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PR Re entry permit renewal - 3 years only? Why?

Relocating, travelling or planning to make Singapore home? Discuss the criterias, passes or visa that is required.
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Re: PR Re entry permit renewal - 3 years only? Why?

Post by PNGMK » Fri, 04 Oct 2024 9:39 am

3 year REP renewals will be tough. Like SMS I had ten year renewals at one time - including one when I was based in Shanghai!
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Re: PR Re entry permit renewal - 3 years only? Why?

Post by SGfan_2020 » Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:06 am

Strong Eagle wrote:
Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:38 pm
SGfan_2020 wrote:
Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:13 pm
I thought that as long as you don't leave Singapore your PR is intact?
This is true... but imagine never leaving Singapore for any reason. No bopping over to Bintan or Batam for a round of golf or a weekend getaway with the wife. No travel on business. No trips home to your home country. With no REP, an emergency trip abroad means that you are instantly disrupted from your Singapore life. That's a rather tenuous grasp on your place of residence.
I agree. I was just wondering if shortening the REP is in fact a desire to ask PRs to leave as Deskmoney23 was alluding. I don't see it as much of an issue if I don't plan to take long trips away from Singapore anyway.

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Re: PR Re entry permit renewal - 3 years only? Why?

Post by mystic_river » Fri, 04 Oct 2024 4:28 pm

I would just point out and comment that how many years they actually renew your REP for (e.g. 3 years) may have some other reasons that have nothing to do with ICA wanting you to give up your PR. In fact I think ICA tends to give you a lot of leeway when renewing your REP because they don’t want to take that away from you just like that.

Case in point my sis. Went overseas to do her post grad and is now living and working overseas. Yet ICA has been renewing her REP every year for the past 3 years even though she hasn’t lived here or been back here.

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