IT Industry Singapore PR Cases - Tech Professional Approval Rate

Malaysian male, 29, 3rd application. Worked in Singapore 3+ years, EP holder. Salary 4K+ SGD. Working in MNC IT. Recently submitted additional documents—Singapore ROM certificate, wife's info (PR), payslips.

22 years old, NTU MSc, been in Singapore 3.5 years, single, only child, EP, 3.3K, IT support at MNC.

Couple, both top Chinese university (985) undergrad. Husband: been in Singapore since 2012, NTU MSc 2013, IT, 3+ years work, 4k+. Wife: been in Singapore since 2012, NUS MSc 2013, 3k+. Hope to get it soon. /// Ready to go home!

Chinese, been in Singapore 9 years. Was a nurse for 3 years, salary $2,000, rejected after 4 months pending. Changed jobs immediately after rejection, moved to health-related IT. Salary now $2,400. This application pending 5 months, rejected again. Nurse friends got approved on their 1st, 2nd, and 4th attempts respectively. Studied Australian nursing bachelor's.

Female, top Chinese university (211) bachelor's, been in Singapore 3 years, single, IT industry, EP, salary $4k+. First application.

At time of application: EP nearly 3 years, IT industry, non-local degree.

S Pass holder, aircon installer, base salary $2450 + commission. Applied with wife. Wife has diploma, works as clerk. Friend's family applied with child and succeeded.

Been in Singapore 2 years, Graduate Diploma, worked 7 months, single female, IT industry, 1st application. Hoping for good luck.

Malaysian female 30, married, independent application. Been in Singapore since 2014, IT industry, EP, monthly salary 3500.

Couple applied with son as whole family. Been in Singapore since Nov 2013. Son born in Singapore Feb 2017. Husband EP monthly salary 10K, IT industry. Wife monthly salary 3.8K before 2017, held DP after 2017 to care for child. Husband's parents hold LTVP.

Came early 2010, East Asia Institute of Management (hospitality), advanced diploma. Hotel internship 6 months, 1st job 3.5 years, 2nd job 3 years. First PR application with casual attitude — actually approved. Don't know whether to be happy or worried.

Husband main, 211 bachelor's, EP, small company director, salary 10K, 7 years in Singapore. Wife Chinese bachelor's + Australian master's, EP, IT startup, salary 5K, 2 years. 8 months exactly — finally cleared.

6 years in Singapore. Private bachelor's + public postgrad, IT, salary 3K. Hoping for luck.

Malaysian male 28, EP, Australian university, 2 years in Singapore, auditing, salary 3000+. 7 months still pending.

Female 36, Chinese bachelor's, 7 years in Singapore, IT company 2 years. Salary 5K+. Applied with daughter (Primary 2, government school).

4th application Mar 30 2017, rejected Sep 2017. Appealed Nov 2017. Apr 9 2018 rejected again. 5 rejections total. 8 years in Singapore. IT, salary 5.5K, EP. Wife SP 2.7K. Child in local kindergarten. Don't know what ICA wants.

985 bachelor's, engineering (non-IT) major, 7 years IT experience, EP, base 5.5K. Only child, single, 3 years in Singapore. Second application — rejected after EP renewal.

NTU bachelor's, 6.5 years in Singapore, IT 1 year. No supplementary docs requested. Good luck everyone.

985 bachelor's, NUS master's, IT, EP, salary 5.5K, 6 years in Singapore. Appealed last October. Wife on DP, 3.5 years in Singapore. No children. Still pending. Hoping for luck.

Husband main applicant, salary 6K+, 5+ years in Singapore. Wife salary 2K+, 3+ years. Both regular Chinese bachelor's, IT, only children. Parents' work info requested May. Online approved Aug 5. Nearly 9 months.

Husband: base 3.3K, actual 3.8K, IT support, EP Q1. Wife: logistics, 1.6K, DP. Child 4, local kindergarten. In Singapore 5 years. Rejected 3 times before. This is 4th application.

Chinese passport, US bachelor's, UK postgrad studied in Singapore. EP, worked 1 year, IT, salary 4000. Still waiting. Salary rose to 4500 in June. Checked September — rejected.

Been in Singapore 3 years, came after college entrance exam for Poly. 3 months payslips, IT department, salary 2200, S Pass. Praying daily for early approval.

Been in Singapore 2 years, IT industry, first application, salary 3K.

filipino, 2 year ep, 9k salary, self-employed, 15employees, IT company, no good education.

Family application. Came to Singapore 2011, main applicant, 985 bachelor's+master's from China, NTU part-time PhD. IT company, salary 9K (was 5K doing postdoc when first applied, recently changed jobs, updated in early Dec). Wife 985 master's, SP salary 4K, came 2013. Baby boy born here last year. Rejected 3 times during PhD (low salary likely main reason). Pending 10+ months. Hoping this time.

SM1 scholarship, JC2 scholarship revoked due to grades. Studied IT at Temasek Poly 3 years, worked 6 months on S Pass at small company as software developer. Resigned after NUS admission, studied CS at NUS 4 years (3rd year full-time internship in Silicon Valley). Graduated Jun 2017, got EP Sep at MNC on outsourcing project. Applied PR Apr 2018, found new job end-Oct, new EP processed mid-Nov then resigned. Received PR approval letter early Dec, still in notice period at old company.

Came to Singapore 2013, NTU PhD. Working 20 months, IT industry, monthly salary 7.5k, applied with wife and daughter, wife monthly salary 4.5k.

Female, only child, 28 years old, NTU Master's, EP, 3.4K, been in Singapore 4 years, 1st application, sponsored by husband. Husband PR for 3 years, currently applying for citizenship, been in Singapore 10 years, 28, not only child, NTU bachelor's, French business school master's, IT industry, monthly salary 5k. Grateful - approved in 4 months!

Husband main applicant, wife co-applicant, both been in Singapore 7.5 years, public master's, IT industry, family annual salary 190k. No children. One party changed jobs mid-process, resubmitted documents. 1st application, took 10 months, approved!

Family application. Wife and I came to Singapore separately in 2008 to study, met in school, married and bought property in Singapore. Both have local private master's degrees, 4 years of study, 7 years working in construction industry. Applied with wife + 1-year-old daughter. Family monthly income 9K.

Hotel manager, 7k, Australian FT master's, in Singapore 8 years, applied with 1.5-year-old locally-born daughter, 8th application (previously tried with every promotion, job change, single status, married status, whole family application - all rejected. This time applied only with daughter). After 1 year pending, asked to reapply as family unit. 1 year later asked for additional documents, approved 3 months after. Total time 2+ years.

Family application. Female main applicant, 211/985 bachelor's from China, US master's, IT consulting, EP, monthly salary 7800, been in Singapore 8 years. Male, Hong Kong bachelor's, finance, EP, monthly salary 6000+, been in Singapore nearly 10 years. Daughter 2.5 years old, born in Singapore, DP.

Malaysian, been in Singapore nearly 5 years, IT industry EP, monthly salary 2.5k, approved in under 4 months.

NTU master's, IT industry, EP, monthly salary 5000.

Came to Singapore 2016, bachelor's from China, NTU master's, EP 2 years, Programmer.

Male main applicant, been in Singapore 8 years, SM scholarship NTU bachelor's, EP salary 3k, IT industry working 1 year. Female, been in Singapore 3 years, 985 bachelor's from China, NTU PhD student. Married 3 years. Asked for parents' documents at month 5, submitted supplementary materials around New Year's. Went back to China for 2 weeks for Chinese New Year without checking status, came back and found it was approved! Total 6 months 12 days. Sharing good luck with everyone!

Registered last year, applied together, both came to Singapore 2015. Husband is main applicant. Male, EP, 211 bachelor's from China, NUS 1-year graduate diploma, IT industry. Female, SP, diploma from China, Singapore private university bachelor's, NTU Chinese Studies master's in progress.

Male main applicant, 211 bachelor's, 8 years work experience, IT industry, been in Singapore 2 years, EP salary 9k. Female, been in Singapore 2 years, DP, not working.

Been in Singapore working 3 years, IT industry, design, bachelor's from China, EP, 9k. From a small county town in northern China, single.

Been in Singapore 9+ years, local high school, NUS degree, IT major, applied after working half a year, monthly salary 4000+, EP, single, 26 years old.

NTU master's in 2015, working 4 years, IT industry, monthly salary 6.5K, single male, 2nd application.

Been in Singapore 4 years, bachelor's from China, IT industry, 1st application.

Been in Singapore 13 years, government secondary school from Sec 3, N-Level, ITE, private IT bachelor's, worked at private company on WP then SP, government-linked company on SP. Total 6 years work experience, currently $4K+. Applied in May, rejected in September. Immediately submitted appeal letter and new contract. Waiting again.

IT, monthly salary $8K, EP. Almost 14 months now. My only question is why people with similar profiles got theirs in 6 months, or 8 months, or 12 months, but I've been waiting almost 14 months. Where's the fairness? How much longer?

Malaysian, EP, salary $3K, degree, working 1.5 years, doing IT in a bank, waited 10 months.

Been in Singapore 6+ years, IT industry, salary was low early on, recently job-hopped to $9K/month. Chinese master's, wife and child on DP, daughter born in Singapore 2017. First application in 2017 alone was rejected. During second application changed jobs, ICA requested recent salary documents once, then received ICA's big envelope with IPA letter a few days later.

Couple EP + DP. Male 31, Chinese prestigious 211 bachelor's, basic $20K. Female 28, same university bachelor's + third-country master's, not yet employed. Submitted family documents. Applied at 1.5 years in Singapore, now 2+ years.

Came to Singapore in 2011. O-Level - Nanyang Poly - NTU EEE part-time final year. Currently S Pass. First application. As of September 2020, pending 12 months. 24th upload button disappeared, reapply shows existing application.

Diploma / Bachelor's Degree / Sarawakian / Single / Female / Applied after 1 year 2 months of work / First job after graduation / Salary $2.6K / S Pass / Construction.