S Pass Quota Issue

myominoo1399

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myominoo1399

08 April 2022 14:52:53

myominoo1399

08 April 2022 14:52:53

Hello , everyone.

Last month , I got a job offer from a construction company through a Job Portal and the employer linked me up to a employment agent for S Pass Application Submission. The agent contacted me and asked me 205 SGD for application fee. I had a little conflict with the agent while she contacted me for fee. Then, I confirmed with the employer regarding about fee and they replied that it is necessary to pay the fee for application process. I agreed and contacted the agent to pay the fee . She didn't reply anything at all . Not answering my phone and didn't reply my mail either. Now , the employer inform me that they have quota issue at their company and will contact me again when they have a quota for me.

Don't they know they have quota or not when they planned to hire a foreigner?

Is it possible that my offer been withdrew as I had a conflict with the agent?

beppi

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beppi

08 April 2022 22:53:27

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beppi

08 April 2022 22:53:27

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The work pass application fees (and agent fees, if they decide to engage one) have to be fully paid for by the employer, by law.

You have become victim of a scam (not the first or only one!). There is no application, no job for you and you will probably never get the money back.

Be glad it was only a small amount!

myominoo1399

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myominoo1399

09 April 2022 06:43:34

myominoo1399

09 April 2022 06:43:34

@beppi

Thanks for your reply.

I also thought it's probably be a scam at first.

But, I am being interviewed twice and the offer letter was sent by business email addresses in the company domain.

Only the agent part was shady.

And , I haven't transferred the money yet.

Aren't the job ads from job sites like JobStreet and JobsDB that legitimate?

Can I get scammed by the Job ads posted on those sites?

beppi

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beppi

09 April 2022 10:55:25

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beppi

09 April 2022 10:55:25

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Lucky you did not pay yet!

You should report this agent to the employer and MoM.

Anybody who wants to (and pays the fee) can publish a job ad on those sites. Scams can lurk anywhere.

Leong maximic

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Leong maximic

15 April 2022 09:03:50

Leong maximic

15 April 2022 09:03:50

I obtain an IPA letter through a consultant and was not really sure it was original but I verified on internet and it was valid I finally had some difficulties in traveling but the letter expired and he told me he has extended it I still verify it was valid but two days after I tried to verify again but MOM had changed the method I was using to verify so the new method does not recognize the documents.please can someone help me out?