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Old Mar 21, 2020 | 10:58 pm
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FlyingSloth
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Originally Posted by invisible
Understand the situation, but better to prepare to leave. My information is that unless someone is very elderly AND have someone in Singapore who is citizen or PR, you will not get your visa extension.

At this moment Singapore doesn’t want ANY visitors, period.
Partner is Singaporean but we're unmarried. Immigration said they only recognize marriage and not domestic partnership. One reason I came back to stay with my partner is that I had planned to do a needed surgery for a medical issue. However, with everything happening, I have put that surgery on hold. The situation seems significantly worse in the U.S. I'm afraid I'd actually be a BURDEN in the U.S because I have no housing and no family to stay with when I get back. So finding housing in the middle of a crisis when states and cities are on lockdown really doesn't seem to make much sense. Whereas, in Singapore, I live with my partner.. there is no housing problem.. I am not a burden on Singapore as I have savings and spend a lot when I stay here. The situation here feels so calm and normal here. Whereas when I am forced to return to the U.S it will be like going into a massive hurricane. It's definitely very scary. I've already had multiple flights for April get cancelled. It's so stressful. I didn't plan to type all of this as a reply, but I don't know I feel so alone as everything keeps evolving everyday and it's getting more confusing and stressful.

I just don't know if I'm the only person in this kind of situation or if there are others out there. I have no "home" in my home country because I've been overseas for much of the last 20 years. I started a new relationship last year with a Singaporean and now I'm here. Had no idea the global crisis would hit like this.. I came back to Singapore before the crisis started. Yet I know I have to try to leave before the end of the 90 days even though 95% of flights are cancelled now and neighboring countries have all closed their doors limiting options dramatically. It would make more sense and be safer if I could stay here longer, but at the same time I realize that I need to do all I can to avoid overstaying.
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