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When Can Your Foreign Girlfriend/Boyfriend Apply for PR?

Recently I got a few mails asking about this so I thought I might as well make a post to share the information. First of all, who can apply for PR? Apply for Permanent Residence (a) Spouse and unmarried children (below 21 years old) of a Singapore Citizen (SC)/Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) (b) Aged Parents of a SC (c) Employment Pass/ S Pass holders (d) Investors/Entrepreneurs You can look at (a), the key word is spouse i.e. your husband or your wife, which means both of you must be legally married, doesn't matter whether you marry in Singapore or other country as long as the marriage certificate is issued by the country's authority, in Singapore, the authority for marriages is Registry of Marriage or more commonly known as ROM, in Thailand, they have district offices to register marriage. So there you go, as long as you are a Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident, and you have a marriage certificate issued by the authority, your spouse can apply for PR.

CPF Minimum Sum Raised to $155,000

Sometimes I feel that CPF is bad, but then again, for people who don't know how to manage their money, actually it's a good thing, my father for example, he is the generous type of person, you can say he is very steady, when he has money, he will go around giving treats to friends, or give money to his siblings and my sister (wonder why he didn't give me), and when he goes broke, he will go slog at work from morning till late night and live from paycheck to paycheck. He is getting old, he is now 57 years old, I really don't think he can or should continue with this kind of lifestyle, but luckily he owns a fully paid 3-room HDB flat in a mature estate, and he bought it at $40K+ in early 1980s, if I remember correctly I think it was $48,000, and according to the X-Value Calculator from srx.com.sg, the unit is worth $341,000. Now that I am moving out soon, finally he has the chance to unlock the value of his flat, after slogging so hard for so many years, I'm glad t

Graffiti at Toa Payoh

Source Wasting residents money, vandalize it so who will clean it up? Town council. Who pay the town council? Residents. So isn't that wasting Toa Payoh residents' money? And what's the point of doing that, what will it achieve? Nothing, it will probably be cleaned in a few days, or maybe they already cleaned it up. The text are as follow: FUCK the PAP WAKE UP SG WE had enough! SG Government can't give US FREE DOM. MikecooL This led me thinking, what's the point of getting angry at the party, I agree some policies are really screwed up but going to the extent of vandalizing and fucking the party is really stupid and childish, why not step out and doing something about it instead, join the opposition party and come up with something useful like give suggestions or feedback. And this idiot thinks he is speaking for everyone else, he should say "I had enough" instead, and what freedom does he want? Government tie him up and restrict his movement? Th

Appointment at SGH Orthopaedic

I'm going to see the specialist for my lower back pain, seems like getting worse, wonder what's happening to my lower back, sit too long pain, do sit up also pain, after running also pain, sigh, last weekend bought some medicine from Zheng Zhong Ping, one packet $38, the lady say can help to straighten my back, sounds amazing right, I actually believed her, she told me to buy 2 packets to try for one month, one packet can last for 1/2 month so ended up I bought only one packet to try, ate 3 times already but doesn't seem to get better, I do feel a little bit better but not sure if it is because of the medicine, I'll finish the packet and see how, but better still is to go to the specialist and have do a checkup. Now I'm wondering how I'm going to clear my IPPT in my current condition, I scared after I do sit up and then my back starts to hurt then how, later fail then kena RT, jia lat, I hope the specialist can downgrade me so I don't have to take IPPT, no

Any Drug Allergy?

So what happen when the pharmacist or doctor or nurse ask you this question, how do you answer? You must be thinking how would you know, you didn't try every drug in the world, well an easy answer is "none so far", there you go.

How to Make Money in Singapore without Starting a Business

1. Get a full-time job. This is the traditional way and perhaps the most reliable way, find a good paying job and stick to it, if there is a better opportunity you can choose to jump for higher salary, big companies usually recognize paper qualifications and pay you more so if you have a degree or some specialized certifications, usually it will work well. So if a company doesn't recognize your paper, you may want to start looking for a company that knows how to appreciate you. 2. Get a sideline. While you are holding onto a full-time job, most people will have rest days on Saturdays and Sundays, you can find some part-time jobs to do during your rest days. Some people provide tuition, some people work as insurance or property agent, some people even drive a taxi, it's up to you to manage. 3. Start a blog. Like me and many others who are blogging during their free time, this may take a while unless you look like Bae Yong-joon or Hyuna, try posting useful content, peop

Preparing to Move House

Not sure exactly when I will move but one thing for sure is I will collect keys on 26 May, so that day I will go to the SP Services branch at HDB Hub with the sellers and do a transfer of account, and just now I called SP and they mentioned that as long as sellers did not terminate their account, the water and electricity will not be disrupted. Now I'm trying to confirm exactly what items I will move. Let's list it down! Computer desk. Desktop computer. Printer. A small and flat wooden cabinet. A multicolored plastic cabinet. A bicycle and a air pump. All our clothing. My army crap. Bedsheets. Iron board and iron. Pillows. Several small items already packed. Now I'm wondering how much it will cost, I did a search and seems like it should be between $150 to $300, but the exact amount will need to be confirmed by the mover as they will need to come down to assess and then give a quote.

CPF Board Approved My Application to Use My CPF Savings for Housing

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I received a letter dated 25 Apr 2014, it stated that the maximum amount of CPF that I can use for the flat is $127,500, which is 51% of the resale price of $250,000, by the way the valuation for my flat is $260,000 so they use the lower which is the resale price. It also say that my application to use my CPF savings for the purchase of the flat has been approved, doesn't that sound a bit strange, I need approval to use my savings, but well, you live in Singapore you play by it's rules, no choice. I also called up CPF board for two questions, one is whether I need to apply for Home Protection Scheme (HPS) because the letter mentioned that I need to apply, the other is to confirm the exact number of months that I can pay by CPF. So for the HPS, CPF say I don't need to apply because I already applied for it during my HDB first appointment, and that I should have signed something to apply but I can't remember what I signed, anyway in my CPF statement, I noticed that an a

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