Are you sure? He is not the main applicant.PNGMK wrote:No your husband will not have to serve. He is a first gen PR and not son of PR (that's pretty much the only PR category that has to serve; i.e PR's who are son of PR).
If my guess is right, he may be asked to go for Volunteer force training... there's news the government has been toying with the idea .... all of that will add points when he decides to go for SC ...dustfall wrote:When my husband register online, there is no letter stating he is exempt from ns. My concern is, will he be called for the army just because he is young? I guess he may be asked to join the 2 week camp training only and this is what we hope for.
x9200 wrote:According to the guidelines on the ICA www, only the main applicants are exempted. The examples that follow are about the children only but I think the first part of the statement is pretty conclusive. Whether they are going to take him, I don't know, but as of the said guidelines he doesn't seem to be exempted.
https://www.ica.gov.sg/page.aspx?pageid=151
"Main applicants who are granted PR status under the Professionals/Technical Personnel and Skilled Workers (PTS) Scheme or the Investor Scheme are exempted from NS. "
ecureilx wrote:If my guess is right, he may be asked to go for Volunteer force training... there's news the government has been toying with the idea .... all of that will add points when he decides to go for SC ...dustfall wrote:When my husband register online, there is no letter stating he is exempt from ns. My concern is, will he be called for the army just because he is young? I guess he may be asked to join the 2 week camp training only and this is what we hope for.
The government has been talking about voluntary NS for PRs and some folks have gone through it, including an MP who became SC.PNGMK wrote:To be fair I think this a fairly recent change. To date AFAIK no first gen PR has ever been called up for NS.
x9200 wrote:I always thought by the nature of application under the PTS is that the scheme is only for the main applicant. If somebody is included, it is included based on the family ties, not PTS.
No one here knows I suspect. Stop worrying. They just want to see if your husband can be put on a back up list as cannon fodder is all.dustfall wrote:Recently I heard that once people are required to do medical check, they definitely need to go for full service.
Is that true?
x9200 wrote:I always thought by the nature of application under the PTS is that the scheme is only for the main applicant. If somebody is included, it is included based on the family ties, not PTS.
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