New SC Application: Help Needed in Assessing My Chances

[rynera]

Hi all, I would greatly appreciate if you can help me out with your advice before I submit a SC application.

My profile:
- Malaysian Chinese, 34
- studied in junior college and NUS under ASEAN and GLC scholarship respectively
- graduated in 2005
- PR for 9 years.

Career:
- early employee of a high tech startup in Singapore
- job scope: overseas business development and govt liaison for business in Malaysia.
- As such, I have relocated to Malaysia for half a year by now.
- My pay is mostly stocks with monthly salary being a meagre SGD800 after CPF deduction
--> because the startup is still in R&D stage (zero revenue), only has angel funding and do not have plans to receive venture capital until a much later stage.
- Previously I had high paying jobs with annual salary >SGD100k for 3 years. Left to join a startup due to mid-life crisis.

Question 1:
If I apply for citizenship now, what is my chances of getting it approved?
- bearing in mind I work/live in Malaysia now and my pay is only SGD800 after CPF deduction.

Question 2:
What is the typical timeline from submission of SC application to approval these days?

Thank you all so much for your help!

[ful babu]

1. You don't live in Singapore any more neither do you pay taxes anymore (800x12 not taxable). IMHO you should apply after you have started doing both of those, I am even concerned about your REP renewal next year, I presume you have obtained your PR through PTS scheme, hence you need to be employed in Singapore (last?) 3 years prior to the renewal

2. For Malaysian Chinese it could be less than 6 month ( example1 example2 ), but in general 6-12 months

[mystic_river]

He doesn't live in Singapore but as long as his payroll is in SG (making this assumption as he is still paying CPF), REP shouldn't be a problem, should it?

[sundaymorningstaple]

It shouldn't be, but in today's climate, it's hard to tell how ICA will read it. Also, a lot will depend on whether the have abided by the law and notified ICA about their change of address (required by law). This 'could' be the ringer that catches them out. Same goes with their driving license.

[midlet2013]

Since u mentioned Driving License, may I ask a question.

I got my Driving License when I was on EP and it has my Fin# on it. Now, I have NRIC. Do I need to notify and Change my Driving License.

Please let me know if you know.

It shouldn't be, but in today's climate, it's hard to tell how ICA will read it. Also, a lot will depend on whether the have abided by the law and notified ICA about their change of address (required by law). This 'could' be the ringer that catches them out. Same goes with their driving license.

[the lynx]

Since u mentioned Driving License, may I ask a question.

I got my Driving License when I was on EP and it has my Fin# on it. Now, I have NRIC. Do I need to notify and Change my Driving License.

Please let me know if you know.

It shouldn't be, but in today's climate, it's hard to tell how ICA will read it. Also, a lot will depend on whether the have abided by the law and notified ICA about their change of address (required by law). This 'could' be the ringer that catches them out. Same goes with their driving license.

Yes.

You need to update it with your new NRIC. Bring yourself, your old DL, $50 and NRIC (or even passport IIRC) to the Traffic Police HQ in Ubi to do it.

Because if you noticed, the one with your FIN has expiry date. PR and SC's DL doesn't have expiry date.