Our Top Tips for New Expats Moving to Singapore (finances, healthcare, apartment, friends, & more)

We hope you find this video useful - we wish we knew all this before coming! These are our top tips for new expats moving to Singapore.

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Setting up your finances
01:52 - Transfering funds with Wise
04:18 - Finding accommodation
05:18 - Organising healthcare
06:15 - Useful apps
08:42 - Finding friends

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[EyanZ]

Just saying this for other people's sakes (since you two already know this). Taking a Grab to get around makes your life easier but the public bus and MRT (train) system is more than sufficient to get you around the entire country. So for any future expats wondering, no you do not need to drive at all to get around. It takes about an hour and a half train ride to get from the east to west end.

[harshadabapat]

Have seen almost all your videos related to Singapore. Have moved here yesterday and have long way to go. Have got some really useful information and will help me to find my perfect home

[dewifazira]

Moving in a month. I’m so nervous but also excited 😂 thankyou for The tips!

[SchoandJo]

Thanks for all the information to becoming expats… definitely seems like it could be overwhelming but y’all explained it perfectly! I bet it would be amazing to live in Singapore - we hope to visit sometime soon!

[yutuma]

Hi Rob and Jenny, Welcome to Singapore! Generally, many locals will travel via either Mass Rapid Trasport or buses.
Alternatively, there are also some corporate workers will still drive to work or to drive around to run their back-to-back errands. Yes, Grab has also become more popular nowadays and is another alternative to move around in Singapore. Although there is a saying that MRT and buses took us conveniently to places we wish to go, but time is $, so to save time and to avoid jamming with the crowd, I would also prefer to take Grab. This still depends on personal preference, so that's no right or wrong on this and thanks for all the sharing.

[dianebaker]

Lovely video thanks for sharing this 👍 🎄 ☃️

[muhd]

5:30 Healthcare in government hospitals and clinics is basically free or at most nominally charged for Singapore citizens and permanent residents, quite similar and some say even better than NHS for UK citizens and permanent residents. As with NHS, free or nominal fee public healthcare in Singapore is not for non citizens.

[davienotellin]

I know there must be something going on where there are a lot of Brits now looking to move away. As someone who lived in Singapore for 6 years, it's great if you have a skills that Singapore is highly sought after, otherwise it's much expensive to live there.

[roysnabilie]

What is your advice for retirees who want to move to Singapore? I know it is not cheap but their health care is one of the best. And what property can you buy there?
Nice video.

[musavillarin]

Nice video…It is better to move there to get a job than applying online, right? Because when they see a foreign address they just discarded your cv

[tancheehua]

Been following your video for a while. Would like to know what are you guys working in Singapore?

[wernerbachmann]

Hello, since you recommended Wise I tried and found out that it’s much more expensive to sending money with it than just make an inter bank money transfer.
So, that was not a good recommendation! I understand that you get paid for such advertising but please don’t let us be so mislead.
In my example I setup a transfer by Wise to my Singapore DBS account. It was somewhere in the range of 30 Euro.
Sending from ING to DBS cost 6 Euro (Receiver/DBS account paid the fee).

[MatthewBode]

Thank you so much for the extremely informative video. You've just gained a new subscriber! I'm a soon-to-be expat in Singapore (moving in Feb/Mar, pending visa approval). Would you recommend arranging telecommunication services beforehand or once one arrives?

[leihoa]

How is the weather? Is this really such a killer or you can get used to it?

[steventay]

Singapore is ideal for foreigners not so good for Singaporean lah

[kensim]

search for in "the worldof mari"vlog she's south africanliving many years here who isalsolookingfor a home here