PR Application Cases

Malaysian Chinese, EP, IT, early 30s, first application. Approved after waiting 6 months. Keep going.

35-year-old single male, internet industry, domestic Top 2 bachelor's, PEP. Applied 1 year 5 months after arriving. Exactly 4 months later saw 4 lines + cannot reapply. One week later CPF updated!

Adding a case for a colleague. Born 1991, PEP+2DP (wife + boy). Tier-1 big tech company, came to Singapore second half of 2022. Domestic master's.

Taiwanese, base 9K+, applied 2 years after arriving, approved in 8 months.

Born 2000, Malaysian, IT industry. Applied just 6 months after arriving.

Chinese national, 985 bachelor's, local PhD, S Pass, been in Singapore 6 years. Currently in government job at 5K salary, single, 27 years old. Approved.... Looking at the programmers below earning so much more, really envious — thinking of switching to coding.

In Singapore 7 years, NUS PhD. Previously rejected after 13 months. Changed jobs, 7K/month. Appeal instantly rejected. Reapplying.

Taiwanese, 28. Monthly salary about 9k. Married. Applied at nearly 2 years. Been in Singapore for almost 3 years.

Born 1997, male, came to Singapore in 2014, local poly + NTU, EP 4K+. Applied 2024/2/8. 2024/11/18 received email to submit parents' CVs. Still waiting.

Single, 26, income between COMPASS 65th and 90th percentile. Been in Singapore nearly 2.5 years.

SP 3.5K, stay in Singapore for 8 months..malaysian, malaysian

Top 211 bachelor's + US News top 50 master's, base salary 9000 (should be 65-90th percentile). Backend SDE at a big tech company. Rejected after 3+ years in Singapore. Oh well, que sera sera. Contributing a timeline for everyone — good luck!

Chinese female, China bachelor's + US master's, came to Singapore 2021, IT/internet mid-size company, salary above 65th percentile but below 90th. Married, applied individually. This was 4th application — finally approved!!!

36-year-old male, been in Singapore 2 years. Family office self-employed, has property and car, 2 life insurance policies, blood donation, volunteer work, monthly charity donation S$500.

29 male, EP+DP, IT base at 90th percentile. Hoping for good luck.

Hong Kong nationals, couple + daughter, OnePass + DP&LOC + DP, base salary 40K. Both hold bachelor's + master's from QS global top 50 universities. Applied 12 months after arriving, approved after 10 months.

Background: Singapore private bachelor's + SMU master's. Working 1.5 years, salary 4K, HR-related work. In Singapore 3-4 years. Single Chinese female. Father owns property in Singapore. Did volunteer work and donations. Instantly rejected at 4 months. Hope for better luck next time.

985 bachelor's, under 30, been in Singapore nearly 3 years by rejection date, base ~9K, internet industry. Rejected 1 month after submitting parents' documents.

Born 2000, female, IT degree, EP, applied 1 year and 2 months after arriving.

Chinese national, single male, 30, US PhD, working at a university, been in Singapore 2 years.