As written in my previous posting, I had some problems with getting the WHP.

I applied for it (which means sending an email to a specific MoM address) towards the end of June. On the Ministry of Manpower website, it says that the processing time is 21 days and that you will get notified of the outcome by email. Well, 3 weeks later I did not get notified. I waited a few more days, then my company called MoM and was told that the In-Principle Approval Letter, which is required to get the visa, would be send to my address in Singapore.

I never received it.... After a while, my company called MoM again, this time they said that they would send it to my company email address.

I never received it.... I guess you know what happened, my company called again. They would send it to my address in Singapore....

As my tourist visa was about to expire (and as I didn't want to be an illegal overstayer facing a jail term and a few strokes with the cane....or at least a fine), I went to MoM myself on Friday. I went straight to the information counter, quickly told them my story, and a miracle happened! They printed the letter for me, gave me a queue number, and after some waiting time I could leave my passport and application files with them.

Later that afternoon, I went back to MoM and finally received my green card  Interestingly, they gave me my old FIN from 2006. The FIN (foreign identification number) is like a passport or Identity Card number, meaning that I can be identified with it. I had two so far, one in 2006 when I was working for Messe Duesseldorf, and then the one from last year. This time they gave me again the one from 2006. Reason why? My guess is that this old number was never stated in the visa application for my second visa last year, whereas I stated both in the application for this year.