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Originally Posted by DIANE3698
My husband is being asked to manage the India-Austrailia-China-Korea-Japan territory for his company for 3-6 months. Where should we locate? First thought was Singapore because it is relatively central and has good airport access to rest of the territory. It is likely he will be traveling almost every week to the different regions of the territory. Downside is housing is expensive. Any thoughts or suggestions? Is a work visa needed for such an assignment? How long does it take to get that? Can we come on a tourist visa and do the work? Can we sub-let an apartment for that length of time with just a tourist visa? Are there fully furnished and serviced apartments that are nice and yet close to airport and allows easy access to shopping/sightseeing/beach for me while he is on business trips?
Thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions... Diane
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Singapore sounds like the perfect location but you'll definitely need a work permit (employment pass) and a dependants pass for you. Can his company arrange that? I lived there for several years and it's a great place. Changi airport is the best in the world IMO. If you can swing it, rents are coming down in price. Don't be daunted by living in a condo. Facilities are excellent, most have swimming pools, gyms etc. Beaches are not that great in Singapore but Malaysia and Thailand is only a short flight away.
I have some friends who used Malaysia as their "base" while he was overseeing his company's operations in China. This was done unofficially and they both did visa runs but I think (and maybe someone from Malaysia can confirm) you get 3 months visa on arrival, so only need to visa run 4 times a year. I'm a bit out of touch on this, but maybe someone from Malaysia will verify.
Best of luck!