PR Application Cases

Female, single, 31, in Singapore 7 years, EP, monthly salary 13K.

Been in Singapore 5 years, Malaysian, sponsoring husband (EP+PR). Second application — hoping for approval.

Chinese national, 30, applied individually. Graduated from local public university (part-time). Construction industry QS, 6 years total work experience, SP. Salary 3200 at application. Switched companies in 5th month (same industry and role), salary increased to 4000. Submitted new company info in 6th month, approved in 7th month. Summary: For construction industry PR applications, university diploma + salary above ~4000 gives a higher success rate (colleagues with these conditions were also approved).

Female 27, Chinese 985 bachelor's, NUS master's in CS direction, semiconductor industry programmer, monthly base 3.6k, giving it a try.

Unmarried female, Chinese 985 bachelor's, NTU master's, data-related work. Worked in Singapore 1.5 years after graduation, then returned to China to work at a well-known big tech company for 3 years. Came back to Singapore January 2023.

Taiwanese single female, EP, 33, practicing lawyer, Taiwan bachelor's + London master's. Applied after 2.5 years in Singapore. After 5+ months pending, ICA sent a form requesting detailed CVs of parents and siblings. About a month later ICA replied 'received and will forward to the relevant officer for review.' Approved one week later. Total time from application to receiving NRIC blue card was just over 6 months! Thanks everyone for sharing!

1 EP + 3 DP, approved in 7 months. Quick approval: 4 lines, cannot reapply. Applied 1 year 2 months after arriving.

Male, EP holder, PRC. 985 bachelor's, NTU PhD. Applied 6 months after returning to Singapore, rejected after 10.5 months.

EP male, single, IT industry. Applied 1 year after arriving.

NUS PhD, applied 8 months after graduation. Been in Singapore 7 years, single, internet industry, monthly salary 10K. Approved after 8 months of waiting.

35-year-old programmer, EP, Chinese bachelor's degree, came to Singapore 2022, family of 3, boy, wife and child both on DP, salary just over 10k.

Chinese couple, 34, IT, PEP+3DP, family of 4 with one boy and one girl. Boy enrolled in government school. Submitted 1 year 2 months after arriving. July 28 saw 4 lines.

Applied 1.5 years after arriving, took 7 months. Submitted supplementary documents once. IT, COMPASS 90th percentile.

Taiwanese, applied 1.5 years after arriving, submitted supplementary documents once due to company change. Monthly salary 15-16K. 2023/11/09 applied. 2024/11/01 saw 4 lines, cannot reapply. 2024/11/07 CPF updated.

33, domestic bachelor's, EP male, single, IT industry. In Singapore 5 years. Last year's tax filing 135K SGD. No local education, no sponsor. Second application — not expecting much.

Government primary school - government secondary school - poly. SP at a large local company, working 1+ year, salary 3K+.

2 adults + 1 daughter, both incomes over 10k. I went through DP→EP→SP (downgraded to SP after COMPASS scoring). Rejected twice, 3rd application waited 1.5 years and finally approved. Used to come here for advice, now writing my record to give back. Grateful.

Chinese couple, no children. EP and student-turned-SP. High education, very average salary. Been in Singapore 1 and 4 years respectively at application. Rejected.

EP+SP, 211 bachelor's + 985 bachelor's + master's. Main applicant in internet development. Came to Singapore Aug 2022. 2023/10/21 applied. 2024/05/11 saw 4 lines. 2024/05/15 CPF updated.

31, couple applying together, no children, PEP, been in Singapore exactly 2 years. Both are SDEs, average salary.