PR Application Cases

Poly graduate, applied 9 months after graduation. 5 years in Singapore. Have O Level results. Salary $2,000. Approved in 4 months.

Female 35, applied with 3-year-old daughter. Banking, salary 10K+, UK master's, 2 years in Singapore. Submitted parents' info end-Sep. Hoping for good news. Great start to 2018!

EP+DP, construction industry, 6000 + 2300. Daughter in kindergarten. 5th application. Hoping for good luck.

SP 5.1K, applied with wife and child. Wife and child on Dependant's Pass. Child just 1 year old. Pending.

Malaysian female, nearly 4 years in Singapore, S Pass. First application. Update: approved after 9 months 14 days! Happy. Good luck everyone.

China 985-211 BSc in 2012, NUS PhD in 2017 April, NUS RF since May, 4K+ S Pass.

PhD from China, applied with 2 boys. Wife studying PhD. 2nd application, 2.5 years in Singapore, base 9000++. Update: family info submitted mid-Sep. Mar 19 2018 approved, took 10 months.

China bachelor's, been in Singapore 1+ year. EP monthly salary $7k + spouse DP monthly salary $5k. Hoping for good luck.

Came Sep 2011, S Pass 2 years. 1st application Jan 2012 (4 months after S Pass), rejected in ~2 months. Waited 1.5 years. Got EP Aug 2015, 2nd PR application. Dec 2015 EP cancelled. Mar 2016 new EP, status Withdrawn. Nov 2016 3rd application — officer questioned why I didn't call ICA about Withdrawn status, application cancelled. May 2017 rejected after 6 months. Oct 2017 appealed with Malaysian marriage cert. Nov 2017 resigned after 1yr 7mo. Apr 2018 new company. Jul submitted new docs. Sep 5 2018 received approval letter dated Sep 1.

Couple application. Both 8 years in Singapore at application. Approved after 9+ months. Good luck in the new year.

Single, only child. SM, government research, salary 3000, EP. 3 months payslips. Asked for retired parents' info late Aug. Dec 13 emailed ICA asking about parents' materials. Dec 14 replied and approved same day — maybe coincidence. No more daily status checks. Good luck everyone.

Malaysian female, graduated from national university. Been in Singapore 2 years, S Pass holder, single, first application. Status: in progress.

8 years in Singapore. 1st application May 8 2017. Family info requested Dec 1 2017. Didn't check mailbox, submitted Dec 27. Approved 2 weeks after supplement. 8 months total. Finally!

China undergraduate, NUS PhD (2012-2017). EP since Sep 2016, salary 4k+. Applied after 7 months of work. Pending.

Poly + NTU, applied after 6 months of work.

4th application, couple, no children. Wife main applicant (5.5 years in Singapore). Update: pending ~10 months, supplemented family info once, finally approved. Happy! Good luck everyone!

Couple applied with son as whole family. Been in Singapore since Nov 2013. Son born in Singapore Feb 2017. Husband EP monthly salary 10K, IT industry. Wife monthly salary 3.8K before 2017, held DP after 2017 to care for child. Husband's parents hold LTVP.

been in Singapore for 6 years, apply together with my husband, no kid, EP holder & SP holder, Chinese bachelor degree, total income S$9000/month, pending 6 months

Family came to Singapore Sep 2015, less than 2 years. MRT train vehicle testing engineer, monthly salary $7k. Wife not working. Elder daughter in P1 at government school this year; younger daughter born in Singapore last year.

985 bachelor's+master's, 5 years in Singapore, 36, EP. Applied with DP wife and son. Family income 10K. Wife working on LOC. 2nd application, approved after 7 months. Feel it's harder for only-child main applicants.