Do you understand what PR means? It stands for Permanent Residence. If you move out of the country for more than 2 consecutive years you stand the chance of not getting renewed. If you are gone for more than 3 years, you will lose the re'entry permit and if you are out of the country when that happens, you will lose your PR at the same time. However, if you make it back before the REP expires, you will be able to stay in Singapore, generally speaking, as long as you do not pass through Immigration gates for any reason. If you go to play golf for the day to Bintan, Batam, etc. or shopping in JB, without a valid re-entry permit before exiting the country you are telling ICA, by your actions, that you are giving up your PR. Elsewhere on this forum I've reinterated several times that 17 years ago didn't have a valid REP for 15 straight months. But I was between jobs and I never attempted to leave Singapore for any reason. As soon as I found employment I renewed my REP without issue.
1. There is no SAFE way to maintain PR if you are out of the country for more than 3 years. Doesn't matter if you own a company, have 3
condos, 2 cars, whatever, PR is residency. if you are not physically present in Sg you are NOT resident so you will lose your PR. E.O.S.
2. No, rented out or empty. makes no difference. Half the high end
condos in Singapore are owned by Indonesian Chinese as a way to move their money out of Indonesia. None have residency/PR. IRAS will like you, but ICA doesn't give a damn.
3. If all were PR, yes, it 'can' impact future EP applications. Although it occasionally happens, usually if that individual had a skillset that the government needs and wants, but NOT if it's a male and due to loss of PR NS is not done. But it's rare when it does happen. you cannot plan on it as it would be akin to planning to fail. Because of falling birth rates, there are less available males for NS. Allowing males to come and go as they please, would set precedences that the government cannot afford, therefore they are NOT very flexible, and rightly so. They cannot survive like the US does with a 100% volunteer armed forces. (since 1975) They have to force all males to do NS in order to ensure that their neighbours stay on there own side of the borders.
4. Family member who are NOT PR will be eligible for EP if they qualify on their own merits but if the were males and avoided NS because you forced them to lose their PR. They they will likely be rejected due to the avoidance of NS by you actions. Good way to have you son learn to hate you if he happened to have a girlfriend here.
5. You cannot have a bond for your if he loses his PR as he is then stuck between a rock & a hard place. No way to join NS unless SGC or PR. If he loses PR due to insufficient time in the country thanks to the parent. He isn't eligible for NS. Having a bond is one thing (required by CMPB/Mindef) but the REP is required by ICA. Normally regardless of the reason, the rejection notice that they will receive will look something like this.....
To be quite honest, You are asking for a family disaster which could cause a family rift if your ruse doesn't work. How long have you/family been PRs and how old is your son?
