Tag Archives: Immigration

Some say the US Immigration Board of Appeal has granted asylum to Amos Yee. He was earlier granted asylum in March but the decision was subsequently appealed against by the US immigration. Good for him?

Our reader is unhappy that she has to give up her Singapore citizenship for a New Zealand one, having lived there for 20 years with her lesbian partner. She thinks it's a move to deny her vote as the government is becoming more 'fundamentalist'.

A netizen shared his frustrating experience when he missed an AirAsia flight for trying to help his sister settle some immigration issues with her passport at the airport.

The US government is appealing a US immigration judge's decision to grant Amos Yee asylum. The judge had ruled in March that Amos Yee should stay in the US as he had faced political persecution in Singapore.

56 year old Malaysian Yam Kok Kong was pronounced dead after collapsing at Johor Bahru's immigration clearance last Thursday. He was riding a bike from Singapore and doing his routine thumbprint scan at the Bangunan Sultan Abu Bakar Customs Immigration and Quarantine Complex when he suddenly collapsed. Nothing could be done although many passers by went to his aid. He was pronounced dead at the scene and reportedly suffered from a heart attack. Yam was a project engineer in Tuas. He had been travelling safely to and from Malaysia and Singapore for the past 38 years. #LifeIsShort #RIP

A Singaporean, Ernest Chen Zhengkai, wrote in to the Straits Times forum today to suggest increasing the immigration fees for foreigners to obtain a permanent residence or citizenship in Singapore.

I refer to the article “An outspoken Singaporean blogger wins asylum in America” (The Economist, Apr 1 – 7). It states that “Immigration judges often grant asylum with a simple, spoken ruling. This one explained himself over 13 pages.

A Singaporean woman, Irene Clennel, who lived without valid immigration papers with her Scottish husband for 27 years in the UK, has been deported back to Singapore by the UK authorities. Irene had been held in a Scottish detention center since the start of February before being sent back to Singapore on Saturday. She was put into a van and forced into a plane bound for her home country. She did not have access to her lawyers or have the chance to pack any clothes.

In Singapore, the situation is drastically different where anyone can come in on a tourist visa to find a job. There is no onus for employers to prove that a local cannot fill a job, while there are more fake/ unaccredited qualifications that the government would care about given their seeming inaction to this issue. SMEs in Singapore have no incentive to train fresh graduates when they can hire more experienced foreigners from developing countries for 20% less. In summary, PAP's liberal immigration policy is taking away opportunities from our youths which could have worse consequences in the long run.

To all my FB friends, if you travel a lot or going to travel soon. Do check your passport (all pages), make sure there is no tear marks or else you have high chances that you can't access in to any of other country. I was stuck at immigration half a day just to to get help, most of time the officer will not let you enter their country and will ask you to buy your immediate return ticket.