It's harder to get LPR day by day
By siemensLot
@siemensLot (54)
Indonesia
November 3, 2010 3:40am CST
Hi all myLotter, by my experience it's harder to get Singapore LPR day by day (LPR is Landed Permanent Resident as pre-Permanent Resident living and working permit).
Now a day to get LPR is much harder than the past years. Even I am a graduated well-known university, have a degree, already work (it's mean I have a job to funding myself and have a working experiences), nice job position and make good income.
Why Singapore Government hate foreigner? A foreigner who want to work in there. I am high educated, not an out laws, nice, kind, and religious.
Why so hard to get your living permit? I will pay my taxes, I will loyal to your law and follow your rules. Gosh.
Anyone can give an logical answer? Anyone can answer my questions?
3 responses
@nitty66 (207)
• Singapore
4 May 11
My dear Lotter , Singapore don't hate foreigners. Singapore is already overcrowded and being a Singaporean , we fellow Singaporeans are nagging that foreigners are grabbing our employment vacancies & because of them our property prices are high rocket shooting. Both sides are grumbling on many issues. This is normal,all over the world. Ofcourse they can't issue PR to all who apply. If you hold a work permit , I think it's not so easy. BUT if you hold an Employment Pass you may have more chances ! Good luck.
@akkibomb007 (520)
• Virar, India
3 Nov 10
Dear friend foreigners are always a problem for countries such as Singapore where students come from all over the world.
I too want to come to Singapore for my higher studies.
Your problem will be solved.
Donot worry.
@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 10
Being a Singaporean, I could perhaps try to understand the way my government thinks. You see, being highly educated like yourself, you would have to compete with other Singaporeans who are also highly educated. And Singapore being such a small country with no natural resources, has only its people as her resources.
As such, Singapore is very afraid of losing her own people to other countries especially those who are highly educated. She is very afraid of the brain drain so most job positions which require high education are given to Singaporeans first and the leftovers would then be relegated to foreigners.
Therefore, job positions which are not wanted by Singaporeans are mostly given to outsiders. Positions like laborers, manual workers at construction sites, technicians and other menial labor would be given to foreigners. That is why even though you may be highly educated, you may not get the positions that you want much less be a permanent resident in that country.
Further, the government has discovered that the population has become a little skewed against the race which was once used to be the majority so if you are from the race which is the majority, you'd find that it's easier to get permanent residency status. It's all a matter of maintaining the status quo.
