already has too many foreigners and no space in their S-Pass quota, and thus is operating beyond the allowed range (or is too stingy to pay any levies for you), it is not a desirable employer!
- The other one requires an EP - and you are worrying that it won't be approved. Well, that's the risk you always take: Any application could be rejected!
- Who told you you (or rather, your spouse's employer) cannot apply for a DP now? I have never heard of that. (If it was that "consultant": Ditch them, they often cause nothing but problems!)

aishv612

Hi beppi,

Thank for your time in answering

The current company don't have any development work since the project is handed over to Vendor.So my manager told he would look for project within the company else would send me back to agency.
So in my job search got the Company A offer and resigned, then put my papers as well .
Then got company B offer for EP and was a permanent position.

--- it's MOM rule that we can't have spass and Dp at same time .

beppi

aishv612 wrote:

it's MOM rule that we can't have spass and Dp at same time .


Yes, of course: You can only have one valid pass at any one time.
But who told you that you cannot apply for it now? (After all, you can also apply for an EP now, while holding an S-Pass.)

beppi

I see that you posted the same confused story again in a new thread. Why?
The moderators will now have to remove that, as double posts are not allowed - and I will stop advising you.

aishv612

Thanks everyone for your support and suggestions  .. happy to share my udate on my Ep.. finally approved :)

Pass Type : EP
07/02/2022 : Applied
21/02/2022 : Approved