PR Application Cases

Family application. Husband (main applicant): NTU Master's, been in Singapore 6+ years, salary 6.4K. Wife: NTU Master's, been in Singapore 6+ years, salary 4K. Baby under 1 year old. Hoping for the best.

Applied after 2+ years in Singapore. Waited 10 months for result. University research job 4.9K/month, Singapore local part-time master's, 31 years old. Lucky to be approved on 1st application. Good luck to current PR applicants.

SM3 student on EP. Took 9 months but finally approved. Hope everyone passes.

Been in Singapore 5+ years, SIM degree graduate, currently working at CIMB bank, salary 2200.

NTU undergrad, salary 3K+.

26 years old, Malaysian, SPM diploma with failing grades. Hope to succeed.

Couple joint application, husband as main applicant. Been in Singapore ~4 years, EP 5000+, 2nd application, in progress. Husband: Chinese undergrad, European Master's. Wife: NTU PhD student.

Female, top Chinese university graduate, been in Singapore 6 years. Monthly salary $5,500, EP, employer recommendation letter. Married, husband is PR, monthly salary $8,500. Third application.

Husband as main applicant, wife is homemaker. Son 3 years old, daughter 1 year old, both born in Singapore. Applied Oct last year, whole family approved end of May this year. Previously rejected 3 times. Details: Husband, 36, EP, monthly income $7,500+. Worked in China after bachelor's for a few years, came to NUS for master's in 2010, graduated and started working in 2011. Wife came to Singapore in 2013, first application that year — rejected. First child born 2014, second application — rejected. Third application 2015 — rejected. Second child born 2016, 4th application Oct 2016 (prepared to leave if rejected again). Approved end of May this year. Feels like we survived the darkest period of PR applications — seems to be easing up now. Wishing future applicants better luck.

26 years old, 211 undergrad, PolyU (Hong Kong) Master's. Been in Singapore 6 months + 1 year 4 months (with 6 months in Shanghai in between). Salary 6k. At application, didn't have original degree certificate, only brought Master's testimonial and university's own English translation of undergrad degree. Explained reason (didn't bring it). Let nature take its course.

Male 30, $4500, 4.5 years in Singapore, 211 bachelor's, EP, marketing at SME. Rejected after 5 months last year. Currently second application.

S Pass holder, aircon installer, base salary $2450 + commission. Applied with wife. Wife has diploma, works as clerk. Friend's family applied with child and succeeded.

EP with SP + DP (N1 boy), been in Singapore 8 years, currently studying part-time NTU master's, construction industry, fourth application. Checked CPF number appeared on 3/12/2020.

Grateful, approved before PhD graduation~ Husband is PR, I'm still a PhD student about to graduate, applied 3 months after marriage. Prayers~

Chinese. S-Pass. Work in Singapore for 1 year. US educated from high school and onwards. Graduated from Ivy League institute in 2014. Worked in Manhattan prior to relocate to Singapore. Salary was around 7K SGD when I was in Manhattan but cut to 4K(Base) SGD after I moved to Singapore. 25 years and unmarried without kids. Not the only child at home.

Came to Singapore in 2011, NTU MSc, 3rd application.

Came to Singapore in 2014, EP 8.5K, single, 2nd application. (After the 1st rejection, life became a boring wait that continues until now. But I've come to terms with it — life is limited, and if you spend all your time on this meaningless waiting, you're only wasting your own life.)

Family application, I'm the main applicant, almost 30 years old, wife + child (1-year-old boy), first application. Been in Singapore working for 1 year 9 months, wife came with child at the beginning of the year, currently full-time homemaker. 211 university Master and Bachelor from China, started EP job last January. Current fixed salary about 12K/month + annual bonus, though bonus probably won't show in the application.

Applied 1.5 months after graduating and starting work, hope not to be rejected. Hope for quick results.

China top university (985) undergraduate, came to Singapore Aug 2016, studying NUS full-time Master's. Registered marriage with husband in Sep, applied for PR in Oct, approved in exactly 6 months. Husband came via SM3 scholarship, NUS undergraduate, been in Singapore 7 years, worked 2 years, got PR in Jun 2016, annual salary 65K.