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Companies in Singapore must verify educational qualifications of Employment Pass applicants from Sep 1


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Supercharged
On 3/1/2023 at 10:08 PM, 13177 said:

Why needs this COMPASS? Catch no balls le. 😅

COMPASS is used to point the companies to the correct people to hire. Btw, why the companies themselves cannot do it? 

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Get married to a gold digger from say China and it's the MP's problem?

MP never ask the man to go China and get married.

MOM never ask companies to go other countries and hire their people.

How is this an MOM responsibility?

:D

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On 3/1/2023 at 5:28 PM, SGMCF328 said:

With this new rule, will there be no more "diploma" from Uptron ACL or "degree" from Manav Bharti University? A good move by MOM nevertheless. 

Employers will have to submit third-party verification proof for applicants with diploma-level qualifications and above

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/employment-pass-foreign-workers-verify-education-qualifications-tan-see-leng-3312921

SINGAPORE: Companies that want to hire foreigners on an Employment Pass (EP) from Sep 1 will have to ensure their educational qualifications are authentic.

Employers will have to submit third-party verification proof for applicants with diploma-level qualifications and above, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said.

"Today, employers are already responsible for ensuring the authenticity of their candidate’s qualifications before hiring," Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said in Parliament on Wednesday (Mar 1).

Mandatory verification will "safeguard against gaming by submitting fraudulent educational qualifications", he said during his ministry’s Committee of Supply debate.

Last October, a man was sentenced to seven weeks' jail after making false statements in his declaration for an EP. His EP was approved based on the false statements that were made in February 2019.

In 2021, MOM investigated 23 foreigners who had declared qualifications from Manav Bharti University in India. Two people were jailed for submitting false qualifications in their work pass applications, while 19 were permanently barred from working in Singapore.

The probe in Singapore began after MOM was alerted that India's government was investigating the university for selling fake degrees. 

The verification requirement will be enforced through the Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS), which was announced last year and takes effect in September for new applications. For EP renewal applications, the requirement comes into effect in September 2024.

Good move indeed, 55 yrs late though.

come i clap for MOM…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍

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Companies HR are so stupid they don't even know they are hiring a fake?

It's the company cannot even hire  a HR with a brain.

:D

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On 3/2/2023 at 9:05 AM, Jellandross said:

Seems like this issue is more prominent for ppl from South Asia as compared to Middle Kingdom?

It's an integrity thing.

Same as West African is famous for internet scams.

I have never heard of internet scams from say Norway or Finland or Denmark?

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On 3/2/2023 at 9:26 AM, Jamesc said:

It's an integrity thing.

Same as West African is famous for internet scams.

I have never heard of internet scams from say Norway or Finland or Denmark?

:D

Scammers cannot afford European countries, cost of living is very high. 😝

Jokes apart, developed countries take care of their poor citizens by some means.

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On 3/2/2023 at 9:19 AM, Jamesc said:

Companies HR are so stupid they don't even know they are hiring a fake?

It's the company cannot even hire  a HR with a brain.

:D

biggest issue is both hiring and hr all same village one 🙊🙉🙈 

 

so who check them first tio bo 🤐🤐🤐

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On 3/2/2023 at 9:34 AM, Inlinefour said:

biggest issue is both hiring and hr all same village one 🙊🙉🙈 

 

so who check them first tio bo 🤐🤐🤐

Own self check own self?

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On 3/2/2023 at 9:10 AM, Daniu82 said:

COMPASS is used to point the companies to the correct people to hire. Btw, why the companies themselves cannot do it? 

They worry companies will lost their direction and way, thats why they come out this COMPASS to help companies? 😅 Anyway, i find they are doing for the sake of doing without thinking if it is necessary and useful as usual. 🙄

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On 3/2/2023 at 8:56 AM, Victor68 said:

Why do we have such 'villager' employment issue here? Aren't this due to self check problems? There are plenty of ways to overcome employing locals and for obvious reasons their own nationality. 

Why do we want to issue passes if their own check suffice? Open leg big big better.

Just to add, why doctors and lawyers we need to check which uni they came from?

We are going to get them from the same source!

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On 3/2/2023 at 10:07 AM, Daniu82 said:

That's what we do best here. 

Yes, they know the in and out of it. Very transparent and definitely accountable!🤐

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On 3/2/2023 at 9:15 AM, Jamesc said:

Get married to a gold digger from say China and it's the MP's problem?

MP never ask the man to go China and get married.

MOM never ask companies to go other countries and hire their people.

How is this an MOM responsibility?

:D

MOM issues the pass, I guess. So before issuing, they have a duty to check. Same as ICA, if you make any application, it is their duty to thoroughly check. Though I must admit that ICA can take their time, you can't hurry them. Whereas at MOM, as it concerns manpower hiring, they may be under time pressure.

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