PR Application Cases

Graduated from one of the local top-2 universities. Salary around 5000, IT. Applied after 6 months of work.

Here to contribute data. Malaysian, EP, IT + hospital industry. 3 years in Singapore. Approved in 4 months 2 days.

Married couple, 15 years in Singapore, NTU master's, other Southeast Asian nationality, both near 30, mid-range salary.

Chinese, male, 28, top-2 Chinese university bachelor's, NUS master's. Came to Singapore 2021 after graduation. Applied after 3.5 years, EP, IT industry, base 16k, top 10%, single. Rejected. Planning to apply again this year.

28, IT industry EP, 6 years work experience, Hong Kong national. Applied after 2 years in Singapore. Salary above 90th percentile for age. Waiting.

Chinese, Singapore tier-2 university PhD. Applied solo last year and rejected. Resubmitted on new system with family members late Nov, approved smoothly after 4+ months. No supplementary documents requested. Box disappeared 4/7, CPF showed 4/8. All smooth, good luck everyone!

13 years in Singapore, applied countless times, S Pass. Finally approved. Good luck to everyone!

IT, mid-range salary, born 1990. 3 years in Singapore. 2nd application, instantly rejected at 4 months. Probably no chance anymore. Picking myself up, preparing to go back to China.

Came to Singapore 2003, family of 3, main applicant on SP, sales industry. Private primary school, secondary school, diploma, and university.

Master's degree from Singapore, software engineer. 5 years in Singapore, applied twice, approved.

Came to Singapore at age 9 for school. 6 years primary, 4 years secondary, 3 years Poly, 4 years university. Applied 3 months after starting work.

2+ years in Singapore, EP. Waited over 6 months and finally approved — thought there was no hope, so moved...

Born '90s, male, EP salary 11k, internet/fintech, HK bachelor's, 3 years in Singapore. Box disappeared 115 days after application, received approval email 12 days later.

Malaysian female, 32, EP, pharmacist at private hospital, salary 6000+. 6 years in Singapore, applied twice and both failed. Disheartened.

29, single, EP. China bachelor's + UK master's, internet/fintech. First came to Singapore Nov 2022. Applied after exactly 2 years in Singapore. No supplementary documents requested during application process.

EP+DP, Chinese male, 28, married no children, IT, 9k, nearly 4 years in Singapore. Applying one more time — if rejected, will leave :'(

Single female, PRC, private Singapore bachelor's, born in '80s, Big Four accounting. Applied 4 times over 10+ years. Pass history: STP/SP/WP/SP. Approved on 4th try under new system. Continuously donated to charity without gaps. Tax payments increased year by year with promotions. PS: No difference in education, family, or work environment between this and previous application (but had promotion and salary change). Didn't wait 6 months before resubmitting, never appealed.

985 bachelor's from China, EP, pharma industry IT, base 10k. Applied with 2 DP after 1 year 7 months in Singapore. First application. Received rejection notice yesterday. Exactly 180 days — suspect ICA has some internal scoring system. My profile is borderline, and hitting the 180-day official deadline triggered an automatic reject. Timing was exactly 180 days.

Chinese, married couple in IT on EP, NUS/NTU master's graduates. Nearly 7 years in Singapore. Son on DP, born locally in 2024. First two applications without child were rejected. Third application with child — approved.

Single application, Chinese. Graduated from NUS bachelor's and went straight to work. STP→EP→PR. Applied just 2.5 months into work, boldly — and got approved. 10/15 submitted. 10/25 supplemented notarized birth certificate. 4/2 box disappeared. 4/4 at 4:30am four lines appeared + cannot apply. 7:50am approved.