PR Application Cases

Big tech programmer, 985 bachelor's + Singapore tier-2 university master's, EP, approved after 1 year of work.

Came to Singapore 2022, 33 years old, dual EP + DP son, approved on 2nd application. 3 years in Singapore, IT industry, salary top 10%. Got 3 recommendation letters (from Singaporean colleagues and partners), started small monthly donations to charity from Jun 2025, son in private kindergarten. Big change from first application: first time applied Mar 2024, EP+2DP, child not yet in school, rejected after 9 months. Second application went through smoothly.

32, Chinese, family SP+2DP, IT, came to Singapore Apr 2023, 2nd application.

3 years in Singapore, applied as soon as I got my S Pass in June. Background: Diploma graduate, currently pursuing bachelor's.

23-year-old Malaysian female, single, local private degree, EP, Admin Manager, 3.5 years in Singapore.

Mainland Chinese DINK couple, been in Singapore 9 years, 3rd application, dual SP. Previous time waited 15 months and rejected. This time proactively submitted salary letter during the wait. Night before discovered box disappeared + cannot reapply, next morning CPF showed up, ICA status updated to approved.

Malaysian, 29, EP, accountant.

Chinese male, PR-sponsored marriage application. 3 days after submitting supplementary documents in early Feb, box disappeared. Received IPA on weekend morning.

Chinese, 27 years old, EP, Singapore master's, single, working 2 years.

37-year-old programmer, EP, China bachelor's, came to Singapore 2022, family of 3, boy, wife and child both on DP, salary 10k+. First application Nov 2023, rejected Jul 2024. Second application Jul 2025, exactly 7 months later received email requesting supplementary documents, submitted same day, box disappeared next day, result came the day after.

Came to Singapore 2019, wife and kids joined Sep 2022. 1 EP + 3 DP. First application Oct 2022, rejected after 18 months in early 2024. Both kids enrolled in government schools in 2025. Second application submitted Jul 18, currently waiting. IT industry, salary top 5%.

11 years in Singapore. Private O Level → Poly → NTU bachelor's. Applied after 5 months of EP work, salary 4400. 2025.07.17 husband (SC) sponsored application. ROM Jan 2025, completing resale HDB purchase Aug 2025. Husband also NTU fresh grad, 1 year of work, base 4800 with OT. Had 5 years Air Force service + tax payments before university.

Chinese, 34, male, divorced, individual application. 2.5 years in Singapore, income top 20%. 2nd application — if it doesn't work, planning to leave.

Chinese, male, single, 37, programmer at a local finance company's tech department. Monthly salary only slightly above half the 65th percentile for the industry at age 37 as published by MOM (EP renewal would likely fail without PR). Came to Singapore Jul 2013, NUS graduate diploma + NTU master's. First application in 2017 failed, then went to Europe for 1.5 years (UK MBA 1 year + Germany JSV 6 months). Couldn't stay in Europe, returned to Singapore. Second application in 2022 at current company also failed. Finally succeeded in 2025. Lesson: first time donations/volunteer certificates/hiring agent didn't help; second time IT certifications (Python/Java/JavaScript/Linux/Docker/K8s etc.) didn't help; third time contributing to SRS for 2 years worked.

3 years in Singapore, family of 4, 40+, IT industry, good salary, China bachelor's + master's. First application rejected in 2024, reapplied in 2025. Wishing good luck.

34, PEP+2DP, salary 90th percentile, came to Singapore Apr 2023. First application after 1.5 years, instantly rejected at 4 months. Second application submitted Jul 10, 2025, praying again. Nov status updated to PEP+EP+DP.

27, male, single, 6 years in Singapore, China bachelor's + Singapore tier-2 university master's. Salary 6K+, EP. 2024 application rejected after 7 months. Trying again.

Applied last July, child in Primary 2. Still waiting.

Came to Singapore from China Jul 2024, whole family's first PR application Jul 2025, approved Jan 2026. 211 bachelor's, wife 985 master's, OnePass+3DP, kids at kindergarten stage. IT big tech, salary around top 5th percentile.

26-year-old single male, China bachelor's (no postgrad), EP, been in Singapore 1.5 years.