PR Application Cases

Applied 1+ year after arriving on EP. IT industry, Chinese national, 35+ unmarried female. Rejected after 9 months of waiting.

985 master's, applied 2 years after arriving on EP. Pending 7 months, last Monday saw 4 lines + cannot reapply. Not sure if it's safe — been checking CPF for a week with nothing yet. Hoping for good luck. Friends, please don't doxx me.

Couple born in the 80s, both at 65-90th percentile salary for their age/industry. Waited 9.5 months — saw 4 lines, cannot reapply. Five days later (Saturday) CPF updated, next day (Sunday) saw approval.

30, single, bachelor's from a Singapore university, 1st application. Malaysian, EP, oil and gas industry.

Domestic bachelor's + master's, local PhD, IT industry, SP. With family on DP. Waiting.

Husband on PEP (IT manager), wife on EP (IT). Married, no children. PEP holder had been in Singapore 1 year at application. Both have domestic education. Submitted salary increase info for both in first half of this year. June 14, 2024 saw 4 lines.

Been in Singapore 2 years, software industry EP 12k, sole income with DP dependants.

Chinese single EP female, internet company. Overseas bachelor's + Singapore master's. Applied after a cumulative 2+ years in Singapore. Submitted salary increase once. About 8 months and still pending. Hoping for a quick approval.

Applied just 6 months after arriving in Singapore. Malaysian Chinese, EP salary 3K, dual bachelor's degrees, 2+ years in logistics. Appeal also rejected.

Local PhD, S Pass, wife and child on DP, 7 years in Singapore. Family application.

Overseas bachelor's + master's, came to Singapore after graduation for IT work. EP, single, made small monthly donations for 6 months before applying. Salary above the 10-point COMPASS threshold but below the 20-point threshold. Been in Singapore just under 2.5 years at application.

Mid-tier 985 bachelor's, born 1999. Developer at a certain exploitative internet company. Applied just over 2 years after arriving. Base 7K/month at Sept 2023 application, raised to 8K/month after Jan 2024 adjustment. Hoping PR gets approved soon so I can start job-hopping. Do people think I have a chance? Update: CPF appeared 6/15, appointment for formality booked.

COMPASS salary at 20-point tier (top 10th percentile), been in Singapore 3 years, single, 25 years old, no party membership, no civil servants in family, internet industry. Can't figure out why rejected.

Born 1996, male, single, IT, EP, been in Singapore 2.5 years, salary 8.5K. First application.

IT professional. Family of 3 application. Wife came to Singapore February 2023. I came April 2022, been here 1.5 years at time of application. I have master's degree, wife not yet working, child about 4 years old.

Born 1990, Chinese male, IT industry. Base 8.6K, ~10K/month total annual. EP. China bachelor's + UK master's. Came to Singapore end of 2020, filed taxes twice. First application — hoping for approval. Approved on first try! Grateful. Can I win TOTO next?

Female, 25, local international school, local bachelor's + master's, EP.

Single male, domestic bachelor's + NUS master's, in Singapore 6 years, finance SP, low salary. After nearly 10 months, saw 4 lines — can reapply.

Male EP IT, Chinese bachelor's US master's, monthly salary 10k. Female STP, Chinese bachelor's, SG master's student. No children, been in Singapore 2 years, first application.

Born 2000, female, NUS bachelor's, finance industry SWE, EP, base 7k. Applied after just 2 months of salary slips. Jul 4 asked to provide parents' CVs as supplement, three weeks later got four lines (rejected).