New rules were instituted, requiring jobs to be advertised locally first : [1] In addition, as a EP-holding business-owner, I was 'asked' to explain my plans t

New rules were instituted, requiring jobs to be advertised locally first : [1] In addition, as a EP-holding business-owner, I was 'asked' to explain my plans to employ Singaporeans/PRs in the coming year. OTOH, I don't see this as entirely unreasonable : After all, the USA does the same (for E-2 investor visas, for instance). Moreover, the Singapore visa turn-around time is only a few days (after an online application), whereas the US visa process makes one long for the friendliness of the DMV... [1] http://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/fair-consideration-framework http://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-practices/fair-consideratio...