When my thai gf (now my wife) came last Sept, she almost got
deported. I waited more than half an hour but she never came out.
Me and my family started to worry. I saw her luggage at the floor
by the luggage belt assigned to her flight. But luckily I got the
ICA airport office number from the information counter and called
them, a lady picked up and I explained that I was waiting for my
fiancee and that we were getting married in Singapore a few days
later. She said my fiancee is now in their office and they are
doing some verification and she told me to call back in 30 minutes
time.
After 30 minutes, I called again, the same lady said my fiancee
will be coming out in 5 minutes and indeed, she came out in 5
minutes. Me and my family were so relieved.
My fiancee told me 2 thai ladies may be deported, one came with
her boyfriend who looked like Singaporean (they are getting married
in Singapore about a month later), another one came to find her
thai husband who is working in Singapore (they are husband and wife
in thailand).
As me and my fiancee walked away, I saw the boyfriend leaving
the hall alone, he looked really sad. The husband stood by the
glass door, still waiting.
2 other thai ladies were held up too, but they got through
because they have work permit.
So a total of 5 thai ladies including my wife were held up.
I was afraid something like this might happen so prior to her
arrival, I gave my wife my NRIC information, contact number and
notice of marriage, but the officers did not contact me nor verify
the notice of marriage as my wife tried to explain to them.
Sometime after the incident, I learned from a friend that it's
better to inform ICA first before asking my fiancee to come, like
what one of the forumers mentioned, be held responsible if she did
something wrong. I was lucky.
But then again, I'm not sure of the criteria used by the
officers to determine who to stop and who to allow, but holding
only thai ladies doesn't seem right to me or maybe I'm missing out
something.