Relocating, travelling or planning to make Singapore home? Discuss the criterias, passes or visa that is required.
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by TropicalExpat » Fri, 18 Sep 2020 4:23 pm
jay1979 wrote: ↑Fri, 18 Sep 2020 3:56 pm
Applicants : family of 5. Wife and I. Two daughters and a son.
Age : 41
No. of years in Singapore : 6 and a half years
Any local education? : no. I only did my GCSEs in Hong Kong with shitty grades.
Salary : 300 k plus. Not including my dividends.
Company/ Sector : Trading company / own business.
Profession : Businessman
Number of times PR applied: rejected once got it on the second try.
Race Indian
Nationality ( Chinese ) - Hong Kong Passport
PR approved January 2020. Wait time 19 months. Things that changed from my first application is I bought a commercial
property for investment and had twins ( boy and girl )
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Thanks for the data point! Is your wife working?
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by singaporeflyer » Fri, 18 Sep 2020 4:38 pm
jay1979 wrote: ↑Fri, 18 Sep 2020 3:56 pm
Applicants : family of 5. Wife and I. Two daughters and a son.
Age : 41
No. of years in Singapore : 6 and a half years
Any local education? : no. I only did my GCSEs in Hong Kong with shitty grades.
Salary : 300 k plus. Not including my dividends.
Company/ Sector : Trading company / own business.
Profession : Businessman
Number of times PR applied: rejected once got it on the second try.
Race Indian
Nationality ( Chinese ) - Hong Kong Passport
PR approved January 2020. Wait time 19 months. Things that changed from my first application is I bought a commercial
property for investment and had twins ( boy and girl )
Good luck.
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Do you employ any locals in your company/business? If so, that MAY also contribute.
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by jay1979 » Fri, 18 Sep 2020 7:23 pm
singaporeflyer wrote:jay1979 wrote: ↑Fri, 18 Sep 2020 3:56 pm
Applicants : family of 5. Wife and I. Two daughters and a son.
Age : 41
No. of years in Singapore : 6 and a half years
Any local education? : no. I only did my GCSEs in Hong Kong with shitty grades.
Salary : 300 k plus. Not including my dividends.
Company/ Sector : Trading company / own business.
Profession : Businessman
Number of times PR applied: rejected once got it on the second try.
Race Indian
Nationality ( Chinese ) - Hong Kong Passport
PR approved January 2020. Wait time 19 months. Things that changed from my first application is I bought a commercial
property for investment and had twins ( boy and girl )
Good luck.
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Do you employ any locals in your company/business? If so, that MAY also contribute.
Yes sir i did. Hired two locals.
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by jay1979 » Sat, 19 Sep 2020 7:07 am
TropicalExpat wrote:jay1979 wrote: ↑Fri, 18 Sep 2020 3:56 pm
Applicants : family of 5. Wife and I. Two daughters and a son.
Age : 41
No. of years in Singapore : 6 and a half years
Any local education? : no. I only did my GCSEs in Hong Kong with shitty grades.
Salary : 300 k plus. Not including my dividends.
Company/ Sector : Trading company / own business.
Profession : Businessman
Number of times PR applied: rejected once got it on the second try.
Race Indian
Nationality ( Chinese ) - Hong Kong Passport
PR approved January 2020. Wait time 19 months. Things that changed from my first application is I bought a commercial
property for investment and had twins ( boy and girl )
Good luck.
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Thanks for the data point! Is your wife working?
No
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by smoulder » Thu, 24 Sep 2020 3:16 pm
Applicants : applied for myself. My wife is a naturalized SC (Chinese, originally from Malaysia). Wife had quit her job about 2 years prior to my PR approval
Age : 39 at the time of application and approval. Approval in Oct 2019
No. of years in Singapore : 6.5 at the time of approval
Any local education? : no, all education in India
Salary : basic around 130k plus bonus of 30 plus
Company/ Sector : IT in a local bank
Profession : architect
Number of times PR applied: 4
Approval took around 5.5 months
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by jay1979 » Fri, 25 Sep 2020 1:35 pm
One of my friend just got his pr approved along with his family members. ( wife and kids )
He is married with 2 boys.
Working at an MNC
race - Indian
Nationality : Chinese ( Hk passport)
Salary I would think about 500 k plus per year
He has 2 sons
Length of stay 6 years
He got his approval on the first go and wait time was 11 months which was a surprise considering the scenario with covid.
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by smoulder » Fri, 25 Sep 2020 4:40 pm
jay1979 wrote: ↑Fri, 25 Sep 2020 1:35 pm
One of my friend just got his pr approved along with his family members. ( wife and kids )
He is married with 2 boys.
Working at an MNC
race - Indian
Nationality : Chinese ( Hk passport)
Salary I would think about 500 k plus per year
He has 2 sons
Length of stay 6 years
He got his approval on the first go and wait time was 11 months which was a surprise considering the scenario with covid.
Thanks
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This looks like the same profile posted elsewhere by another member of this forum.
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by jay1979 » Fri, 25 Sep 2020 4:59 pm
smoulder wrote:jay1979 wrote: ↑Fri, 25 Sep 2020 1:35 pm
One of my friend just got his pr approved along with his family members. ( wife and kids )
He is married with 2 boys.
Working at an MNC
race - Indian
Nationality : Chinese ( Hk passport)
Salary I would think about 500 k plus per year
He has 2 sons
Length of stay 6 years
He got his approval on the first go and wait time was 11 months which was a surprise considering the scenario with covid.
Thanks
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This looks like the same profile posted elsewhere by another member of this forum.
Actually my friends profile is similar to mine. My pr got approved January this year and my friends pr just a few days ago. Both of us from Hong Kong ( holding hk passports ) and our race Indian. The difference is he works for an MNC and I have my own business.
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by smoulder » Fri, 25 Sep 2020 5:16 pm
Actually my friends profile is similar to mine. My pr got approved January this year and my friends pr just a few days ago. Both of us from Hong Kong ( holding hk passports ) and our race Indian. The difference is he works for an MNC and I have my own business.
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Ah got it. Not a lot of Indians with a HK passport on this forum I'd imagine.
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by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 25 Sep 2020 7:58 pm
But you got to admit, our longtime regulars have good memories.

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by MADINA » Fri, 02 Oct 2020 6:40 pm
Our application rejected

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by the observer » Fri, 02 Oct 2020 8:02 pm
MADINA wrote: ↑Fri, 02 Oct 2020 6:40 pm
Our application rejected
At least from this forum, you’d have gleaned some information on how PRs are granted.
It has always been about the applicants nationality/race and quotas in the name of social fabric/ease of integration.
Though I must say, different set of rules apply to multi millionaire/billionaires.
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by MADINA » Fri, 02 Oct 2020 8:41 pm
Yes, learned a lot, thanks to all who did give inputs, especially moderators

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