My friend is having this issue so will help him post here.
He is a Singaporean, converted citizenship in 2002, his wife is a Singaporean PR (she is originally from canada). The baby is born in Canada and is a canadian by birth and his father is applying for his singaporeans citizenship once he comes back to Singapore. I know entry into singapore usually requires a return ticket, but the family is coming here to stay for good so they want to buy a one way ticket (which is significantly cheaper). They spoke to the ICA and they said that since the father is a Singaporean and mother is a PR, just to explain to the immigration officer and it should not be an issue. However, their concern is with the boarding process in Canada; Since sometimes they insist that the passenger should have a return ticket when he does not have a legal long term right of abode, how can they convince them that it is not an issue?
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Yes I've had this issue with qantas. They claim they could be fined by Singapore govt if they don't follow protocol so were very sticky on it. Eventually after nearly an hour I managed to persuade someone but it was a lot of stress pre flight. We were almost about to pay for a first or business fare fully refundable just to satisfy the requirement and cancel it straight after the flight, but it didn't come to that. I guess you could do this though if you want to be sure.
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I had a similar experience as Beeroclock mentioned, but I had to buy return tickets.
My 7 1/2-month-old son and I were checking in at a US airport to fly to Singapore in 2012 to join my husband, who started work here several weeks earlier. The person checking baggage said we couldn't get on board unless we had return tickets because we didn't have visas in hand. I explained we were moving there and were entering on tourist visas that would be converted to dependent passes. The airline didn't care. We called my husband and he said our paperwork was in Sg, but that wasn't good enough for the airline. We had to purchase return tickets (with a return date 90 days out or less) before checking bags and then were able to cancel the return fare and get a refund after arriving in Sg. It's interesting that the airline never mentioned this was an issue when we bought one-way tickets in the first place.
My 7 1/2-month-old son and I were checking in at a US airport to fly to Singapore in 2012 to join my husband, who started work here several weeks earlier. The person checking baggage said we couldn't get on board unless we had return tickets because we didn't have visas in hand. I explained we were moving there and were entering on tourist visas that would be converted to dependent passes. The airline didn't care. We called my husband and he said our paperwork was in Sg, but that wasn't good enough for the airline. We had to purchase return tickets (with a return date 90 days out or less) before checking bags and then were able to cancel the return fare and get a refund after arriving in Sg. It's interesting that the airline never mentioned this was an issue when we bought one-way tickets in the first place.
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