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Post by FootballFreak » Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:33 am

Hello,



I recently got approved for my PR a few months back. My wife is a Singapore Citizen (born here) and we have a 18 month child that is also a singapore citizen (born here).



My parents are visiting us in town and since I have become a PR I figured I could apply for their Long Term Visit Passes (LTVP).



My parents are both in their 60s and are visiting us these days. We had their visit pass date extended by a month (no problems).



Surprisingly my father's application got rejected and for my mother the email said to submit supporting documents. I submitted documents and some exceptions were raised to the fact that I was submitting an offer letter from my company rather than a letter of employment. But the desk clerk said they could accept the application. For my cpf contribution to date they had me fill out an authorization form that stated they could access my cpf related information.



But after 2 days of submitting these documents they rejected my mother's LTVP application too.



It was my first time applying for these passes so I took with me whatever information I could find. I figured that since i'm a PR now it shouldn't be such a problematic thing to get approval for LTVPs for my parents. The reason I want to get them LTVPs is that this would allow them to visit us in singapore whenever they please since i'm working here. Also my daughter is growing up so I want her to spend time with her grand parents too and vice versa.



This was my rationale for applying for the LTVP. I don't know if this is wrong or if i'm looking at this the wrong way.





The desk clerk had me hand write a letter stating that I have employed a maid at home and the maid is tasked with taking care of my daughter. I figured she wanted me to state this to make it clear that my parents weren't seeking the long term visit pass to look after my daughter but rather to spend time with her (which I stated in the letter).



There seems to be no formal appeal process or form I could fill out. Only a resubmission of these documents along with my appeal letter to be submitted at the 8th floor of ICA (according to the desk clerk).



I'm wondering if this LTVP is worth all the trouble. Took a half day leave from work to be present in person to submit documents, but it seems ICA doesn't want to make it easy for me to have my parents over to visit whenever they please.



I guess i'm partly venting my frustration and looking for advice or an explanation as to what I did wrong in my application process.



Some friends say that my admission of employing a maid for my daughter nullifies the purpose of an LTVP for my parents. Which is ridiculous because an LTVP means the holders can frequent Singapore without the visa requirement hassle since i'm working here.



Would love to hear some thoughts from people here about this.



Cheers.