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I am single... Of the (few) caucasians I know, who've gotten PR within the last 3-4 years, all of them have been married & applied as a family. I think the "family = stability = will settle down in SG = will become a citizen" thing also applies for the caucasian sub-category, so singlehood may not ...

The consistent ethnic mix is an indication (obviously) that the Singapore population is by design and not evolutionary circumstance, consistent with most other aspects of Singapore. Then again, the country's raison d'être in modern times have always been as a global trading post, and so it shall rem...

Indeed.

Looks like a calibrated increase in new citizens (& corresponding PR's to fill the candidate pool) to offset the continuous decrease in TFR.

PR mix may vary and resident population size may increase, but ethnic mix of citizen population shows an amazing stability over time.

If it is a very straight forward rejection, i know a couple of them who got the results rejected in 3-4 months. Clear cut rejections seemed to take around 1 month in the old days. I guess they're just stringing the maybe's and the no way's further along these days... I wonder if the number of appli...

Normal waiting time is 12 to 18 months. This has been the case for the past couple of years. Interestingly, since they went fully digital with the PR applications last year, the base level of waiting time has actually increased significantly. People of the "favoured" category still gets their PR wi...

sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 7:18 pm

Yeah, I agree it sucks for those who actually love Singapore but pragmatic the county is and alway will be.

Amen!

In fact, I don't recommend PR at all any more That's actually my recommendation as well. Unless you're in the preferred category, just keep working on EP & don't apply PR. Getting pointlessly slapped with a PR rejection x number of times just sours what would otherwise have been a completely satisf...

My profile for reference: Age/Sex: 27M Single Ethnicity: Other asian (non-chinese, non-malay, non-indian) - can't change my race, oh well... Salary: around SGD 160k, including bonus and pension Education: non-singapore bachelor Time in SG: 6.5 years working since 21yo, 5 tax assessments already.. P...

Just wonder if there is a chance if a person holds a higher position and given company's shares (5%) Unfortunately that has near-zero influence. The other posters are right - ethnicity & nationality are the dominant criteria. Even for the favoured ethnicity/nationality, salary wouldn't have a big i...

It bears repeating that SG (like all other organisations) are not looking for the best people, but rather the *right* people. And the policy goal for "right" (for the foreseeable future) are those who will fit in as productive citizens and be accepted as such by the existing citizens in order to min...

if we don't make it in our first attempt but if we never get PR- what then? :( At 40+ won't it be late to apply for Canada\Aus etc PR. Solution: Apply for *all* of them now! If SG doesn't want you, eventually just find somewhere else that will. It's easy to develop tunnel vision about SG, as it's s...

Apart from race, our salary, our child's gender, higher education in SG, learning Chinese etc won't help? Nope! Welcome to SG! :D Of course you should apply - on paper you guys are very qualified. Unfortunately I've seen plenty of people carrying very strong credentials getting turned away. Sometim...

Most of them would have obtained their PR through the PTS scheme so as long as they are gainfully employed in SG, the gahmen will renew their REP. However, if they lose their jobs or retire or stay out of SG for a prolonged period, then they can kiss their REP goodbye. Yep. Government doesn't revok...

PNGMK wrote:article claims PR not changing but forgets SC comes after PR.

Exactly.

From the article:

This could mean that the same number of people who receive PR status in each year choose to give up their permanent residency each year.

Answer: They become Singapore citizens.

Latest june 2018 population statistics: https://www.population.sg/population-trends/demographics - The non-resident population keeps dropping (employment pass, work pass etc) - Fertility rate keeps dropping & currently even below projection - PR population dropped between 2017 & 2018 - Number of new...