PR Approval Probability 2022

[singaporeflyer]

Their fields of research are diverse. Cancer, ageing, neuro, etc. Even the “hot” fields don’t guarantee anything.

I have 4 PHD friends out of whom, 2 got their SC recently and 2 are still PR's. All in the last 5-7 years. 2 of them are from India, 2 from UK.

[MOCHS]

^ What’s their field of research and did they do their undergrad or postgrad studies here?

I know before 2010, PRC PhD holders had a fairly easy time getting PR ‘cos my now-SC colleague and her fellow PRC friends have PRs from that era. Now even PRC PhD doesn’t guarantee a PR.

[singaporeflyer]

^ What’s their field of research and did they do their undergrad or postgrad studies here?

I know before 2010, PRC PhD holders had a fairly easy time getting PR ‘cos my now-SC colleague and her fellow PRC friends have PRs from that era. Now even PRC PhD doesn’t guarantee a PR.

cell based meat, biotech, cancer research and one i don't remember. Only one of them did their PHD in SG. All others no education in SG, but stayed here > 3 years

[Grace01995]

Age: 27
Gender: F
Nationality: Myanmar
Race: Chinese
Education: ACCA Member (awarded the SG Top Affiliate 1st placing in 2019), Bachelors Degree in Finance, Advanced Diploma in Accounting, Advance Diploma in Mass Communication.
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years 6 months
Work: Financial Service Industry
Income: $61.1k/year
Staying in: Singapore

[singaporeflyer]

Age: 27
Gender: F
Nationality: Myanmar
Race: Chinese
Education: ACCA Member (awarded the SG Top Affiliate 1st placing in 2019), Bachelors Degree in Finance, Advanced Diploma in Accounting, Advance Diploma in Mass Communication.
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years 6 months
Work: Financial Service Industry
Income: $61.1k/year
Staying in: Singapore

Go ahead and apply. If rejected, improve salary and reapply after 2 years.

Salary and Ethnic quota may be the challenging factors for your application.

[smoulder]

Age: 27
Gender: F
Nationality: Myanmar
Race: Chinese
Education: ACCA Member (awarded the SG Top Affiliate 1st placing in 2019), Bachelors Degree in Finance, Advanced Diploma in Accounting, Advance Diploma in Mass Communication.
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years 6 months
Work: Financial Service Industry
Income: $61.1k/year
Staying in: Singapore

Go ahead and apply. If rejected, improve salary and reapply after 2 years.

Salary and Ethnic quota may be the challenging factors for your application.

Ethnicity equals Chinese, not Burmese (I presume that she can prove her ancestry). Why is ethnic quota an issue?

[singaporeflyer]

Age: 27
Gender: F
Nationality: Myanmar
Race: Chinese
Education: ACCA Member (awarded the SG Top Affiliate 1st placing in 2019), Bachelors Degree in Finance, Advanced Diploma in Accounting, Advance Diploma in Mass Communication.
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years 6 months
Work: Financial Service Industry
Income: $61.1k/year
Staying in: Singapore

Go ahead and apply. If rejected, improve salary and reapply after 2 years.

Salary and Ethnic quota may be the challenging factors for your application.

Ethnicity equals Chinese, not Burmese (I presume that she can prove her ancestry). Why is ethnic quota an issue?

My mistake. I missed that. But she needs to have some documentation to prove Chinese origin. If yes, that part is ok

[Mafees]

Hi Everyone any chance?

Age: 38
Gender: F
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $96k/year
Industry: IT
Pass: EP

Age: 40
Gender: M
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $24k/year
Industry: Logistics
Pass: DP with work permit

4 kids all DP but not studying in Singapore(16M, 14F, 10M, 8M)

[singaporeflyer]

Hi Everyone any chance?

Age: 38
Gender: F
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $96k/year
Industry: IT
Pass: EP

Age: 40
Gender: M
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $24k/year
Industry: Logistics
Pass: DP with work permit

4 kids all DP but not studying in Singapore(16M, 14F, 10M, 8M)

Very low chance

[MOCHS]

Hi Everyone any chance?

Age: 38
Gender: F
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $96k/year
Industry: IT
Pass: EP

Age: 40
Gender: M
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $24k/year
Industry: Logistics
Pass: DP with work permit

4 kids all DP but not studying in Singapore(16M, 14F, 10M, 8M)

Applying for yourself, you & spouse or whole family?

Whichever permutation it is:
- Low to NIL chance due to ethic quota.

- If you’re applying for just yourself or you & spouse, zero since not having the kids in the application implies you want the boys to not do NS.

- If you’re applying for whole family, your kids aren’t even in Singapore at all. Chances are also close to zero. PR is for people who want to sink roots here, how does being overseas equate to sinking roots?

[NYY1]

Hi Everyone any chance?

Age: 38
Gender: F
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $96k/year
Industry: IT
Pass: EP

Age: 40
Gender: M
Nationality: Philippine
Race: Others
Education: Bachelor Degree
Length of stay in Singapore: 9 years
Income: $24k/year
Industry: Logistics
Pass: DP with work permit

4 kids all DP but not studying in Singapore(16M, 14F, 10M, 8M)

Applying for yourself, you & spouse or whole family?

Whichever permutation it is:
- Low to NIL chance due to ethic quota.

- If you’re applying for just yourself or you & spouse, zero since not having the kids in the application implies you want the boys to not do NS.

- If you’re applying for whole family, your kids aren’t even in Singapore at all. Chances are also close to zero. PR is for people who want to sink roots here, how does being overseas equate to sinking roots?

It may be that they are caught in the conundrum of wanting to school here but that is only possible for four kids with PR status. Unfortunately, what else you write would otherwise be true.

[MOCHS]

^ Understandable but ICA tends to see things from a certain perspective. They won’t know the kids want to school here but can’t.

[sundaymorningstaple]

^ Understandable but ICA tends to see things from a certain perspective. They won’t know the kids want to school here but can’t.

It matters not in the eyes of ICA. You are correct. And given the fact that the kids are overseas but on dependent passes is also a foul in the eyes of ICA. I'd say the chances are zero.

[nasilaksapenyet]

I have been staying here in Singapore for almost 5 years and just applied for PR March this year which is currently pending. Below is my profile:

Status: Pending (applied March 2022)
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino (Philippines)
Ethnicity: Others
Education: Bachelor and master’s degree (Finance) from PH university
Length of stay in SG: 5 years
Pass Type: EP
Work Experience (10 years, 5 from PH, 5 from SG)
Industry: Banking (Risk Management)
Salary: Base ~120k + variable ~20k


Before applying PR, I interviewed colleagues/friends who applied for PR. Just want to add some data points here (where profile provided is as at time of latest application):

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2022; 13 months waiting] 37M, HK Chinese married to HK Chinese on EP with 1 daughter; 5 years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s degree from HK uni.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2021; 4 months waiting] 32M, Malaysian Chinese and married to a Malaysian Chinese EP holder; 6 years in SG; Banking Industry; *at least 100K salary; Bachelor’s degree from a MY university; Post-grad local SG university.

• [Success; 1st try; applied 2021 approved 2021; 5 months waiting] 29F, Malaysian Chinese and single; 3 years in SG; Banking Industry; *at least 90K salary; Bachelor’s degree from a MY university.

• [Success; 3rd try; approved 2021; 13 months wating] 36F, Vietnamese and married to Vietnamese EP holder with 1 daughter; 8 years in SG; Banking Industry; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s degree from local SG university.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2017; 11 months waiting] 33M, PRC Chinese married to PRC Chinese on DP with 2 sons; 7 years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 100K salary; Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from SG uni.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2017; 7 months waiting] 33F, Indonesian Chinese married to Indonesian Chinese on EP with 1 son; 8 years in SG; Banking; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s from a ID university.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2015; 10 months waiting] 36M, Filipino married to Filipino on EP with 1 son; 10 years in SG; Banking; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s from a PH university; Master’s degree from local SG university.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2011; 1 month waiting] 38M, Indian married to Indian on DP with 1 son, 1 daughter; 10+ years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 100K; Bachelor’s degree from top IN university

• [Still Trying; 3 failed attempts so far since 2016; 4 months initial reject] 37F, Indian married to Indian on EP holder with a daughter; 8 years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 140K; Bachelor’s degree from top IN university.

• [Still Trying; Failed attempt in 2022; 4 months wait on 1st rejection] 33M, Filipino single on SP; 7 years in SG; Employed by local SME; *around 70K salary; Degree holder from PH university.

• [Still Trying; 2 failed attempts so far since 2017; 4 months wait on 1st rejection] 44M, Filipino married to Filipino on EP; 10 years in SG; Consultancy; *at least 100K; Bachelor’s degree from a PH university.

Just want to say that this forum helped me get back to reality. Even though the data I collected from friends/colleague seems to be positive, I understand that approval is sill on a case-to-case basis.

My hope was on its peak recently when a friend (33M from Hong Kong, Chinese ethnicity) told me that he just got his PR approved last Thursday after 8 months of waiting (applied February 2022). He also mentioned that his colleague’s application (35M from Indonesia, Chinese ethnicity) got his PR approved also this October after 9 months of waiting (applied January 2022).

I’m still setting my expectation low, but not gonna lie, hearing this recent good news from someone you know makes you want to believe you also have a good chance (even if it’s not the case). Hoping for the best, expecting the worst!

LET'S GO!!!!

[singaporeflyer]

I have been staying here in Singapore for almost 5 years and just applied for PR March this year which is currently pending. Below is my profile:

Status: Pending (applied March 2022)
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Nationality: Filipino (Philippines)
Ethnicity: Others
Education: Bachelor and master’s degree (Finance) from PH university
Length of stay in SG: 5 years
Pass Type: EP
Work Experience (10 years, 5 from PH, 5 from SG)
Industry: Banking (Risk Management)
Salary: Base ~120k + variable ~20k


Before applying PR, I interviewed colleagues/friends who applied for PR. Just want to add some data points here (where profile provided is as at time of latest application):

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2022; 13 months waiting] 37M, HK Chinese married to HK Chinese on EP with 1 daughter; 5 years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s degree from HK uni.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2021; 4 months waiting] 32M, Malaysian Chinese and married to a Malaysian Chinese EP holder; 6 years in SG; Banking Industry; *at least 100K salary; Bachelor’s degree from a MY university; Post-grad local SG university.

• [Success; 1st try; applied 2021 approved 2021; 5 months waiting] 29F, Malaysian Chinese and single; 3 years in SG; Banking Industry; *at least 90K salary; Bachelor’s degree from a MY university.

• [Success; 3rd try; approved 2021; 13 months wating] 36F, Vietnamese and married to Vietnamese EP holder with 1 daughter; 8 years in SG; Banking Industry; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s degree from local SG university.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2017; 11 months waiting] 33M, PRC Chinese married to PRC Chinese on DP with 2 sons; 7 years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 100K salary; Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from SG uni.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2017; 7 months waiting] 33F, Indonesian Chinese married to Indonesian Chinese on EP with 1 son; 8 years in SG; Banking; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s from a ID university.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2015; 10 months waiting] 36M, Filipino married to Filipino on EP with 1 son; 10 years in SG; Banking; *at least 120K salary; Bachelor’s from a PH university; Master’s degree from local SG university.

• [Success; 1st try; approved 2011; 1 month waiting] 38M, Indian married to Indian on DP with 1 son, 1 daughter; 10+ years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 100K; Bachelor’s degree from top IN university

• [Still Trying; 3 failed attempts so far since 2016; 4 months initial reject] 37F, Indian married to Indian on EP holder with a daughter; 8 years in SG; Banking industry; *at least 140K; Bachelor’s degree from top IN university.

• [Still Trying; Failed attempt in 2022; 4 months wait on 1st rejection] 33M, Filipino single on SP; 7 years in SG; Employed by local SME; *around 70K salary; Degree holder from PH university.

• [Still Trying; 2 failed attempts so far since 2017; 4 months wait on 1st rejection] 44M, Filipino married to Filipino on EP; 10 years in SG; Consultancy; *at least 100K; Bachelor’s degree from a PH university.

Just want to say that this forum helped me get back to reality. Even though the data I collected from friends/colleague seems to be positive, I understand that approval is sill on a case-to-case basis.

My hope was on its peak recently when a friend (33M from Hong Kong, Chinese ethnicity) told me that he just got his PR approved last Thursday after 8 months of waiting (applied February 2022). He also mentioned that his colleague’s application (35M from Indonesia, Chinese ethnicity) got his PR approved also this October after 9 months of waiting (applied January 2022).

I’m still setting my expectation low, but not gonna lie, hearing this recent good news from someone you know makes you want to believe you also have a good chance (even if it’s not the case). Hoping for the best, expecting the worst!

LET'S GO!!!!

The key data from above is those who got approved are HK or Malaysian or Indonesian who are close to those profiles which SG needs to keep the balance. The other few whom you quoted have stayed long enough in SG like more than 7-8 years and also more than 150k+ salary. Hope you see these when comparing it..

At the moment I feel your chance is low.