Singapore Citizenship application rejected after two years

mohsinaqvi · Post by **mohsinaqvi** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:26 am

Hi,
My Singapore Citizenship application rejected after two years waiting.My profile

Age :55 years.Annual income :200 K.In Singapore for 10 yeras.PR for 8.5 years.Education post graduate.Working in shipping sector. Apply with wife and son (15 y).Race Indian.Any reason of rejection which comes to your mind?

ecureilx · Post by **ecureilx** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:29 am

mohsinaqvi wrote: Age :55 years.Annual income :200 K.In Singapore for 10 yeras.PR for 8.5 years.Education post graduate.Working in shipping sector. Apply with wife and son (15 y).Race Indian.Any reason of rejection which comes to your mind?

That you are Indian comes to mind.

Moreover, are you from the north or south of India ?

mohsinaqvi · Post by **mohsinaqvi** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 2:40 pm

North India.Any chances in future if apply again.

Barnsley · Post by **Barnsley** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 3:07 pm

If the current economic climate for your industry is anything to go by , you may be sweating on a PR renewal when your next one comes.

Such is the speed of movement in the modern world.

Post by **PNGMK** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 4:26 pm

You're too old. Technically only 7.5 years of working life left. Sucks.

ecureilx · Post by **ecureilx** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 6:09 pm

PNGMK wrote:You're too old. Technically only 7.5 years of working life left. Sucks.

Retirement here is 67 right ?

Post by **sundaymorningstaple** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 6:13 pm

Correct. I've already passed it before they changed it, so my boss said I have to keep working.

ecureilx · Post by **ecureilx** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 7:13 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Correct. I've already passed it before they changed it, so my boss said I have to keep working.

I hope you get a 7 figure pay like the lawmakers who decided on 67

mohsinaqvi · Post by **mohsinaqvi** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 8:41 pm

Once I reached 55 since I have more than 100K in my CPF they included me in life long pension scheme .What if after retire I won's get my re entry permit renew.

Wd40 · Post by **Wd40** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 9:16 pm

mohsinaqvi wrote:Hi,
My Singapore Citizenship application rejected after two years waiting.My profile

Age :55 years.Annual income :200 K.In Singapore for 10 yeras.PR for 8.5 years.Education post graduate.Working in shipping sector. Apply with wife and son (15 y).Race Indian.Any reason of rejection which comes to your mind?

They give about 30k PRs and 30K citizenships each year. There are 100s of 1000s of people lining up, especially from across the border. Many of them are spouses and kids of Singaporeans. So they have a huge pool to pick and choose from. In that pool you probably dont figure, high enough. As simple as that.

ecureilx · Post by **ecureilx** » Tue, 26 Apr 2016 9:47 pm

Wd40 wrote: They give about 30k PRs and 30K citizenships each year. There are 100s of 1000s of people lining up, especially from across the border. Many of them are spouses and kids of Singaporeans. So they have a huge pool to pick and choose from. In that pool you probably dont figure, high enough. As simple as that.

Don't forget that the rumour mill is going over time in that since the last few years ago, the identity of Indians has been diluted, it seems. So the focus supposedly is to fill the 'correct' Indians, if and when a slot opens up. Again, rumors they are .. but they do quote The late MM Lee's words to that effect

Post by **PNGMK** » Wed, 27 Apr 2016 6:54 am

ecureilx wrote:
PNGMK wrote:You're too old. Technically only 7.5 years of working life left. Sucks.
Retirement here is 67 right ?

It depends on the OP's birth date.

valleyman · Post by **valleyman** » Wed, 27 Apr 2016 8:29 am

mohsinaqvi wrote:Hi,
My Singapore Citizenship application rejected after two years waiting.My profile

Age :55 years.Annual income :200 K.In Singapore for 10 yeras.PR for 8.5 years.Education post graduate.Working in shipping sector. Apply with wife and son (15 y).Race Indian.Any reason of rejection which comes to your mind?

Did you have any grassroot leader endorsement to show that you are active in the community ? If not then try doing some community work before applying the next time. It can influence your application.

ecureilx · Post by **ecureilx** » Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:50 pm

valleyman wrote:
mohsinaqvi wrote:Hi,
My Singapore Citizenship application rejected after two years waiting.My profile

Age :55 years.Annual income :200 K.In Singapore for 10 yeras.PR for 8.5 years.Education post graduate.Working in shipping sector. Apply with wife and son (15 y).Race Indian.Any reason of rejection which comes to your mind?
Did you have any grassroot leader endorsement to show that you are active in the community ? If not then try doing some community work before applying the next time. It can influence your application.

QFP

Are you serious ?

Post by **sundaymorningstaple** » Wed, 27 Apr 2016 1:07 pm

maybe valleyman has been sleeping like Rip Van Winkle since 2008, only waking up to pee occasionally. He's missed the 2011 & 2015 GE so is completely out of the loop.

For the record valleyman, volunteerism no longer works. It's been abused to death by subcontinentals that ICA may well even deduct points for it as so many stopped contributing as soon as they got what they wanted.

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