Timeline of my husband's initial PMLA & LTVP and renewals, then finally PR!

[GTR1307]

Firstly, thank you MOCHS for this amazing thread! It was a good read!

Hope someone can clear my queries

My fiancée & will be getting married a month from now & I'm wondering:

1) How long of an extension ICA usually grant for purpose of marriage? As I will be applying LTVP for her with a valid LLE & hope she can stay throughout the whole LTVP process without having to re-enter Singapore.

2)I have bought a flight ticket out of Singapore dated 30days upon her arrival in SG to a nearby Asean country (To save cost) as I think she most likely won't be needing it if her LTVP gets approved by then. Will there a problem if the return ticket is not to her home country?

[MOCHS]

1)How long of an extension ICA usually grant for purpose of marriage? As I will be applying LTVP for her with a valid LLE & hope she can stay throughout the whole LTVP process without having to re-enter Singapore.

2)I have bought a flight ticket out of Singapore dated 30days upon her arrival in SG to a nearby Asean country (To save cost) as I think she most likely won't be needing it if her LTVP gets approved by then. Will there a problem if the return ticket is not to her home country?

1. Don’t know. Depends on her nationality. Maybe 30 days? Not sure how many times you can extend as well. You can always get her to fly in 2 weeks before the wedding date…

2. Does not matter. As long it is a ticket out of Singapore.

[GTR1307]

1)How long of an extension ICA usually grant for purpose of marriage? As I will be applying LTVP for her with a valid LLE & hope she can stay throughout the whole LTVP process without having to re-enter Singapore.

2)I have bought a flight ticket out of Singapore dated 30days upon her arrival in SG to a nearby Asean country (To save cost) as I think she most likely won't be needing it if her LTVP gets approved by then. Will there a problem if the return ticket is not to her home country?

1. Don’t know. Depends on her nationality. Maybe 30 days? Not sure how many times you can extend as well. You can always get her to fly in 2 weeks before the wedding date…

2. Does not matter. As long it is a ticket out of Singapore.

Thank you for your reply!

Maybe I'm overthinking for 1) She is PRC so from what ICA told me by default is 30days, extension subjected to justification & approval.

Worst case just have to have her fly back & fly in when we receive her IPA.

Noted for 2)

[enola]

let's say it is approved in March and given a 1-year LTVP, will the expiry date of the new LTVP be May 2024 or March 2024?

Expiry date is based on when you go down to ICA for the appointment to get the new LTVP card.

Let’s say approve in March, earliest ICA slot is on April and you go down, the new LTVP expires in April 2024.

You can always make the appointment 1 week before the current LTVP expiration date if you’re worried.

Thanks MOCHS.
Just an update:
Submitted the LTVP renewal application on 11 March, and received the IPA on 17 March. This is faster than expected.

[thepoppingone]

Sorry for replying two years late!

She had a special case where she was alr employed by a SG company in another country and relocated here via internal transfer, of course also applied for a PLOC prior.

Hi everyone, just to share my timeline as well:

Details of myself:
Singaporean, 29. Holding a public service job for 3 years.

Details of my spouse:

she holds a HKSAR passport and is 29 this year. Worked in Hong Kong.

2019 September:
Got married, applied for PMLA prior to that date

2020:
Covid happened and she was stuck in Hong Kong, unable to make it down to Singapore to apply for LTVP before PMLA expiry

2021 June 23:
Finally we made it back to Singapore, during quarantine we applied for LTVP

2021 June 28:
Submitted all documents

2021 June 30:
Received in principle approval (in 3 working days)

2021 July 1st:
Did health check up

2021 July 2nd:
Submitted the rest of the requirement documents

2021 July 3rd:
Received a midnight email that it’s approved and booked appointment for 12th July collection of LTVP

2021 July 12th:
Took around 1.5 hours and collected LTVP of 1 year validity.

We both submitted our income details as well from our relative jobs in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Not sure what extra info I should provide, please ask away!

Thank you so much for your sharing! Very glad to see your case because it is the same case for me and my current partner now.
Would you mind sharing the job situation of your spouse? Was she employed in SG before getting married here and apply for LTVP? It would be helpful to know if she had applied for LOC/PLOC to seek jobs in SG. Thank you so much!

[magnallion]

Table of content

• PMLA & initial LTVP (2019)

• First LTVP renewal (2020)

• Second LTVP renewal (2021)

• PR (2022)

• Administrative matters after PR (in this post below)

Nine weeks after PR formalities:
- The one we’ve been patiently waiting for. Hubby got the letter of exemption from NS. No need to login to the MINDEF website or go down to CMPB at all. Needless to say, the letter is stored with the rest of his PR stuff.

Great post, it's been quite helpful for me

Can you share the process to apply for the letter of exemption from NS (for spouses whose are granted PR).

[MOCHS]

Can you share the process to apply for the letter of exemption from NS (for spouses whose are granted PR).

Re-read what I wrote. Did I mention there’s any process?

“the one we’ve been patiently waiting for” just means that. No need to scrutinise so hard.