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Citizenship application pending

Post by gizmogeek » Mon, 13 Jul 2020 6:02 pm

Hi Guys, Anyone got recent update on citizenship application status during COVID? Mine is pending, applied in April-19. Following this forum, some of you say it brings good luck here. Hopefully right :D

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by nat0 » Mon, 13 Jul 2020 6:21 pm

gizmogeek wrote:
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 6:02 pm
Hi Guys, Anyone got recent update on citizenship application status during COVID? Mine is pending, applied in April-19. Following this forum, some of you say it brings good luck here. Hopefully right :D
yes.. received AIP mid of June... good luck!

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by gizmogeek » Mon, 13 Jul 2020 6:30 pm

Thank You nat0

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by MagicalMickey » Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:50 pm

We have applied in Nov-2018 and still pending.

What's your profile like nat0 and gizmogeek?

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by MagicalMickey » Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:51 pm

We have applied in Nov-2018 and still pending.

What's your profile like nat0 and gizmogeek?

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by MagicalMickey » Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:02 am

What's the chances like.. .??
Our profile goes like this:
1. Applied: Nov 2018
2. Nationality: Indian
3. Age: 38 and 33(co-applicant)
4. Length of stay in Singapore: 20 years
5. PR: since 2004 and 2001(co-applicant)
6. Industry: Automobile industry and tech giant organization (co-applicant). Both of us not related to banking. 😅
7. Salary: $190k+
8. Education: bachelors, masters and MBA are in local university. O levels, poly, bachelors and masters - in progress in local uni(co-applicant). All our education are in Singapore local schools.
9. Married: 7 years (no kids)
10. Owns a HDB flat

Not sure what is lacking in our profile that is taking too long to process.

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by nat0 » Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:08 am

MagicalMickey wrote:
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:02 am
What's the chances like.. .??
Our profile goes like this:
1. Applied: Nov 2018
2. Nationality: Indian
3. Age: 38 and 33(co-applicant)
4. Length of stay in Singapore: 20 years
5. PR: since 2004 and 2001(co-applicant)
6. Industry: Automobile industry and tech giant organization (co-applicant). Both of us not related to banking. 😅
7. Salary: $190k+
8. Education: bachelors, masters and MBA are in local university. O levels, poly, bachelors and masters - in progress in local uni(co-applicant). All our education are in Singapore local schools.
9. Married: 7 years (no kids)
10. Owns a HDB flat

Not sure what is lacking in our profile that is taking too long to process.
ethnicity is the issue i guess.. we're malaysian chinese family (couple and a son), besides age same as yours, nothing else similar to yours, didn't earn as much as you, don't have master/MBA, don't have hdb.. PR since 2016, citizenship applied in Nov'19 and approved in Jun'20, 7 months wait.

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by singaporeflyer » Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:40 am

MagicalMickey wrote:
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:02 am
What's the chances like.. .??
Our profile goes like this:
1. Applied: Nov 2018
2. Nationality: Indian
3. Age: 38 and 33(co-applicant)
4. Length of stay in Singapore: 20 years
5. PR: since 2004 and 2001(co-applicant)
6. Industry: Automobile industry and tech giant organization (co-applicant). Both of us not related to banking. 😅
7. Salary: $190k+
8. Education: bachelors, masters and MBA are in local university. O levels, poly, bachelors and masters - in progress in local uni(co-applicant). All our education are in Singapore local schools.
9. Married: 7 years (no kids)
10. Owns a HDB flat

Not sure what is lacking in our profile that is taking too long to process.
Decent chance

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by MagicalMickey » Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:27 pm

Thanks nat0 and Singapore flyer. Hoping for the best. ☺️

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by subconwretch » Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:33 pm

MagicalMickey wrote:
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:02 am
What's the chances like.. .??
Our profile goes like this:
1. Applied: Nov 2018
2. Nationality: Indian
3. Age: 38 and 33(co-applicant)
4. Length of stay in Singapore: 20 years
5. PR: since 2004 and 2001(co-applicant)
6. Industry: Automobile industry and tech giant organization (co-applicant). Both of us not related to banking. 😅
7. Salary: $190k+
8. Education: bachelors, masters and MBA are in local university. O levels, poly, bachelors and masters - in progress in local uni(co-applicant). All our education are in Singapore local schools.
9. Married: 7 years (no kids)
10. Owns a HDB flat

Not sure what is lacking in our profile that is taking too long to process.
You haven't stated your Race which seems to matter more than nationality. (Not trying to be PC, but I've known more than one ethnic Chinese/ hakka Indian citizens residing in singapore).
That is the only thing lacking, else you seem good to go with more than a shoe in.
Were you ever invited to apply for SC in the early years when you were a PR? If you had ignored or rejected back then, it may be a negative.

On the old paper SC forms there used to be a columns for the officer to write down additional details on the ethnicity from nric records (blanketedly labeled 'dialect group'). So i wouldn't be surprised if they have had further quotas on these subdivisions all along too.

All aside, it is reasonable to assume all processing may have been briefly on hold the past few weeks. They may be waiting for new criteria and policy directions from the ministry after the recent elections. Given all the rabble and vitirol filled whatsapp rumors on how certain new citizens were responsible for swaying the recent east coast election results, we can only wait and watch how the future approval trends turn out to be.

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by MagicalMickey » Tue, 14 Jul 2020 1:23 pm

Hi Subconwretch,

Thank you for your response. ☺️

Race is also Indian.
No. We were never offered citizenship before.
Yeah. Covid and the recent election are my real worry.

Like what everyone says... Wait and watch should be my mantra.

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by gizmogeek » Mon, 27 Jul 2020 3:37 pm

Hi Guys,
just checking again, anyone received citizenship update in the last few months approval/rejection/will take more time due to covid msg ?

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by singaporeflyer » Mon, 27 Jul 2020 3:44 pm

gizmogeek wrote:
Mon, 27 Jul 2020 3:37 pm
Hi Guys,
just checking again, anyone received citizenship update in the last few months approval/rejection/will take more time due to covid msg ?
Yes, it may take more time because of the pandemic

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by Nuvia.Rigya » Tue, 28 Jul 2020 7:42 pm

I also been waiting for 16months, but still show pending 😔 long waiting~

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Re: Citizenship application pending

Post by rajaramsg » Thu, 07 Jan 2021 9:56 am

i have also applied citizenship application on january 2019 for my whole family. Indian, SPR for 14 years in singapore. Childrens are studying singapore as well. (my spouse, my childrens and myself - 4 person total) but the status is still pending. dont know the reason also. its almost going to be 2 years.

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