PR Application Cases

Malaysian male, bachelor's degree, worked 3 years 6 months. 1st application rejected after 1 year 6 months. 2nd application rejected after 4 months. 3rd application approved after 4 months. Thanks for the companionship. Gambatte!

Chinese female, 27, single, Singapore tier-2 university PhD 5th year, about to graduate. Approved on first try. Passing on good luck.

31, Chinese, single, no local degree. PhD, working at NUS on EP in education industry for 1.5 years. Paid taxes once at time of application. First application, waiting.

Chinese, married couple applying together. Both in IT — main applicant at SG local big tech, co-applicant at Chinese big tech. Master's + PhD, all mainland China degrees. Main applicant 2.5 years in Singapore, 2nd application. Submitted 03/03 → box disappeared 07/16 → approved 07/18. Good luck to everyone!

5 years in Singapore, NUS part-time PhD 5th year and RA. 2nd application. Survived past the 115-day threshold, hoping for early approval.

32, EP wife and WP husband applying together, bachelor's from a Singapore university. 3rd application, Malaysian, oil and gas industry.

SM1 scholar, 11 years in Singapore, applying together with spouse on SP.

PEP+DP. Came to Singapore early 2023, IT industry. Applied once end of 2023, rejected. Trying again this year. Submitted supplementary documents, still waiting.

Taiwanese, single, NUS bachelor's. EP salary above 65th percentile but below 90th. Applied at 7.5 months of work, approved in 4.5 months.

32, EP, Chinese. Applied after 1.5 years in Singapore, approved 2 years and 1 month after application. Contributed to SRS for 2 years, donated blood twice, joined a local professional society, had annual inflation-based salary increases, converted to Singapore driving license. Used ChatGPT to write cover letter. At under 6 months into application, supplemented parents' household registration and passport — household registration done via Taobao and was accepted. Box disappeared 1 week after submitting supplementary documents, result came 3 days after box disappeared. Grateful for everyone's sharing and help!

China bachelor's + US master's, IT industry, under 30, salary at industry 35th percentile, 4 years in Singapore, married but applied individually. Rejected for the 4th time.

Chinese female, graduated from Singapore tier-2 university, applied after 6 months of work, finance industry, single. Box disappeared at 4 months, approved 1 week later.

2nd application. 29, Malaysian, EP, US university bachelor's, real estate, single. Came to Singapore 2021, paid taxes 2 years.

Chinese, came to Singapore 2016, vocational school education. Changed jobs multiple times, progressed from WP to SP, salary from 1450 to 7000. Applied twice and rejected. Later got a local diploma. Hoping it'll work.

Mainland Chinese, single female, 40, China bachelor's + US master's, IT industry. Came to Singapore Oct 2023. First application.

Main applicant male, Chinese, 38. Salary 8K at application, raised to 12K after 6 months but didn't update ICA. Held SP at application, switched to EP after 6 months but didn't update ICA before PR was approved. Education: local Poly part-time, graduated many years ago. Wife's education: local semi-private university, salary 4K+, also on SP. Child born in China, under 1 year old, on DP. Used an agent to fill in application. At 5th month of pending, main applicant asked to submit past 6 months salary and bank statements. Everything uploaded, PR approved 4 days later. Been in Singapore 10+ years. Previously applied alone and with wife — this last time applied with child and finally approved. Only one job change, both local companies but large scale. Second company is a listed company in a senior management position, which likely helped. I understand the difficulty for those still applying — don't give up, best wishes!

24, Chinese, single, top-5 Chinese university bachelor's. 1 year 8 months in Singapore, IT startup.

Born '96, single male, top-5 Chinese university bachelor's + master's, IT, ~90th percentile income. 3 years in Singapore.

Born '96, 3 years in Singapore, 985 master's from China, EP, salary top 10%, internet industry, single. First application rejected. Planning to try again next year — if it doesn't work, will go to the US.

30, Chinese, single, IT industry, 2nd application, approved in 5 months. Came to Singapore 2021.