PR Application Cases

Family of 4 Taiwanese applying for PR: 17/5/2023 submitted application. 7/11/2023 early morning husband received ICA supplementary materials request: husband's 6-month payslips, wife's original master's diploma. 8/11/2023 evening uploaded documents. 10/11/2023 four lines appeared. 17/11/2023 logged in on two separate days to confirm.

PEP+SP, domestic master's. Applied 10 months after arriving. Proactively updated documents, never asked for supplementary materials. Rejected after 10 months.

Taiwanese, EP, 38 years old, IT engineer, Taiwan master's, salary about 8300. Applied with 2 sons after 1 year 2 months in Singapore (older son got into government school, younger son in private school) + wife 37, Taiwan master's (civil servant in Taiwan). Family of 4 application. 2023/11/7 early morning received supplementary materials email.

Would like to ask everyone, in the past two years, has anyone had their application pending for over 1 year and then got rejected?

Domestic bachelor's + master's. In Singapore 3 years. IT industry. Salary ahead of peers for age.

Malaysian, 25, degree holder, 2.5 years in Singapore, interior designer, EP holder.

Family of 4, EP/DP, 200K, 43 years old, IT. Contributing a data point - life is about experiences. Kids are happy. Feb 9 four lines, cannot reapply. Thankful - I think it was just luck!

In Singapore 10 years, started working 2014, changed jobs 3 times in between, applied several times and was rejected. 6 months, got approved right on time.

PEP, born 1992, single male, UK master's, IT department at US investment bank, monthly salary 12K+. Applied after 2 full years of work in Singapore. Parents are civil servants in a small Chinese city. After 14 months and 5 days, saw 4 lines — can reapply.

SM2 Batch 22, graduated from NTU January 2023 and started working. Salary below EP threshold at time of application. Changed jobs November 2023 with salary meeting EP threshold. Currently doing part-time master's.

Malaysian male, 25 years old, EP, monthly salary 3000, been in Singapore 1 year, designer.

28-year-old male, came to Singapore in 2013, NUS bachelor's + US master's, back in Singapore working for 3+ years, IT industry, monthly salary 7K SGD. First application rejected, second application, wishing myself good luck.

Chinese national, male, 30, local master's, PR sponsored application. Been in Singapore since 2015, education industry EP, 8.5K. Approved on appeal.

Male, came to SG in 2013 for bachelor's with tuition grant. Went to US for 2 years for master's, then returned to Singapore to work. Approved on 2nd application.

Chinese bachelor's degree, construction industry SP 5.5K, been in Singapore 10 years. Family of 3, applied with child. PENDING.

27-year-old female, Chinese, single application, 211 master's from China, internet industry, came to Singapore June 2021, first application, salary 7K+, EP.

NUS bachelor's, 29, 13 years in Singapore, salary 90th percentile. Pending 20 months. Please approve me, begging+2, kowtowing to ICA please approve... Got four lines, no CPF record. Probably rejected. Devastated. Keep going everyone.

Dual EP, ages 29 and 31, overseas master's. Internet/IT industry. In late March, ICA requested parents' CVs + household registration info. Total pending 19+ months. Saw 4 lines on Dec 22, can reapply.

Malaysian, born 1995, been in Singapore 8+ years. Applied PR with S Pass, switched to EP midway 4 months later while PR application continued. Hope to get approved soon. 26/2/2023: Four lines appeared + can reapply (probably rejected).

EP, 29/1/2024 asked to supplement materials, waiting.