RajiRaj wrote: ↑Sat, 16 Jul 2022 2:36 am
MY FAMILY SPR JOURNEY [ first time posting in this form, so far only reading as most of my questions I had time to time were answered by moderators here, now created my account to add my 2 cents ]
Attempt 6th.
I am INDIA CITIZEN Staying and working in SG since Jan 2010.
Married in 2011 to Indian Citizen in India and brought spouse along on dependent pass on very next month of marriage and thereafter Spouse is also the residence of SG throughout.
Spouse network and participate in local CC activities and volunteer along with local organisations ( no employment and earnings, just a hobby work for her )
Congratulations and thanks for sharing..
1st son born in INDIA in 2012 and brought along on DP
Applied PR in 2013 1st time
2nd Son born in INDIA 2014 and brought along on DP
Applied PR in 2015(2nd) and 2016(3rd).
Spouse started working in Local firm in 2018 on EP
Applied PR in 2018(4th) , 2020(5th)
** Every rejection took 7-10 month, I did not wait for 1-2 yr for reapplication but just for renewal of my EP, Passport, tax submission etc only.
2021 June ( 6th and Successful attempt)
Approved in May 2022
Qualification ( self) : B.Tech ( Computers Science ) , One of the oldest and Top Regional universities ( don’t think it matters as several unsuccessful attempts, mentioning to making it a point).
Total Work exp: 17 years
Age: 40 yrs
Job Profile: Technology Delivery Manager in an IT company( Japan Based, less than 500 employees in SG , 70% foreign ).
Remuneration at time of Application ( June 2021): 120k+
SRS contribution of 15K per year from 2016,2017,2018,2019 ( hence less tax paid ).
Stoped SRS contri in 2020 and 2021 to have more liquidity during pandemic and upcoming rainy/recession days , paid full tax ( idea was to contribute to national treasury at bad time , this is a family trait , my forefather followed and instructed to me and siblings to spend /consume less and give to the nation during war or any calamity time , but point here is this had elevated my graph of income tax payments in past 2 years wrt to previous one , though income increase was just 5-7% only per year ).
Doing regular accounted and unaccounted ( anonymous) donations to SG societies from the day I started earning in Singapore , I know it does not matter for SPR application as none of the previous attempts was success , mentioning to proving this point .
Spouse:
Education: Masters in Computers from Indian University
Age:37
Income: 110K+
No SRS etc , paying full tax from 2018 onwards
Kids ( 2 son ) studying in public school from 2021 and 2022 onwards respectively, both got admitted to public school while clearing AEIS exam, I consider this as a significant change wrt to my last application.
Extra Info
Joined another company with 25% salary increase in march 2022 (SPR application was pending since 10 months )as Sr Tech Architect (did not inform to ICA as the thought of doing in case of rejection or after 6th month with 6 salary slips ).
Got email from ICA in April 2nd week asking ..
A) last 4 month salary slip ( not 3 or 6 , specifically 4 , strong feeling they know about my job change and want to validate if any gap month for income ) : I gave 1 month of new company and 3 month of old company, just simple upload at the specific section without explaining anything else regarding job change , new salary package etc etc .
B) Education proof for my sons ( school letter or report card etc ) : I gave both school letter and a report card ( their reports make me feel proud and I want to flash that
) , Also I wrote a cover letter addressing ICA officer while giving details ( to the point only ) of my sons admission via AEIS along with school letters and scan copy of results ( all in the same pdf ) for both kids in their respective section.
May 4th : Doc upload drop-down disappear.
May 20th : after 1:30 Am ( actually may 21st ) , ICA portal was showing approved ( I know its after 1:30 am, seems some daily scheduled batch etc updated it as was checking it every 30 min in those 3-4 days )
May 23: Got mail ( physical ) in my mailbox with IPA, the date mentioned was 16th May( but online was not updated from 16th till 21st May) .
Post that is it a tale to tell in another respective topic, however for those formalities as well this forum was a great and I think only help I had
MANY MANY THANKS FOR THE ARCHIVES AND WISDOM OF THIS FORUM MODERATORS.
