Overstaying is an immigration offence
Long story short, I’m pissed with how ICA works in Singapore.
Early this year, I engaged my sister as my confinement nanny (just in case you dont know, MOM got this temporary permit for confinement nanny) I got the approval from MOM but I didnt know I have to extend the visit pass validity with ICA. (Didnt know they work separately as I thought SG all linked – face palm)
So when my sister depart from Singapore, she got stopped by the officer, being held in the customs office for 4 hours! She is asked to pay a fine of SGD 300 and her name forever being blacklisted as an offender. Every time she comes into SG, she will be asked to go into the customs office and its at least an hour wait.
She will miss her coach bus every time.
There was once I was with her, waiting for her outside of the custom office with my 3 children for more than an hour. When i ask the officer please speed up the process as it is close to 11pm and we need to travel another 40 mins to reach home they simply said they are checking. Seriously?
What are they checking? Is she armed? Is she carrying drug? Is she a serial killer??? She is just a 40 years old fat lady who cannot even speak proper english. My sister is traumatised by the experience previously, every time she plans to come SG it bothers her.
Is there anyway ICA can do better for this?? How long more my sister gonna get this type of treatment from ICA?? Sigh FML
Here are what netizens think:-
2 mistakes – why apply for permit when she can enter SG as Malaysian (assuming that you are one) for Visa free 30days? You should have apply for STVP (90days) in the first place. Sounds like you are making her as an employee instead. Secondly, it is the duty of the employer/employee of a permit to ensure that employee is not overstaying. Please write in to ICA for grace to remove her from blacklist by providing reasons for her overstaying as well as being her guarantor for all possible future entering to SG. This is subject to approval from ICA. Best of luck. You need plenty.
- If its your sister, WHY would you apply for her to come over as nanny???????? Just one return ticket and log her as leisure traveller and you dont need a single thing other than visa.
- Hey, I forgot to extend the validity for my confinement nanny and she had to pay the fine. But she is not black listed or stopped by the immigration officer every time she enters sg
- Ur sis is foreignor, she should strictly follow local laws what. I’m appalled that Ur sis dare to pull off such stunt. Btw ignorance is not a valid defense. Usually msian social visit pass is alrdy 30 days, u want to extend cannt go ICA there get a manual extension stamp mey? U from which Era, cannot Google to double triple confirm?