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spass rejected dec 2021, need advice

Erwin Lee90

Hi,

I have a question regarding my employment pass application and I hope someone can advise me here.
some background about myself:
1. I studied in SIM global education (Singapore) partnering with the University of Wollongong(Australia). I graduated in September 2021 and my certificate is awarded by the university of Wollongong.
2. I have siblings who are either SG citizens or PR in Singapore
3. I am a good citizen, did not have any criminal records.

work application:
1. company A
the company did not have a Spass quota. The company still proceed to apply an e-pass even though my SAT showed that I was not eligible for an e-pass with the salary offered. The company offered 4.5k while I need 5.5k to get EP. The application was rejected as well as the appeal.

2. company B
the company has an spass quota. Company B applied for Spass in Dec and the application was rejected after 9 days. The reason from MOM was "the foreigner is not eligible for a work pass. please look for another candidate". After a discussion with the employer, it seems that the employer inputted the wrong information into my application. They inputted awarding institution as SIM instead of UOW. Company B has made another appeal for it.

now I have another offer from another company C that also has a Spass quota and I am not sure what I have to do moving forward and kindly seek your advice. Here are the questions that I have in mind:


1. "the foreigner is not eligible for a work pass. please look for another candidate" in your opinion, Am I rejected because of just wrong input data or there is something else? the message of the rejection is worrying.
2. If let's say I Withdraw my appeal from company B, is the withdrawal immediate, or it's going to take a few days for the withdrawal too?
3. Will it look bad from the MOM point of view If I withdraw?
4. can company B put a bad remark in the withdrawal?
5. is there any advice that you can give me regarding company C? should I take on the offer? I was actually hoping to wait for the appeal by company B but I am not sure whether company C is willing to wait. What is the best way for me to communicate my situation to company C.

I love both companies B and C and did not have any problem working at both companies. My goal right now is to get a job as soon as possible.

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beppi

1. The employer should contact MoM to find out what the actual rejection reason is. Only then can you really decide how to proceed.
2. It may take a few days to update MoM’s system).
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Don’t give them a reason to!
5. Difficult to say, without knowing all details and what you actually want.

Erwin Lee90

thank you Beppi, I will update this thread again when I receive an update about my application.

Erwin Lee90

hi all, just to update, the appeal has been approved today.

applied on: 9 December 2021
rejected on: 18 December 2021
appeal approved on: 18 January 2022

good luck to all of you who are still waiting for approval.

ncob

@Erwin Lee90 Hi, how do you manage to get this ? is there supporting document ?