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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Hassle-free exit to Malaysia from Singapore

I am not sure if this post would be helpful or not but I just want to share my experiences how I exit Singapore to Malaysia and get another 30days stamp in my passport. No questions or interrogations encountered in the immigration, they just looked at my passport and in just a minute or two, I move on to the next step.. Just like others who are reading this, I am also a job seeker and not lucky enough to get employed in my first 2 months inside Singapore. I came here on March, applied for my e-extension and lastly I have to use the last option, and that is to exit to another country for a few days and come back to Singapore to try having luck in getting a job here. 10 days before my exit, I got a call from a headhunters, ask me to met the employer and said they wanted me to work for them and my start as soon as possible, but of course, I need to have my working permit processed before I start with anything stupid like working illegally here. So I waited for the headhunder company to process my pass but maybe not my luck yet and my 2nd month social visit pass has expired, but no update on my pass yet. I don't want to go back home so I have to use the last option. I have lot of choices or countries to go to for an exit. Either Thailand, Indonesia, Macau or Malaysia. They said going out might not be a problem but going back will be like hell of an experience, especially when asked by questions you don't know how to answer. I was told that I might need to show my pocket money to sustain my stay or I even have to pay the officer a certain amount just to get through. Some might work or some might not. For the first 3 country, I know no one, so I choose Malaysia which happen to be the country where my previous supervisor(boss) lives. She's a Malaysian so I have an excuse to enter the country and that is to meet her. In my short stay there, I did met here and had fun too in Kuala Lumpur. So that's it, I am now back here in Singapore and will try to get my luck further. Might be costly or should be costly but safe. Prepare return ticket: SGD 252.00 (they said can have fake one but risky when they'll try to validated) Air ticket to Kuala Lumpur: SGD 75.00 (check for air promo - all in) Hostel reservation: USD 8.00 3 days Hostel accomodation: SGD 60.00 Maybe just got lucky this time, since no interrogations from immigration officer, I did not use my return ticket nor my hostel reservation print out, but still safe to have one.