B7 and all interested parties, one of the things that alot of people do not realise is that there is a "hidden interview" as such. If you jump through all the hoops that SIA want in the interview they have to apply for a work permit from the government, and in 99% of the cases it is granted!! Now that can take a week or three. I have also seen it denied.
BTW just check on the school allowances when you do the interview - they may say that school allowances will only be paid to children being educated in a Singapore school, in which case the schooling allowance is pitifull.