**sINGAPORe PART 7**

[blooming]

Agent's fee - ganun ba yun? 

Ako kasi hindi ko alam. nagbayad ako ng 1 month commission for 2 yr rental and .5 month naman for 1 yr rental.
yan nga reklamo ko, wala naman silang ginawa. bakit kelangan sila magcollect. tapos kung magrenew ka, ganun din. sitting pretty lang sila.

[chinkee]

yes, yung industry practics is 1 month commission for a 2 years lease and 1/2 month naman pag 1 year lease.... Pag renewal ganun din..

Ang dahilan ng mga agent kahit renewal eh kailangan mag bayad ng service fee is: for the renewal period, pwede niyo sila i contact pa din in case may mga problema sa bahay.. (eg. water leak)..

Pero nakita ko from my experience eh yung mga non-Asians yung usually mareklamo and ayaw at hirap makipagusap sa mga Chinese na Landlord.. pero kung ok naman kayo na diretso na makipagusap sa landlord... I suggest mga sis na magrerenew ng mga rental contract na bago mag end eh kausapin na ng maaga yung landlord, sabihin na wag na mag engage ng agent, yung nga lang kayo na gagawa ng paper works (Para naman legal yung pag stay niyo).. which hindi naman ganun ka hirap gawin.. You only need two things

1) Tenancy Agreement
- for those renewing, i type nyo na lang ulit yung previous tenancy agreement niyo, syempre tanggalin niyo na lang mga logo nung real estate company.. hehe... and dapat mag sign yung both party: Landlord and Tenant plus 2 outside Witnesses.. Make sure that you keep a copy of the Tenancy Agreement at bigyan nyo din ng copy yung landlord.

2) E Stamping Certificate (Tax na payable by the Tenant)
- You can do this via going to iras website, nandun na yung steps how to pay and how to compute yung babayaran niyo. Make sure to do this within 15 days after signing the tenancy agreement (or yung date na nakalagay sa tenancy agreement)..

ayun so yung 2 docs lang na yun yung kailangan and legal na mag stay dun sa apartment..
take note this is a renewal case ha..

if new tenancy eh kailangan pa may inventory list (kung may mga gamit sa bahay.. syempre kailangan din to for renewal, kopyahin na lang yung previous kung wala naman nagbago sa bahay)

at syempre pag new tenancy dapat make sure nyo na yung kausap niyong Landlord eh yun talagang may-ari ng bahay at pwede nila yun ipa-rent (5yr rule kasi for hdb diba?)... merong mga corresponding documents yun from ura/hdb so pwede niyo yun hingin sa owner.

sorry po kung napahaba hehe.. hope to help lang naman.. kasi dati agent lang din kami nung nag rent kami ng house then nung nagwork na ko for a real estate company... nalaman ko na yung mga things na to na pwede naman pala magrent walang agent.. hehe.. daya ko noh.. hehe

[tonette815]

^thanks for sharing sis at least nagka - idea kami if ever. i kwento ko nga sa officemate ko. kasi nag - aagent din sila eh. sayang din kaya yung agent's fee ang mahal

[chinkee]

no problem hope to help lang naman since mahal talaga ang rent tapos may service fee pa.. hehe..

anyway, magrerenew po ako ng passport sa sunday.. there's a 120 quota diba.. so gano kaaga ako dapat nandun?.. sabi nila mga 6.30am daw.. eh baka pag sunday mas madami tao.. maaga na ba kung 6am? at gano ba katagal yung process if ever.. kasi kasabay ko brother ko and he's working in the afternoon, inaaalala niya baka ma late siya..

[tonette815]

^sis kakarenew ko lang din ng passport ko last 29th of may. Wala pang 7am ako dumating sa embassy. By that time pang 25 na ako sa linya. Every 2 - 3 minutes may dumadating. by 730 mahaba na yung queue. By 1030 am natapos na kami ng friend ko and daughter niya. If your brother has work in the afternoon, I suggest sis agahan niyo pa - mga around 630 I guess will do. Kasi tingin ko hanggang pang - 35 lang ang safe na sure matatapos before lunch. The rest lunch or afternoon na talaga.

[sardonyx]

^ thanks for the info sis.  i plan to renew my passport too.  si hubby din, magpanotarize.  plan namin weekday para di masyado maraming tao.  mga 7am kaya, ok na?  how long ba ang processing?  at dapat ba i-surrender ang old passport pag apply pa lang?

[amnesia]

Yapeegurl - Oo sis, grabe talaga. Good thing we didn't pay pa the Agent's fee. The agent actually told us we can pay her AFTER we moved in. We even insisted we will pay her on the day we move in + the advance rent para sa Owner. Ayaw niya talaga. Para daw less burden sa min financially since altogether halos $11k combined need namin produce. 2 months deposit + 1 month advance rent + Agents fee w/ GST. Anyway, at least dun man lang nabawi namin yung $800 fine sa yosi sa Immigration nung November! hahaha

The $200 you paid when you renewed was for the Stamp duties, tenant talaga liable dun as mentioned by sis chinkee.

Here's the calculation depending on the rent for Stamp Duties
ONE YEAR LEASE OR LESS (rental amount x 12 / 250)  then round up to the nearest dollar
MORE THAN ONE YEAR to THREE YEARS LEASE (rental amount x 12 / 250) then round up to the nearest dollar and multiply by 2

Kakainis! I have been calling the Embassy since yesterday. Puro automated voice prompts. Paano pala pag kelangan ng emergency services? Wawa naman tayong mga Pinoy. I sent them an email. I doubt I will get a response.


chinkee - thanks for your input sis. You are right bago lang to nai-implement. Mahigpit ang gobyerno ngayon sa dual representation. I guess not many people are aware about this kaya greedy agents take advantage. Di ko na sya irereklamo. I'm sure she will be reprimanded since I contacted their Legal Department.

Same din balak ko sa Passport Renewal ko. To go on a Sunday and get there at least before 7am. Sabi sa website process takes up to 6 weeks.


icee_star, tonette815 & blooming - basically in a nutshell mga sis, if you engage an Agent through Property Guru, you shouldn't pay them agents fee since you are representing yourself. The only time you will pay agents pay is if wala kang nahanap na suitable na property online tapos you were referred to an agent and you asked the agent to find you a place according to your requirements/budget. Eto para sa kin is fair since they are doing work for you so ok lang magbayad ng Agent's fee. Pero it still depends on the rent price.

When rental price is S$ 2,500 or below
Tenant - 0.5 month commission for 1 year lease and 1 month commission for 2 year lease
Landlord - 0.5 month commission for 1 year lease and 1 month commission for 2 year lease

When rental price is above S$ 2,500
Tenant - 0.5 month commission for 1 year lease
Landlord - 0.5 month commission for 1 year lease and 1 month commission for 2 year lease

Pasensya na medyo mahaba. Sana nakatulong.

[amnesia]

I decided to post this separately para di magulo. Sensya na mga sis.

My bestfriend used to work in Dubai, she's currently unemployed at nasa Pinas sya habang antay nya ma process Husband's visa nya para makabalik ng Dubai.

I haven't seen her for 2 years so I asked her to come and visit me. She will be staying with me for 10 days. Alam ko mahigpit ngayon sa Immigration sa Pilipinas. Kailangan ba talaga na may Letter of Invitation na may tatak ng Philippine Embassy dito? Apparently that costs $50. It's not really about the cost but the principle and the hassle.

Kung tunay naman na turista and I am vouching for her na during her stay sagot ko sya if in case may gawin syang kalokohan sa Singapore shouldn't that be enough?

I just want to make sure kung talaga bang implemented na eto sa tin kasi if I have no choice e di pupunta ako ng Embassy. I hope you can share your experiences mga sis.

Na offload na Bes ko nung 2004 pero first time nya abroad and talamak ang visit visas na pumupunta ng Dubai noon para maghanap ng work kaya malakas loob ng immigration sa tin mangharang. Pay P5, 000 or offload. After nya na off load, she resked her flight tapos naglaan na sya ng pang kotong. Sinundan pa talaga sya hanggang sa naka board sya. Pati mobile phone nya gusto kunin!

So yun I just want to make sure. Baka ma offload na naman. Sayang ang ticket. Non-refundable pa naman ang Jetstar. 

[yapeegurl]

^sis, technnically speaking hindi na kelangan ng letter of invitation kasi nga wala naman silang law na black and white requiring Filipinos to present that sa immigration.. at parang discrimination nga iyon kasi kung sino lang ang gusto nila hingan.. ano basis nila para hingin di ba? pero ako yung cousin ko na babae na nagpunta dito, ginawan ko ng letter na meron scan copy ng IC ko at signature ko at passport ko.. pero di ko na pina-notaryo pa iyon sa embassy.. hindi ako willing magbayad ng $50 at ayaw ko ng hassle magpunta sa embassy...

at tama ka, pag tumatawag ako sa embassy, almost always ay walang kwenta..

[blooming]

^sis kakarenew ko lang din ng passport ko last 29th of may. Wala pang 7am ako dumating sa embassy. By that time pang 25 na ako sa linya. Every 2 - 3 minutes may dumadating. by 730 mahaba na yung queue. By 1030 am natapos na kami ng friend ko and daughter niya. If your brother has work in the afternoon, I suggest sis agahan niyo pa - mga around 630 I guess will do. Kasi tingin ko hanggang pang - 35 lang ang safe na sure matatapos before lunch. The rest lunch or afternoon na talaga.

sis tonette, when daw ma-claim yung passport mo?  my helper kasi nagrenew din nung may. pero wala naman abiso kelan ma-claim ang passport.

[blooming]

Regarding pagtawag sa embassy, buti na pala ngayon nag improve na - may voice prompt na! naks.

Dati kasi tawag ako ng tawag, ring lang nang ring at walang sumasagot! 

[Grayce]

FYI for those who are renewing their passports, almost 3mos aabutin ang renewal compared to before na 6 weeks lang

sis amnesia, thanks for the info. sobrang laking tulong since maghahanap kami ng malilipatan narin kasi before the year ends and na-aantipatikuhan ako sa agent na nahanap ng asawa ko, ambilis maningil pero pag may sira dito sa bahay tinalo si pong pagong sa pagreply ng texts at nakailang breach of contract narin sa dami ng claim nya na kesyo pinalinis ang bahay and pinachemical treatment ang AC

[marsh_candy]

wow, daming inputs dito ah.. now ko lang din nalaman mga yan and balak din namin kumuha ng 1 unit next year. Thanks Sis Amnesia and Chinkee 

Reg passport renewal, nagrenew ako January, exactly 6 weeks nakuha ko sya.. si Hubby naman nagrenew March na supposed to be May 25th makukuha nya (8 weeks), tumawag a day before ang embassy na wala pa din daw yung passports nila.. unfortunately, until now. wala pa dn.. mag3 mos na yun.. follow up na lang namian mamaya.

[tonette815]

around march this year there was a press release that there's a delayed in the processing of the passports because the passport printing machine is under maintenance. Nakalagay din to sa mga sites ng different Philippine embassy.

^sis marsh nakakaworry naman. kais ako nag renew ng May 29 expected July 25. Kailangan ko pa naman magbiyahe ng September. Baka di na nila i honor yung old passport ko.

[amnesia]

^Yapeegurl - Discrimination talaga sis sobra. Sabi ko kay Mark sya na lang mag invite sa Bes ko tapos attach Passport & EP copy para if in case nagtanong bakit walang notaryo she can say na malay ba ni Mark na may ganun pa pala dapat kasi di naman pinoy. Hiningan ba ang pinsan mo sis?

blooming - LOL. Improvement na pala yun na may voice prompts. Bat nga kaya walang sumasagot sa Embassy natin?

Grayce & marsh_candy You're most welcome mga sis. Kakainis talaga kasi karamihan ng agents interesado lang sa kikitain nila. They don't care about the welfare ng tenants. Daylight robbery.

July 3 ko balak mag renew. Sana naman maayos na nila yung Machine. Laking abala. Kailangan ko pa naman mag apply ng UK Visa sa September.

tonette815 Sis pwede daw ata mag request ng 1 year extension sa current passport para makapag travel habang inaayos ang bagong passport. Baka eto na rin lang gawin ko.

[Grayce]

^if i were you renew ASAP. di naman kailangan isurrender agad pag nagparenew. pagkarelease ng new passport tsaka lang nila ivovoid yung old passport

regarding immigration, for me palakasan ng loob lang sumagot yan kasi yung mga IO's madalas nanghuhuli ng mga taong may "hidden agenda" dito sa singapore so kung confident ka naman sa sagot mo na kesyo vacation ka lang tipong ganun, sure lusot na. basta hindi lang suspicious ang RT mo like 1mo ang stay mo dito and you've been to other countries narin.

[kayesl]

hello!

re: passport renewal
nung green pa passport ko, i had it ammended to my married name.  so nung naging machine readable na, hindi ko na kailangan mag-submit ng documents kasi nag-submit na ako nung nagpa-ammend.   
and alam ko nga, pede na i-extend ng 1yr ang passport natin. sa bagal ba naman kasi ng processing at laging nasisira yung machine sa pinas! olats!

re: agent's fee
hmn... ganon pala yon?  naku, allergic din ako sa mga agent na yan.  unfortunately eh naloko din kami before.  kaya nung nakahanap kami ng ok na agent na inaalagaan naman kami, wala na akong masyadong tanong at nagbibigay kami ng agent's fee.  pero mukha ding kailangan namin magbigay ng fee kasi less than 2.5k lang naman ang rent namin

[remilicious]

Hi! Saan ako pwede mag-apply online sa work sa Singapore? Journalism course ko.

[mystique]

^ you can go to jobsdb.com.sg, jobstreet.com.sg or monster.com.sg

[sardonyx]

sa passport thread, mga one month lang naman ang processing time.  if i apply next month, di naman siguro yan aabutin until december?  and how long naman ang processing for extension of current passport?