PR Application Cases

EP, been in Singapore 1.5 years.

Male, NUS Degree + PhD, postdoc EP, monthly salary $5K+, 30 years old, married.

Main applicant, female Chinese teacher, 45, $3.4k, been in SG 10 years.

Malaysian, 25 years old, Singapore Higher Nitec part-time diploma, EP, salary 2400, in Singapore about 5 years, mother is PR, 1st application.

NTU master's in 2015, working 4 years, IT industry, monthly salary 6.5K, single male, 2nd application.

2016 NTU master, programmer, basic $7k+, 2nd application. Applied 2020.06.09, received email Feb 2021 to supplement family member materials, updated address 2021.06.21, proactively submitted driving license info once in between.

35 years old, single male, programmer, Chinese second-tier university, came to Singapore March 2019, previously worked in mainland China (10+ years at BAT-level companies), basic salary rose from $9K to $13K (changed jobs once in Singapore), approved within 6 months of submitting application.

Been in Singapore 6+ years, IT industry, salary was low early on, recently job-hopped to $9K/month. Chinese master's, wife and child on DP, daughter born in Singapore 2017. First application in 2017 alone was rejected. During second application changed jobs, ICA requested recent salary documents once, then received ICA's big envelope with IPA letter a few days later.

Malaysian / female / EP / salary $2.5K / Degree / been working in Singapore 2 years / October requested to submit family documents and recent payslips.

Hong Kong bachelor's, Singapore master's, came to Singapore in 2017, finance industry, salary $4000+, first application.

Been in Singapore 1.5 years, 30+, EP, European master's degree, monthly salary >$10K. Husband on DP, currently studying MBA in Singapore. After 6.5 months pending, received ICA email requesting additional documents. Got approval 2 weeks after submitting documents.

Malaysian couple. Main applicant - wife, EP, PSB Diploma. Co-applicant - husband, WP, PSB Diploma.

Been in Singapore 5 years, NUS PhD, nearly 1 year of work, salary 5k.

Applied alone, been in SG 2 years, overseas bachelor's/master's/PhD, finance industry, annual salary $300k. Company transferred me out of SG 1 month after submission, instantly rejected.

NTU PhD, EP $5.5k, worked 1 year. Approved 40 days after submitting supplementary materials, giving back to community.

Been in Singapore 10 years, SP. Working 5 years. Proactively submitted job change and salary increase documents. Third application, hoping for approval.

Shenyang University of Technology bachelor's, worked in Singapore on EP for 1 year, donated $100 before applying. Couldn't do volunteer work due to pandemic. Salary $5800.

Malaysian male, single, 29 years old, SP monthly salary 2.5k, Assistant Manager.

Malaysian male, single, 29, SP monthly salary $2.5k, Assistant Manager, approved in 13 months.

Contributing data point for good luck. Self-application, been in Singapore 1.5 years, EP holder, overseas bachelor's, monthly salary $20K.